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India, China foreign ministers agree to resolve border issues at earliest
NEW DELHI - India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday in Kazakhstan where the two...
Jul 4, 20242 min read
China warns of hotter, longer heatwaves as climate change intensifies
BEIJING/SINGAPORE - China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate...
Jul 4, 20242 min read
Feeding Gaza: Traders run gauntlet of bullets, bombs and bribes
Mohammed describes a delivery job from hell. "I get screwed on every shipment," the Gazan trader told Reuters. He said he has to fork out...
Jul 4, 20247 min read
China's Xi greets EU Council president ahead of EV tariffs taking effect
BEIJING - China's President Xi Jinping made a congratulatory call on Thursday to incoming European Council President Antonio Costa,...
Jul 4, 20242 min read
Philippines president orders de-escalation in South China Sea, military chief says
MANILA - Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has instructed the armed forces to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea,...
Jul 4, 20241 min read
Pro-Palestinian protesters clear out Canadian campus encampment
TORONTO - Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters cleared out tents and tarps on Wednesday from a fenced-off grassy area on the campus of...
Jul 4, 20241 min read
Turkey's Erdogan offers to help end Russia-Ukraine war; Kremlin rules him out as intermediary
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Ankara could help end the Ukraine-Russia war,...
Jul 4, 20241 min read
Israel studying Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire proposal, says Mossad
JERUSALEM - Israel is studying Hamas' response to a proposal that would include a hostage release deal and ceasefire in Gaza, according...
Jul 4, 20242 min read
France, Britain and others allowed to intervene in Myanmar ICJ genocide case
AMSTERDAM - Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Britain and the Maldives are allowed to intervene in Gambia's Myanmar...
Jul 4, 20241 min read
Russia's Putin and China's Xi to meet at security summit in Kazakhstan
ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are due to meet on Wednesday at a summit of a Eurasian security and...
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Cambodian court jails activists for plotting against government, insulting king
PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court handed jail terms of up to eight years to 10 activists of environmental group Mother Nature, on charges of...
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Putin arrives in Kazakhstan for Russia-China dominated SCO summit
Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for regional security and defence talks, the Kremlin said, as well...
Jul 3, 20241 min read
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