DR Congo, M23 fighters agree roadmap for peace talks
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Canada retaliates as trade war with US escalates
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Kuwait strips naturalised citizens of voting rights
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Putin wants to draft 300,000 new troops
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New sanctions threatened by ‘desperate’ US to fail
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New sanctions threatened by ‘desperate’ US to fail
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Japan quake injures dozens
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REPEATED HEATWAVES / Drownings surge past 300 in France
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Security official killed, 6 injured in Pak explosion
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Wartime election would ‘destroy’ Ukraine, Zelenskiy says
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Turkey won’t back Swedish Nato bid
Sweden should not expect a change of attitude from Ankara on its Nato membership bid at the Western alliance’s summit next month unless it prevents anti-Turkey protests in Stockholm,
14 June 2023
Russian strikes kill 6 in Ukraine
Russian missile attacks killed three people in the Black Sea city of Odesa and three in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine yesterday,
14 June 2023
EU lawmakers approve plan
EU lawmakers yesterday voted to adopt a key text forming the basis of a future law regulating artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT,
14 June 2023
Death toll rises to 106 in Nigeria boat disaster
The death toll from a Nigeria riverboat disaster has risen to 106 people as rescue teams continued to search for more survivors, police said yesterday.
14 June 2023
Blinken to seek to ‘responsibly manage’ ties
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek to reduce the chances of miscalculation on a rare visit to Beijing, officials said, but both sides expect long-term tensions to fester.
14 June 2023
Dozens drown in deadliest migrant shipwreck off Greece this year
At least 59 migrants drowned early today and more were feared missing when their boat capsized and sank off Greece, the country's coast guard said.
14 June 2023
Influencers overtaking journalists as news source: report
TikTok influencers and celebrities are increasingly taking over from journalists as the main source of news for young people, according to a report published Wednesday by the Britain-based Reuters Institute
14 June 2023
Malaysia seeks Interpol help to track US comedian over MH370 joke
Malaysia will on Wednesday ask Interpol to help track down a US comedian, local media reported, after her joke about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 sparked fury and even an apology from Singapore
14 June 2023
Record 110 million people now forcibly displaced: UN
A record 110 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced from their homes, the United Nations said Wednesday, branding the huge upsurge an "indictment" of the world
14 June 2023
Trump pleads not guilty in federal documents case
Former US President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them
14 June 2023
Extreme weather killed 195,000 in Europe since 1980
Extreme weather conditions in Europe have killed almost 195,000 people and caused economic losses of more than 560 billion euros since 1980, the European Environment Agency said Wednesday.
14 June 2023
Over 100 dead in Nigeria river boat accident
More than 100 people have drowned in north central Nigeria after a boat carrying families returning from a wedding sank in a river, police and local authorities said on Tuesday
14 June 2023
Cambodian leader orders election law change
Cambodian leader Hun Sen yesterday ordered election laws to be changed to ban anyone who fails to vote in an upcoming poll from ever running for office -- a move that will affect exiled rivals.
13 June 2023
Over 6,000 killed in first 20 months: report
More than 6,000 civilians were killed in Myanmar in the first 20 months after the February 2021 military coup, a report published yesterday by the Peace Research Institute of Oslo said.
13 June 2023
Trump pleads not guilty in federal documents case
Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty early today to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them.
13 June 2023
Russian missile strike kills 11 in Ukraine
A Russian missile strike killed at least 11 people in an apartment building and a warehouse in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town yesterday, while Moscow’s forces yielded ground in the early stages of a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
13 June 2023
Sudan army chief won’t meet enemy general: govt official
Sudan’s army chief is not ready to meet the enemy general he’s been at war with for eight weeks, a government official said yesterday after a regional bloc proposed a face-to-face encounter between the two.
13 June 2023
UN chief proposes code to tackle ‘grave’ misinfo
Alarm over advancements in artificial intelligence must not obscure the “grave” harm already being done by digital platforms rife with misinformation, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday, as he proposed an international code of conduct.
13 June 2023
Ethnic Serbs clash with police
Police and ethnic Serbs clashed in the flashpoint city of Mitrovica in north Kosovo yesterday, as Prime Minister Albin Kurti introduced a new plan to defuse weeks of tensions.
13 June 2023
Seven die as cyclone barrels towards India, Pakistan
Four boys drowned in rough seas off the western Indian financial hub of Mumbai yesterday as India and Pakistan began evacuating people from coastal areas, two days before a cyclone is expected to make landfall.
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