12 killed in plane crash in Brazilian Amazon
AFP :Twelve people, including a baby, died Sunday in a small plane crash in the Brazilian Amazon, officials said. The plane, a single engine Cessna...
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33 aid trucks entered Gaza Sunday: UN
AFP :More than 30 aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday, the largest convoy to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory since deliveries began trickling in again over...
Myanmar ex-information minister arrested: junta
AFP : Myanmar’s former information minister has been arrested and charged with encouraging dissent against the military, the junta said Sunday, the latest in a...
21 dead in fire at ArcelorMittal mine in Kazakhstan
AFP : At least 21 people were killed Saturday when a fire broke out at a mine in Kazakhstan belonging to the global steel giant...
US Jewish Republicans gather amid Israel-Hamas war
AFP : Top US Republican Jewish leaders started meeting in Las Vegas Friday for a key annual convention, with Israel’s war against Hamas set to...
EU urges ‘corridors and pauses’ as UN warns ‘nowhere’ safe in Gaza
AFP :EU leaders have demanded “humanitarian corridors and pauses” in Israel’s war against Hamas, urging aid access for civilians trapped in besieged Gaza, where the...
China FM calls for ‘stable’ US ties on visit to weigh Xi summit
AFP :China’s top diplomat voiced hope Thursday for more stable relations with the United States after months of turbulence as he paid a rare trip...
Mahua Moitra: The firebrand Indian MP in ‘cash-for-query’ scandal
BBC :An Indian MP who is known to be a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is embroiled in...
Putin says first segment of ISS replacement to orbit by 2027
AFP :Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the first segment of the new space station that Moscow plans to construct to replace the ISS...
Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang dies at 68
AFP :Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang, areform-minded bureaucrat once tipped as the country’s future leader only tobe eclipsed by President Xi Jinping, died Friday. He...