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Musk gives federal workers 'another chance' to justify jobs

He had originally given federal government employees until the end of Monday to explain their work achievements in an email.
25 February 2025, 09:56 AM

Exploration firm restarts search for MH370 11 years on

Maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity has resumed the hunt for the missing plane
25 February 2025, 09:52 AM

Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talks

Negotiators meeting at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome this week are tasked with breaking a deadlock on funding between rich and developing countries
25 February 2025, 06:36 AM

Hundreds attend special mass in Pope Francis's home city, Buenos Aires

They gathered on the same square in Buenos Aires where as archbishop, Jorge Bergoglio used to give mass and rail against inequality and injustice.
25 February 2025, 05:40 AM

Firings at US agency foreshadow second wave of mass govt layoffs

The Office of Personnel Management has eliminated its entire 40-strong procurement team
25 February 2025, 04:50 AM

Ukraine rupture grows as US sides with Russia at UN

Washington drafted a rival resolution amid an intensifying feud between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
25 February 2025, 03:36 AM

£2.8m gold toilet stolen from UK show never found: court

It took just five minutes to steal a £2.8-million gold toilet, which has never been found, from an art exhibition at an English country house, a court heard Monday
25 February 2025, 02:17 AM

Nine soldiers killed in Colombia road accident

Nine Colombian soldiers were killed and 20 were injured when their vehicle plunged into a ravine in southwest Colombia, officials said Monday
25 February 2025, 02:15 AM

Putin backs Trump's proposal to halve defence spending

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday backed a suggestion by US counterpart Donald Trump for Russia, the United States and China to all cut their defence budgets in half
25 February 2025, 02:13 AM

Rift on Ukraine: Macron, Trump vow to work together

French President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump sought to smooth over a transatlantic rift on Ukraine yesterday, with the US president eyeing a deal to end Russia’s invasion “within weeks” backed by European peacekeepers.
24 February 2025, 22:00 PM

British MP jailed for 10 weeks for punching passerby

A lawmaker suspended from Britain’s ruling Labour party was jailed for 10 weeks yesterday after pleading guilty to punching a man, potentially triggering an election test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM

NZ minister quits after putting hand on staffer’s arm

A New Zealand government minister said yesterday he has resigned from his post for putting his hand on a staff member’s upper arm during an “animated” discussion.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Gunmen kill eight in central Mexico

Gunmen shot dead eight people in Mexico’s most violent state, authorities said Sunday.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM

EU suspends key sanctions on Syria

The European Union yesterday eased sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport and banking sectors in a bid to help the country’s reconstruction after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Deal that suits Moscow can only halt Ukraine war

Russia said yesterday it was ready for talks on the three-year old war in Ukraine but would only stop fighting when a peace settlement “suits” Moscow.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM

EU suspends key sanctions on Syria

The European Union yesterday eased sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport and banking sectors in a bid to help the country’s reconstruction after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM

British couple arrested by Taliban: family

An elderly British couple have been arrested by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan, their daughter said yesterday, urging UK diplomats to do “everything in their power” to secure their release.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Era of ‘dictators’ could return

The international system is in upheaval with human rights being “suffocated”, the United Nations said yesterday, warning that an era of “dictators” could return.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Xi hails Russia’s ‘positive efforts to defuse crisis’

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday hailed Moscow’s “positive efforts to defuse” the Ukraine crisis in a call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, state media said.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Far-right surge ‘last warning’ for parties

Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz said yesterday that the surge of the far-right AfD to 20 percent voter support was “the last warning” to the country’s mainstream parties.
24 February 2025, 18:00 PM