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Republican hardliners oust US House speaker in historic vote
Oct 05, 2023
WASHINGTON — Kevin McCarthy was axed on Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal, historic rebellion by far-right Republicans accusing him of a string of broken promises and furious at his cooperation with Democrats.The manoeuvre laid bare the chaotic levels of infighting among Republicans heading into the 2024 presidential ...
Trio wins physics Nobel for illuminating electrons
Oct 04, 2023
STOCKHOLM — France's Pierre Agostini, Hungarian-Austrian Ferenc Krausz and Franco-Swe ...
Biden calls shaken US allies to reassure on Ukraine aid
Oct 04, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden called key allies on Tuesday to reassure them the Un ...
Spain king tasks Sanchez with forming gov’t
Oct 03, 2023
MADRID — Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez vowed on Tuesday to be “generous” with Catalan separatists whose support he needs to re ...
Two dead in Bangkok mall shooting, 14-year-old boy arrested
Oct 03, 2023
BANGKOK — A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday after a shooting at a packed Bangkok mall that left two people dead and five wounded, an ...
New UN migration chief to visit Africa on first trip
Oct 02, 2023
GENEVA — The new head of the UN’s migration agency will visit Africa on her first official trip from Sunday to highlight the scale of migrat ...
Nobel prize goes to mRNA Covid vaccine researchers
Oct 02, 2023
STOCKHOLM — Researchers Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology ...
UN mission arrives in Karabakh, first visit in 30 years
Oct 01, 2023
LACHIN, Azerbaijan — A United Nations mission arrived in Nagorno Karabakh on Sunday, Azerbaijan said, after almost the entire ethnic-Armenia ...
Ukraine left out in cold by US shutdown deal
Oct 01, 2023
WASHINGTON — The future of US aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance after a last-gasp deal to avoid a government shutdown, despite President ...
Almost all ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno Karabakh
Oct 01, 2023
KORNIDZOR, Armenia — The flood of refugees from Nagorno Karabakh dwindled to a trickle on Saturday as Armenia said nearly the entire populat ...
US warns of large Serbian military build-up near Kosovo
Oct 01, 2023
WASHINGTON — The United States urged Belgrade to pull its forces back from the border with Kosovo on Friday after detecting what it called a ...
Blinken says China wants to be 'dominant power' in world
Sep 29, 2023
WASHINGTON — China is seeking to surpass the United States as the top power in the world, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thurs ...
Shock in Spain as 14-year-old stabs five people in school
Sep 29, 2023
MADRID  — A 14-year-old stabbed three teachers and two students at a school in southern Spain on Thursday, sparking soul-searching in a ...
Taiwan cancels flights, shuts schools ahead of typhoon
Oct 05, 2023
Russia says downed 31 Ukrainian drones overnight
Oct 05, 2023
UN approves Haiti force after year of pleas
Oct 04, 2023
WHO recommends second malaria vaccine for children
Oct 02, 2023
US government hours from shutdown, as lawmakers scrabble for solutions
Oct 01, 2023
Yemenis at Asian Games divided by war, united by sport
Oct 01, 2023
Republicans advance Biden impeachment probe dismissed as 'stunt'
Sep 29, 2023
Russia unveils huge spending hike to battle 'hybrid war'
Sep 29, 2023
US soldier Travis King released by N.Korea
Sep 27, 2023
Kremlin says US Abrams tanks will 'burn' in Ukraine
Sep 27, 2023
Niger regime wants ‘negotiated framework’ for French army pullout
Sep 26, 2023
Biden recognises two Pacific nations in move to counter China
Sep 25, 2023
Spain’s Feijoo faces key vote without support to be PM
Sep 24, 2023
Biden aims to wrest influence from China in Pacific islands
Sep 24, 2023
Italian PM admits she hoped to do ‘better’ on migration
Sep 24, 2023
French right-wing opposition set to maintain Senate dominance
Sep 24, 2023
Somalia bombing toll climbs to 21
Sep 24, 2023
Fighting ongoing after police officer killed in attack in north Kosovo
Sep 24, 2023
Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan resume Nile dam talks
Sep 23, 2023
Pope urges Europe against treating migrants as invaders
Sep 23, 2023
India confiscates properties of top Sikh separatist
Sep 23, 2023
South Korea stresses on deterrence, diplomacy and dissuasion in dealing with North Korean threats
Sep 23, 2023

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