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Massive Russian missile and drone attack targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Russia conducted a “massive” attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure yesterday, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without ... -
Macy’s Thanksgiving parade kicks off a century after its first trip through Manhattan
A century after the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the annual holiday tradition kicks off today [Macau time] in New York City with new ... -
Fossilized dinosaur feces and vomit help scientists reconstruct the creatures’ rise
Using fossilized feces and vomit samples from Poland, scientists have reconstructed how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth millions of years ago. Researchers aren’t sure whether dinosaurs’ rise ... -
Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon begins
A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants began yesterday, after Beirut residents endured the most intense day of Israeli strikes since the war ... -
Officials blast Trump’s tariff threat and one calls Mexico comparison an insult
Canadian officials yesterday [Macau time] blasted President-elect Donald’s Trump’s threat to impose sweeping tariffs, as the leader of the country’s most populous province called ... -
Trump team says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal brokered by Biden is actually Trump’s win
The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect yesterday, according to ... -
Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on first day in office
President-elect Donald Trump threatened yesterday [Macau time] to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as ... -
Middle East: EU urges Israel to accept ceasefire deal with Hezbollah
The European Union’s top diplomat said yesterday there were “no excuses” for Israel to refuse to implement a ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group ... -
An average of 140 women and girls were killed by a partner or relative per day in 2023
The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member ... -
Russia captures UK national fighting alongside Ukraine in the Kursk region, report says
The Russian military have captured a British national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops in Russia’s partially occupied Kursk region, state news agency Tass reported yesterday, ... -
Novotný tops elite class, crowned world champion
Czech rider Matyáš Novotný claimed the 2024 MotoSurf World Championship (MSWC) overall title in the elite category Sunday at Hac Sa Beach in Coloane. ... -
DHL cargo plane crashes and skids into a house in Lithuania, killing at least one
A DHL cargo plane crashed on approach to an airport in Lithuania’s capital and skidded into a nearby house yesterday, leaving at least one ... -
S. Korea says Russia supplied air defense missiles to N. Korea in return for its troops
Russia has supplied air defense missile systems to North Korea in exchange for sending its troops to support Russia’s war efforts against Ukraine, a ... -
Two convicted in human smuggling case after Indian family froze to death
A jury convicted two men on Friday of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of ... -
A man called 911 for help during a home invasion. Las Vegas police fatally shot him
A Las Vegas man called for police help during a home invasion before an officer fatally shot him, according to authorities and 911 calls. ... -
Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force for UN mission
Russia and China yesterday [Macau time] opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang ... -
Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with Xi after shaking up the G20
Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil in a bid to channel the ... -
Booker Prize winner Flanagan adds nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf
Australian writer Richard Flanagan completed an unprecedented literary double yesterday [Macau time], winning Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize a decade after being awarded the ... -
Snack justice: Spanish court slaps supermarket that fired a worker for eating a croquette
A Spanish court has upheld a ruling that a supermarket worker was unlawfully fired for having eaten a croquette that was going to be ... -
G20 summit calls for more aid to Gaza and an end to the war in Ukraine
Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies called for a global pact to combat hunger, more aid for war-torn Gaza and an end to ... -
Farmers protest at Parliament House over a ‘ruinous’ tax hike
With banners, bullhorns, toy tractors and an angry message, British farmers descended on Parliament yesterday to protest a hike in inheritance tax that they ... -
Microsoft pitches AI ‘agents’ that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is opening a company conference in Chicago with remarks that could set the stage for where it’s taking its artificial ... -
At climate summit in Baku, negotiators are urged to get down to business as talks enter second week
United Nations climate talks resumed yesterday with negotiators urged to make progress on a deal that could see developing countries get more money to ... -
The ‘super year’ of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves
Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they’ve been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this ... -
A gold pocket watch given to the captain who rescued Titanic survivors sells for record price
A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting ... -
Trump’s picks for top foreign policy posts could reassure allies – and worry China
President-elect Donald Trump is famously unconventional, but he made conventional picks for his two top foreign policy positions. That could be reassuring to American ... -
South African government says it won’t help thousands of illegal miners inside a closed mine
South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who ... -
A diminished Biden heads to Peru, overshadowed by Xi
If things had gone differently last week, U.S. President Joe Biden could have arrived at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru today projecting ... -
Trump’s defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host’s experience
President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping ... -
Biggest name world leaders missing at UN climate talks, but others try to fill the void
World leaders are converging yesterday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably ... -
Netherlands Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell
A Dutch appeals court yesterday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 ... -
UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution
A complex international two-week-long game of climate change poker is convening. The stakes? Just the fate of an ever-warming world. Curbing and coping with ... -
Spaniards demand the resignation of Valencia leader for bungling flood response
Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in the eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to demand the resignation of the regional president in charge ... -
Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump’s 2020 election case after his presidential win
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case canceled any remaining court deadlines Friday while prosecutors assess the “the appropriate course going forward” ... -
Beyoncé leads the noms, becoming the most nominated artist in the show’s history
Welcome to Beyoncé country. When it comes to the 2025 Grammy Award nominations, “Cowboy Carter” rules the nation. She leads the nods with 11, ...
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