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Washington, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the “acute threat” posed by Moscow, but China is the most consequential challenge for the United States, the Pentagon said Thursday. The dangers are both conventional — Moscow’s aggression toward its neighbors and Beijing’s efforts to […]

London, Oct 19 (AFP/APP): British Prime Minister Liz Truss lurched into fresh chaos Wednesday as her hardline interior minister quit, forcing the new leader to turn to one of her strongest critics to shore up her tottering government. Suella Braverman left as home secretary ostensibly […]

Paris, Oct 18 (AFP/APP): Striking workers held rallies across France on Tuesday to demand higher wages in response to soaring inflation, amplifying a protest by refinery workers that has emptied petrol stations and caused headaches for millions of motorists. The strike caused fewer transport disruptions […]

Doha, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):Gas-rich Qatar inaugurated Tuesday its first solar power plant stretching across the desert, a vast site planned to provide up to 10 percent of the tiny Gulf nation’s energy supply. The solar farm in al-Kharsaah, west of the capital Doha, is “one […]

Moscow, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): A Russian military plane crashed on Monday into a residential area of Yeysk, a town in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine, news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry, with at least two deaths reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin was […]

Oslo, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): Norwegian police said on Monday they arrested four Russians suspected of violating a photography ban, as the country fears possible sabotage at critical infrastructure sites. Norway is on high alert following several reports of mysterious drone sightings close to offshore oil […]

Rennes, France, Oct 16 (AFP/APP): A British woman died after being shot by her companion during a wild boar hunt in France on Sunday, in what a prosecutor described as a “dramatic accident”. The 67-year-old was wounded “above the heart” and taken to hospital in […]

Washington, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):The gunman believed to have killed five people in North Carolina in America’s latest mass shooting is a 15-year-old boy, in critical condition after being shot by police, officials said Friday. Two more people were wounded in the Thursday night shooting, the […]

Astana, Kazakhstan, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow was “doing everything right” in its nearly eight-month invasion of Ukraine despite a string of embarrassing defeats, as Kyiv said it was “stronger than ever” and would emerge victorious. Putin’s comments came […]

New York, Oct 12 (AFP/APP):As Native Americans this week celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day — the holiday increasingly recognized in the United States in lieu of “Columbus Day” — members of the continent’s hundreds of tribes shared a common concern: the ongoing extinction of their ancestral […]