Putin, N Korea’s Kim sign strategic partnership deal
AFP : Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a “strategic partnership treaty” following their talks in Pyongyang on Wednesday,...
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French protesters standing up to the far right ahead of country’s snap elections
AP, Paris : Antiracism groups will join French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition in protests in Paris and across France on Saturday against the...
New China rules allow detention of foreigners in South China Sea
AFP, Shanghai : New Chinese coast guard rules took effect Saturday, under which it can detain foreigners for trespassing in the disputed South China Sea,...
US military says it destroyed Huthi radars, vessels
AFP, Washington : The US military said Friday it destroyed two uncrewed surface vessels in the Red Sea belonging to Yemen’s Huthis, as well as...
PM Modi holds separate conversations with Biden, Trudeau
PTI, Italy : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a brief conversation with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau amid strain in bilateral ties over...
Princess of Wales makes first public appearance since cancer diagnosis
AFP, London : Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Saturday tentatively returned to UK public life for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer, attending...
World leaders to meet at Swiss resort on possible Ukraine peace roadmap
AP, Geneva : The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia will join many Western heads of state and government and other leaders at...
China probe returns carrying samples from moon’s far side
Deutsche Welle : China’s lunar probe landed safely in the remote steppes of northern China’s border region with Mongolia on Tuesday. It returns bearing the...
Six dead after floods, landslides in India’s northeast
AFP, Kolkata : Six people were killed after heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides in a remote corner of India’s northeast, officials told AFP...
Russia won't be taking part: Peace summit for Ukraine opens in Switzerland
AP, Geneva : Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though...
Reform UK outstrips Tories for first time in poll: YouGov
AFP, London : The Conservative party of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fallen behind the anti-immigration Reform UK party for the first time in...
Is Elon Musk worth his $ 56b Tesla pay package?
Zoe Kleinman, BBC : Elon Musk might, once again, get his own way. His Tesla pay deal – worth up to $56bn (£44bn) depending on...