Iran said Friday it would launch a series of “new and advanced” centrifuges in response to a resolution adopted by the UN nuclear watchdog that censures Tehran for what the agency called lack of cooperation.The censure motion brought by Britain, France, Germany, and the United States at the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy …
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Pro-Kremlin Muscovites voiced confidence in President Vladimir Putin on Friday, a day after Russia test-fired a new intermediate-range missile at Ukraine in a stark escalation of tensions.Putin delivered an unscheduled TV address after the strike, in which he told Russians that the Ukraine conflict had taken on “elements of a global character”. He also threatened more …
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Chinese President Xi Jinping pitched his country as a font of stability at the G20 summit this week as a second Trump term looms, but analysts say wary Western nations are likely to hold Beijing at bay.Xi was front and centre at the meeting of the world’s 20 largest economies in Rio de Janeiro, holding …
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South Sudan security forces were investigating Friday a shootout at the home of the troubled nation’s powerful former spy chief Akol Koor, who was sacked almost two months ago amid rumours of a coup plot.Gunfire erupted on Thursday evening in Juba, the capital of the world’s youngest country that is plagued by power struggles, ethnic …
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Jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai on Friday said he had advocated for “peaceful resistance” against China’s erosion of the city’s freedoms and tried to “reduce violence” during huge democracy protests in 2019.Lai has been giving evidence for three days in his trial for collusion with foreign forces, an offence carrying up to life in …
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Rowdy cheers spilled from a Hong Kong banquet hall hosting a mass wedding party, as one of the 20 elderly couples renewing their vows coquettishly shared a strawberry marshmallow mouth-to-mouth.Dressed to impress, the brides and grooms — mostly in their 70s — were in high spirits as they took part in the 17th Elderly Wedding …
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Representatives from nearly 200 nations awaited a fresh proposal Friday for a potential compromise in marathon climate finance talks on the last day of a hard-fought COP29 summit in Azerbaijan.The gruelling two-week conference in the Caspian Sea city Baku is almost certain to go into overtime, with key details for a deal yet to be …
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Russia said on Friday it had scuppered Kyiv’s military objectives for 2025 just after President Vladimir Putin issued a warning to the West by test-firing a new intermediate-range missile at Ukraine.That assessment for next year came after a Russian drone attack at night on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy killed two civilians and wounded …
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Since her first brush with fame a decade ago, Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan has fought a “long-term battle” against tired assumptions about herself, music and how orchestras should be run.In 2014, Chan became the first woman to win themajor Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, kickstarting an international career that included a stint at the London …
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Russia on Thursday fired an experimental missile at Ukraine in a clear warning of its capabilities, officials from Western governments said, even as they pushed back against Ukrainian claims of a more provocative action by Moscow. Ukraine initially accused Russia of firing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in combat for the first time in history. But a US …
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