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Factbox-What are countries doing to get nationals out of Lebanon?
NICOSIA - A sharp escalation in border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has sent Western nations scrambling to update...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Factbox-Democrats, Republicans battle over election rules in Harris-Trump face off
WASHINGTON - The U.S. presidential contest between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump features an array of legal battles...
Sep 27, 20244 min read
Hurricane Helene may hit Florida as a 'catastrophic' Category 4 storm
Hurricane Helene is forecast to rapidly strengthen and could hit Florida on Thursday as a Category 4 storm, producing "catastrophic"...
Sep 26, 20243 min read
US and allies call for 21-day ceasefire along Israel-Lebanon border after UN talks
UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - The United States, France and several allies called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the...
Sep 26, 20244 min read
Explainer-How will Japan's ruling party pick the next prime minister?
TOKYO - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new president on Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Wildfire rages in Ecuador's drought-stricken capital
QUITO - A raging wildfire filled Ecuador's capital of Quito with smoke and threatened homes on Tuesday as authorities rushed to control...
Sep 26, 20241 min read
Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over strikes on Russia from Ukraine
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional...
Sep 26, 20243 min read
Displaced Lebanese recount their ordeal of Israeli strikes and escape
BEIRUT - After evacuating her family from the village of Seddiqine in southern Lebanon, Feryal Mehsen went back to fetch belongings. It...
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Austria's polarising far-right leader bids to become chancellor
VIENNA - He is abrasive, provocative and has one of the lowest approval ratings among top Austrian politicians, but far-right leader...
Sep 26, 20243 min read
Exclusive-Russia has secret war drones project in China, intel sources say
Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine,...
Sep 26, 20246 min read
Zelenskiy takes aim at China, Brazil push for peace in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday dismissed efforts by China and Brazil to end Russia's war in...
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Washington state's abortion pill stockpile is insurance against Trump win, governor says
OLYMPIA, Washington - Washington state's first-in-the-nation stockpile of abortion drugs will serve as insurance against future lawsuits...
Sep 26, 20242 min read
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