The Kremlin said Friday that US President-elect Donald Trump’s opposition to Ukraine’s use of US weapons to hit Russia “fully aligned” with Moscow’s position, hours after it launched a massive aerial barrage on Ukraine.The nearly three-year conflict is escalating ahead of Trump coming to power in January, with both sides seeking to gain an upper …
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India’s aspiring chess players and their parents woke up Friday with big dreams after 18-year-old hometown hero Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world champion.Gukesh stunned China’s Ding Liren on Thursday when he seized upon an unfortunate blunder to win the last game of the World Chess Championship and clinch the title in Singapore.As Ding faltered …
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s dark claims of communist infiltration when declaring martial law last week may have seemed to many like a throwback to the Cold War.But his rhetoric echoed misinformation about electoral fraud that has long swirled among far-right conspiracy theorists in South Korea, who enjoy huge followings and who have thrived …
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Chinese navy and coast guard ships have returned to China, signalling the end of a massive maritime exercise, Taiwanese authorities said Friday.Taiwan’s coast guard released images it said showed Chinese vessels sailing north in rough seas past the island on Thursday, on their way to China.”All the Chinese coast guard went back to China yesterday, …
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Conservationists in Cambodia on Friday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish in the critical Southeast Asian waterway plagued by illegal fishing, habitat loss and plastic waste.Fishermen smiled alongside officials from Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration (CFA) as they held up the two-metre-long creatures — weighing up to 130 kilograms (287 pounds) each — …
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to “prepare to remain” throughout the winter in the UN-patrolled buffer zone that is supposed to separate Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights.Israel seized the demilitarised zone on the strategic plateau on Sunday, just hours after Syrian rebels swept president Bashar al-Assad from power.Since …
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From her private hospital in Afghanistan’s capital, doctor Najmussama Shefajo predicts a rise in maternal mortality rates “within three or four years”, following the latest restrictions on women’s education.The Taliban’s supreme leader is reportedly behind a ban on women studying midwifery and nursing at training institutes across the country, already among the worst in the …
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Syria’s rebel chief called on people across the country to celebrate “the victory of the revolution” on Friday, as G7 leaders looked to forge a common approach to the new government.More than half a century of brutal rule by the Assad clan came to a sudden end on Sunday, after a lightning rebel offensive led …
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday told Turkey it was “imperative” to work against a resurgence of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The top US diplomat also said he saw “encouraging signs” on reaching a ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip.His remarks came on the second …
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China on Friday jailed former Premier League star and men’s national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery, snaring one of the country’s greatest football figures in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption in sport.President Xi Jinping has waged an unrelenting campaign against deep-seated official corruption since coming to power over a decade ago.Anti-graft …
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