Top US envoy questions China defence minister’s absence
BBC Online :A top US diplomat has questioned the absence of China’s defence minister Li Shangfu, renewing speculation of a possible corruption purge. General Li...
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Bisphenol a detected in almost all Europeans’
AFP :Bisphenol A (BPA), a hormone-disrupting chemical used in food packaging, is present in almost all Europeans’ bodies, posing a potential health risk, the European...
Russia’s Putin accepts Kim’s invitation to visit N. Korea
AFP :Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to visit North Korea from its leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang’s state-run KCNA news agency said...
Brazil opens trials over pro-Bolsonaro riots
AFP :Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday opened its first trials over the January 8 riots by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, putting four accused...
Talks between North Korea’s Kim and Putin end in Russia
Al Jazeera :A meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who rarely travels outside his country, and President Vladimir Putin in Russia lasted about...
Talks between North Korea’s Kim and Putin end in Russia
Al Jazeera :A meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who rarely travels outside his country, and President Vladimir Putin in Russia lasted about...
Breathless Indonesians irate over pollution crisis
AFP :Soaring pollution in Indonesia’s capital has left 35-year-old Asep Muizudin Muhamad Darmini hooked up to breathing tubes at a Jakarta hospital, gazing at the...
Inside North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s armoured train
Reuters :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used a dark green train to travel to Russia, state media showed on Tuesday, relying on a slow...
Ten dead as clashes resume in Palestinian camp in south Lebanon
Reuters :Ten people have been killed and dozens wounded in renewed violence between rival groups in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, with a...
Biden urges ‘national unity’ 22 years after 9/11
AFP :President Joe Biden called Monday for Americans to unite despite bitter political differences as the United States marked the 22nd anniversary of Al-Qaeda’s 9/11...
US allows $6b transfer as part of Iran prisoner swap
Reuters :The United States waived sanctions to allow the transfer of $6 billion in Iranian funds from South Korea to Qatar, a step needed to...
