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AFP : US lawmakers teed up a final vote on Donald Trump’s marquee tax and spending bill for early Thursday after a bruising day of Republican infighting that threatened to derail the centerpiece of...
Reuters : China’s embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, after Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said islands were trying to...
BBC: US President Donald Trump has called for the chair of the Federal Reserve to quit right away, in an escalation of his attacks on Jerome Powell. “‘Too Late’ should resign immediately!!!”, Trump said...
AFP: Iran officially suspended its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday, a move the United States described as “unacceptable”. It came after last month’s 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, which saw...
AP: Four people have been confirmed dead, 23 were rescued and 38 remained missing after a passenger boat carrying 65 people capsized in the Bali Strait early Thursday, according to East Java Search and...
Reuters: The Iranian military loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Persian Gulf last month, a move that intensified concerns in Washington that Tehran was gearing up to blockade the Strait of Hormuz following...
BBC: US President Donald Trump has announced that Israel has accepted the “necessary conditions” to finalise a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza. In a statement on Truth Social, Trump said all sides would work together...
AP: A powerful heat wave gripped much of Europe on Monday, with record-breaking temperatures, forest fires, and extreme weather alerts issued across several countries. Warnings were in place for parts of Spain, Portugal, Italy,...
AP: The US Senate on Monday launched an intense push to finalize President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax breaks and spending cuts package, with Republicans facing internal divisions and protests ahead of Trump’s July 4...
Al Jazeera: Israeli forces have bombed a cafe, a school and food distribution sites in Gaza, killing at least 95 Palestinians, and attacked a hospital, wounding several more people. At least 62 of the...
AFP : France, Germany and Britain on Monday condemned “threats” against the head of the UN nuclear watchdog after Iran rejected its request to visit nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and the United States.Tehran...
AP : Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on residents of Galai Village in Nyingchi, Xizang Autonomous Region, to uphold ethnic solidarity and work towards creating a happier and more prosperous life.In a reply...