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New government announces legislation for ‘national renewal’ as Parliament opens with royal pomp
Britain’s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its plans for ... -
Chinese swimmers will be under scrutiny at the Paris Olympics after positive doping tests revealed
Few athletes will be under as much scrutiny at the Paris Olympics as the swimmers from China. Revelations that nearly two dozen elite Chinese swimmers ... -
Top EU leaders will boycott meetings hosted by Hungary’s Orbán after his outreach to Russia, China
Top officials of the European Union will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary while the country holds the EU’s rotating presidency, after Hungary’s pro-Russian ... -
Trump’s economic plans include proposed tariffs, tax cuts and no taxes on tips
The first night of the Republican National Convention kept its official focus on the economy yesterday (Macau time) even after Saturday’s shooting at a ... -
A ‘new era’ in malaria control has begun with a vaccination campaign for children in Ivory Coast
Health workers in Ivory Coast began giving children the latest malaria vaccine earlier this week, the beginning of a regional campaign that experts hope might ... -
Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began
When Maksim Kolker’s phone rang at 6 a.m., and the voice on the other end said his father had been arrested, he thought it ... -
Former fire chief who died at Trump rally used his body to shield family from gunfire
The former fire chief who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally for Donald Trump spent his final moments diving down in front of his ... -
Trump injured but ‘fine’ after attempted assassination at rally, shooter and one attendee are dead
Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt yesterday (Macau time) at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept ... -
After embrace at summit, Zelenskyy takes his case for US military aid to governors
Away from Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to broaden support for U.S. military aid by telling state governors Friday that the world’s leaders ... -
UN experts: Up to 4,000 Rwandan troops are operating with M23 rebel group
Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwanda government forces are deployed in neighboring eastern Congo, operating alongside the M23 rebel group which has been making major ... -
Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s largest hospital complicates treatment of kids with cancer
National Cancer Institute in Kyiv was busier than usual after a Russian missile struck Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital this week, forcing the evacuation of ... -
Strikes in central Gaza kill 20 Palestinians as mediators make new push on cease-fire deal
Israeli airstrikes early yesterday killed 20 Palestinians in central Gaza, including six children and three women, some of them inside a purported “safe zone” ... -
Authorities are depriving Nobel Peace Prize laureate of medicine in jail, his wife says
The wife of an imprisoned Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate said yesterday that the country’s authorities are depriving her husband of medicine as his ... -
Kyiv mourns as rescuers make last-ditch efforts at children’s hospital hit by Russian missile
Rescue operations stretched into a second day at a major Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a Russian missile, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday, ... -
Trump returns to campaign trail amid calls for Biden to withdraw
President Donald Trump is getting back on the campaign trail, rallying voters in his home state at his flagship golf resort in a celebratory ... -
Indian Prime Minister Modi makes first visit to Russia since the start of its war on Ukraine
India’s prime minister began a two-day visit to Russia yesterday, his first since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine, a war that has complicated ... -
Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew ... -
French vote splits among left, center and far-right. With no majority, political paralysis threatens
French voters divided their legislature among left, center and far right, with no single political faction getting even close to the majority needed for ... -
Election winner only becomes prime minister when King Charles III says so
The Labour Party has won Britain’s general election, bringing a new party to power for the first time in 14 years. But Labour leader ... -
Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water
Russian strikes overnight left over 100,000 households without power in northern Ukraine and cut off the water supply to a regional capital, Ukrainian authorities ... -
With Taylor Swift heading to Germany, one city has taken her name — at least for a few weeks
The Swifties are about to take over the German city formerly known as Gelsenkirchen, where American superstar Taylor Swift is set to give three ... -
New Zealand tourist killed in robbery attempt at Southern California mall
A 68-year-old tourist from New Zealand was struck and killed by a car during a botched robbery at an upscale mall in a popular ... -
Leaders of Russia and China meets in Central Asian summit in a show of deepening cooperation
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting for the second time in as many months as they visit Kazakhstan for ... -
In the campaign’s final hours, Sunak battles to the end as Labour’s Starmer eyes victory
Rishi Sunak has covered thousands of miles in the past few weeks, but he hasn’t outrun the expectation that his time as Britain’s prime ... -
Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia
At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot ... -
Gang violence has displaced 300,000 children, the UN says
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March, the U.N. children’s agency said Tuesday as the Caribbean country struggles to ... -
Millions in Nigeria have little to no electricity. It’s straining businesses and public services
Dimly lit and stuffy classrooms stir with life every morning as children file in. Rays of sunlight stream through wooden windows, the only source ... -
Exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads preelection polls
Voters across mainland France began casting ballots yesterday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the ... -
UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS
The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern ... -
WestJet cancels more than 400 flights after a surprise strike by mechanics union
Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, said it canceled 407 flights affecting 49,000 passengers after the maintenance workers union announced it went on strike. The Aircraft ... -
Thousands of doctors go on strike a week before general election
Thousands of doctors in England are staging their 11th walkout yesterday in a long-running dispute with the government over pay and working conditions, disrupting ... -
Zelenskyy visits front-line troops under pressure from Russia’s onslaught in eastern areas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on Wednesday visited troops in the eastern Donetsk region who have weathered fierce ... -
No matter who wins Iran’s presidential election, much may hinge on the ‘Great Satan’ US
In the waning moments of Iran’s final televised presidential debate, one of the top candidates to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi invoked ... -
As presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown
Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those ... -
Founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a US court and later freedom
A plane carrying Julian Assange landed yesterday in Bangkok for refueling, as the WikiLeaks founder was on his way to enter a plea deal ...
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