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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Blast at central Russian plant kills 10: governor
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
23 October 2025, 17:44 PM
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China, US to hold trade talks in Malaysia in coming days
23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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Houthis free detained ship’s crew
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said yesterday they had released the detained crew of the ship Galaxy Leader, held since November 2023, after Gaza ceasefire came into effect.
22 January 2025, 18:00 PM
China vows to defend 'interests' against Trump tariff threats
On China, Trump reiterated his threat Tuesday to impose a 10 percent duty
22 January 2025, 09:02 AM
Panama complains to UN over Trump canal threat, starts audit
Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino has denied that any other nation was interfering in the canal
22 January 2025, 08:19 AM
Trump calls Washington bishop 'nasty', demands apology
Trump issued measures Monday, after being sworn in as president for the second time, to suspend the arrival of asylum seekers and expel migrants in the country illegally
22 January 2025, 07:00 AM
Trump targets opponents, faces criticism from cathedral pulpit
The Republican also defended his sweeping pardons of US Capitol rioters, including key figures from the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers groups who were released from jail on Tuesday.
22 January 2025, 05:31 AM
Netflix hikes subscription fees for US users
Netflix shares jumped more than 14 percent to top $993 in after-market trades.
22 January 2025, 03:45 AM
No home, no insurance: The double hit from Los Angeles fires
Tens of thousands of Californians forced in recent years to live without a safety net
22 January 2025, 03:38 AM
Israel army chief resigns over October 7 'failure'
Finkelman headed Israel's southern military command, which is responsible for Gaza
22 January 2025, 03:23 AM
Trump pardons 'Silk Road' drug kingpin
He was sentenced to two life sentences for narcotics distribution and criminal enterprise
22 January 2025, 03:16 AM
US Capitol rioters celebrate prison release after Trump pardons
Hours after being sworn in on Monday, Trump granted pardons to more than 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol
22 January 2025, 03:10 AM
Trump raises prospects for a negotiated reset on US-China ties
Donald Trump unexpectedly held off tariffs on China on his first day back at the White House and did not single it out as a threat, raising the prospect of a rapprochement as both sides look to gain from each other rather than rain harm on an adversary.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Great white shark’s 9m-yr-old ancestor found in Peru
Palaeontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once inhabited the waters of the southern Pacific Ocean, where it liked to devour sardines.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Ukraine strikes Russian oil depot, aviation plant
Ukraine fired a wave of drones at Russia overnight, sparking a blaze at an oil depot and “explosions” at a plant producing military aircraft, its army said yesterday.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Politics has ‘weaponised’ science
The UN’s climate chief yesterday said that the science of global warming had been “weaponised” by politics, a day after Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Turkish ski resort fire kills 66 people
A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey’s Bolu mountains killed 66 people yesterday and forced panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Mexican president urges ‘cool heads’ in face of Trump threats
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum yesterday called for “cool heads” to prevail in the face of US President Donald Trump’s announcement of severe new restrictions on migration, among other policy changes.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump’s foreign policy moves on day one
Donald Trump said he planned to impose 25% tariffs on both Canada and Mexico and withdrew from a signature international climate treaty during an impromptu, wide-ranging news conference from the Oval Office where he tackled topics from trade wars to TikTok and said he was “not confident” that th
21 January 2025, 13:57 PM
Key Trump executive orders signed on day one
On his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders, including rescinding Biden-era executive actions and withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accord...Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity during his campaign that he would be a d
21 January 2025, 13:27 PM
'You're fired': Trump fires 4 senior officials
"Let this serve as Official Notice of Dismissal for these 4 individuals, with many more, coming soon"
21 January 2025, 07:26 AM
Fire at Turkey ski resort hotel kills 10, injures 32
The fire, believed to have started in the restaurant section at around midnight, spread quickly
21 January 2025, 06:48 AM