China begins building world’s largest dam, fuelling fears in India
BBC : Chinese authorities have begun constructing what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibetan territory, in a project that has sparked concerns...
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Israeli evacuation order in Gaza ‘devastating’ to aid efforts
AFP : An Israeli military order for residents and displaced people in Gaza’s Deir el-Balah area to move south dealt “another devastating blow” to humanitarian...
Japan PM vows to stay on after election defeat
Reuters : Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising defeat in upper house elections on Sunday as...
Iran confirms fresh nuclear talks with European powers
AFP : Iran confirmed fresh talks with European powers to be held on Friday in Istanbul, the country’s state media reported, the first since the...
UK police arrest 6 asylum seekers
Arab News : A town on the outskirts of London was rocked by protesters who descended on a hotel housing asylum seekers for the second...
Ishiba’s coalition loses majority in Japan upper house election
AP: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ’s ruling coalition failed Monday to secure a majority in the 248-seat upper house in a crucial parliamentary election,...
D-Day hero and TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ Larson dies at 102
AP: Jake Larson, fondly known as “Papa Jake,” a D-Day veteran who captured hearts worldwide by sharing stories of World War II and honoring his...
Israeli forces kill 93 Palestinians trying to get aid
AFP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on crowds of Palestinians trying to collect humanitarian aid in the war-torn Palestinian territory on...
Kabul faces most severe water shortage
CNN : As the sun rises over Kabul’s parched mountains, a family’s daily struggle to find water – and to make it last – is...
38 killed in Vietnam tourist boat accident
Reuters : The death toll from a tourist boat accident in Vietnam’s Halong Bay climbed to at least 38 with several people still missing, the...
Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn
The Guardian : Ever since Donald Trump began his second presidency, he has used an “invented” national energy emergency to help justify expanding oil, gas...
Tsunami alert in Russia
AFP : A series of powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia’s Fareast on Sunday, triggering a tsunami alert, the US Geological Survey said....