North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia and re-deployed several to the frontline in Kursk, Seoul’s spy agency told AFP on Thursday.South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have said that more than 10,000 soldiers from the reclusive state were sent to Russia last year to help it fight a shock Ukrainian offensive into the …
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Taiwan said Thursday it detected 45 Chinese aircraft near the self-ruled island, the highest number this year and a tally that comes a day after Taipei condemned China’s “live-fire” drills off the south.China insists democratic Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring the island under its control.Beijing has …
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Hamas handed over the coffins of four hostages early Thursday, Israeli authorities confirmed, followed soon after by the return of hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners to the West Bank and Gaza.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed Israel had received the coffins of “four fallen hostages”, and a process to formally identify them had started.In the …
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Starved, beaten and electrocuted, Ahmed remains traumatised months after being trafficked to Southeast Asia, one of an untold number of Africans forced to work in scam centres far from home.The complexes have flourished across the region, often staffed by foreigners who are made to swindle people in what analysts say is a multi-billion-dollar industry.Among them …
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Tom Blackburn was so proud of his Tesla, he even bought one in bright red to stand out. But with company CEO Elon Musk’s foray into US politics, he’s sworn never to buy from the electric carmaker again.Musk has already divided Americans by helping President Donald Trump slash government spending in moves denounced as illegal …
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Donald Trump on Thursday to plead for a US backstop to any Ukraine ceasefire, insisting it would be the only way to stop Russia’s Vladimir Putin from invading again.Starmer arrived in Washington late Wednesday to build on a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, amid growing concerns in …
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A US company is aiming for its second lunar touchdown after a lander carrying a suite of unique experiments successfully launched aboard a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday.Intuitive Machines made history last year as the first private entity to put a robot on the Moon, though the triumph was marred by the lander tipping onto its …
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was revoking permission for oil giant Chevron to operate in Venezuela, removing a crucial source of revenue in a wobbly economy run by leftist adversary Nicolas Maduro.Trump accused Maduro of failing to live up to promises to take back deported Venezuelans as pledged to a US envoy, whose …
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President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet Donald Trump on Friday to finalize a deal on US access to Ukraine’s mineral wealth, hoping to win guarantees of future American support.Holding his first cabinet meeting Wednesday, Trump said the Ukrainian president’s visit to Washington was “now confirmed”, after days of tension between the two leaders over …
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The erosion of multilateralism threatens global growth and stability, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned Wednesday at a G20 finance meeting in South Africa marked by the absence of the US treasury secretary.Two days of talks by finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s leading economies opened a week after a meeting of G20 foreign …
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