White House urges Ukraine aid deal amid Trump opposition
AFP : The White House urged US senators Thursday to reach a deal linking vital Ukraine aid to border security, after reports that former president...
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Kenya court halts deployment of police
Al Jazeera : A Kenyan court on Friday ruled against the government’s plan to deploy police to Haiti to lead a UN-backed multinational mission aimed...
Tuvalu votes as ties with Taiwan in spotlight
Al Jazeera : The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has voted in a national election that is being closely watched by China, Taiwan, the...
King Charles admitted to London hospital
Reuters : Britain’s King Charles went into hospital on Friday to have planned treatment to address an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace said, joining his daughter-in-law...
UN rights chief deplores US nitrogen gas execution
Reuters : The United Nations human rights chief on Friday condemned the execution of a prisoner in the US state of Alabama by nitrogen gas,...
Japan says New Year quake damage could cost $17b
AFP : The cost of the damage wreaked by a huge New Year’s Day earthquake that killed at least 236 people in central Japan could...
US, Britain banter over the perfect ‘cuppa’
Reuters : The “special relationship” between Britain and the United States came under pressure this week when a US academic had the cheek to suggest...
Donald Trump and Nikki Haley to go head-to-head
BBC : Donald Trump is facing his last remaining Republican opponent, Nikki Haley, in a primary election in New Hampshire on Tuesday. The former US...
Is N Korea considering war?
BBC : North Korea experts – by nature, a cautious group who seek to avoid sowing panic – have been left reeling by two of...
Three dead as 7.1 magnitude quake strikes China
CNN : Three people have died after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked a mountainous and remote part of China’s far western Xinjiang region early Tuesday. State...
Is N Korea considering war?
BBC : North Korea experts – by nature, a cautious group who seek to avoid sowing panic – have been left reeling by two of...
UK PM suffers defeat in vote to delay Rwanda asylum treaty
Reuters : British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a setback to his plans to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda after parliament’s upper house backed...