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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic pressure from China, while insisting that they also contribute more to their own defence.He said Washington will bolster its defences overseas ...
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Dozens of countries joined China on Friday in establishing an international mediation-based dispute resolution group.Representatives of more than 30 other countries, from Pakistan and Indonesia to Belarus and Cuba, signed the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Medi...
Videos featuring emotional moments with hyper-realistic baby dolls have sparked both online fascination and political debate in Brazil, with lawmakers even bringing the lifelike dolls into legislatures.Influencers have staged situations such as birth simulations and strolls in shopping malls with th...
French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed speculation around a viral video showing his wife, Brigitte Macron, seemingly pushing him away as they landed in Vietnam, saying the couple was simply joking.The footage, which quickly gained attention in France, captured the first lady placing both han...
Greece is deploying a record number of firefighters and nearly doubling its drone fleet this summer to address growing wildfire risks driven by climate change, officials said Thursday.Civil Protection Minister Ioannis Kefalogiannis said 18,000 permanent and seasonal personnel, supported by thousands...
Record floodwaters on Australia’s east coast have left four people dead and one missing, officials said Friday as rain eased over the disaster area.50,000 people have been isolated by flooding along the coast of New South Wales state, north of Sydney, after days of heavy rain. The low-pressure...
There are hardly any tourists in the scenic Himalayan region of Kashmir. Most of the hotels and ornate pinewood houseboats are empty. Resorts in the snowclad mountains have fallen silent. Hundreds of cabs are parked and idle.It’s the fallout of last month’s gun massacre that left 26 peop...
The militaries of the U.S. and Philippines have carried out joint drills in waters adjacent to the South China Sea claimed by Beijing, amid a rising number of incidents between China and the Philippines in the vital Southeast Asian waterway.Participating in the maneuvers in the Sulu Sea this week we...
Iran plans to begin uranium enrichment using thousands of advanced centrifuges at its key nuclear facilities, Fordo and Natanz, the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported on Friday.This development heightens concerns over Tehran’s nuclear program as it continues...
The biggest November snowstorm to hit South Korea’s capital in more than a half century blanketed the capital on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights, disrupting commuter traffic and leaving at least two dead.South Korea’s weather agency said 20 to 26 centimeters (7.8 to 10 inches) o...
It hasn't been a typical fall for the northeastern United States.Fires have burned in parks and forests around New York City. Towns and cities in a stretch from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to south of Philadelphia had their driest three months on record, according to the Applied Climate Informati...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO have met for talks on global security, the military alliance said Saturday.In a brief statement, NATO said Trump and its secretary general, Mark Rutte, met on Friday in Palm Beach, Florida.“They discussed the range of global security issue...
Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip.It was their only meal Wednesday — it was all they could afford.“My girls suck on their thum...
A Pakistani court granted bail Wednesday to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case, his lawyer said. But with a slew of other charges pending against him, the opposition leader is staying in prison.Still, the order by a superior court in the capital, Islamabad, was a boost for Khan in the ...
A fight among inmates has left at least 15 dead and 14 injured at Ecuador's largest prison, authorities said Tuesday.The Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has been the site of frequent riots and mass killings, including one in 2021 that left 119 inmates dead. Authorities prov...
Curled up in his father ’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. The 4-year-old kicked his doctor with his intact foot and pushed him away with the arm that was not in a cast. “My Dad! My Dad!" Hussein said. "Make him leave me alone!” With eyes t...
Pakistan's railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff.The train services would be suspended for four days for security reasons, acco...
Qatar has suspended its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, it said Saturday, after growing frustration with the lack of progress on a cease-fire deal for Gaza.It wasn't immediately clear whether the remaining Hamas leadership hosted by Qatar must leave, or where it would go. Hamas h...
President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump for a traditional postelection meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said Saturday.Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the incoming president, and is meant partly to mark the start of a peaceful ...
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With her selection as President-elect Donald Trump 's incoming White House chief of staff, veteran Florida political strategist Susie Wiles moves from a largely behind-the-scenes role of campaign co-chair to the high-profile position of the president's closest adviser and counsel.She's b...
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