China's Xi proposes BRICS 'open-source AI zone'
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France apologizes for UN diplomatic spat with Washington
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DR Congo's worst Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 cases
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Trump says he would ‘love’ to see a united Ireland
13 September 2026
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United States
BRICS for ‘maximum restraint’ in Mideast
13 September 2026
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Rein in AI’s breakneck speed of dev
13 September 2026
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Attacks shut down key Saudi oil pipeline
13 September 2026
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Middle East
Covid has created ‘ideal environment’
The United States said that the coronavirus pandemic has created an "ideal environment" for human trafficking to thrive as governments divert resources to the health crisis and traffickers take advantage of vulnerable people.
2 July 2021
Heatwaves wreak havoc
The adverse effects of climate change is wreaking havoc around the world with India, US, Canada and even Antarctica suffering from record heatwaves, which is accelerated by massive deforestations in Brazil’s Amazon and elsewhere.
2 July 2021
France probes fashion retailers for concealing 'crimes against humanity' in Xinjiang
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into four fashion retailers suspected of concealing "crimes against humanity" in China's Xinjiang region, a judicial source said on Thursday.
2 July 2021
Australia to halve arrivals from overseas, offers Covid-19 exit roadmap
Australia will halve the number of arrivals from overseas as its coronavirus hotel quarantine system creaks under pressure from outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta variant, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.
2 July 2021
Covid cases rising again in Europe
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday called for better monitoring of Euro 2020 football matches as Covid cases rise again in Europe, fuelled by the deadly Delta variant that is racing around the globe.
1 July 2021
Zuma conviction unconstitutional, says his foundation
The foundation representing South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma, sentenced to 15 months in jail for defying a top court this week, on Wednesday condemned the judgement as unconstitutional.
1 July 2021
Israel PM confirms deal for outpost settlers to leave by todayAfp, Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced a deal for Jewish settlers to leave an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank by today, with a possibility of returning.
1 July 2021
Dire fire warnings issued in wake of record heatwave in Canada, US
The worst heat wave on record that has scorched much of Canada's western territories and the US Northwest eased slightly on Wednesday but officials still braced for more record temperatures and the threat of wildfires.
1 July 2021
WWW source code NFT sells for $5.4m
Tim Berners-Lee's source code for the World Wide Web sold Wednesday for $5.4 million in the form of non-fungible token (NFT).
1 July 2021
Court gives govt 9 months
France's top administrative court yesterday gave the government a nine-month deadline to take "all the necessary steps" to reach its targets for combatting climate change.
1 July 2021
Trump org, CFO expected to face criminal charges
The Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg surrendered to authorities yesterday, as he and Donald Trump's namesake company prepared to face the first charges from a criminal investigation.
1 July 2021
Quote of the day
Biden is destroying our country, and it all started with a fake election. If you don't have good elections, and if you don't have a strong border, you don't have a country.
1 July 2021
182 more unmarked graves found in Canada
Another 182 unmarked graves were discovered at a third former indigenous residential school in Canada as two Catholic Churches went up in flames on
1 July 2021
CureVac just 48pc effective
Germany's CureVac yesterday said that final trial results showed its coronavirus vaccine had an efficacy rate of just 48 percent, far lower than those developed
1 July 2021
Feud put aside as William, Harry unveil statue to Diana
British Princes William and Harry put their differences aside yesterday when they unveiled a statue to their late mother Princess Diana on what would have
1 July 2021
Donald Rumsfeld’s legacy
In the days leading up to Donald Rumsfeld's death, the US targeted Iranian proxy fighters along the Iraq-Syria border with airstrikes in what the Pentagon said was a "defensive" response to drone attacks on American forces in the region.
1 July 2021
China’s rise ‘irreversible’
President Xi Jinping hailed China's "irreversible" course from colonial humiliation to great-power status at the centenary celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party yesterday, in a speech reaching deep into history to remind patriots at home and rivals abroad of his nation's -- and his own -- ascendancy.
1 July 2021
European factories racing
European factories continued to ramp up their post-lockdown recovery in June but Asian manufacturers saw momentum weaken amid rising input costs and the reintroduction of curbs to combat a new wave of coronavirus infections, surveys showed.
1 July 2021
Afghan civilians take up arms as US-led forces leave
Gun in hand, 55-year-old Dost Mohammad Salangi recites poetry as he leads a small group of men to a look-out post high in the rugged hills of Parwan province, north of the Afghan capital Kabul.
30 June 2021
Putin says UK warship near Crimea wanted to test Russia's military response
A British warship that Russia says illegally entered its territorial waters near Crimea earlier this month did so to observe in detail how Russian forces would react, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
30 June 2021