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Russia on Sunday pummelled Ukraine with a “massive” aerial barrage of missiles and drones, killing at least nine people across the country in the largest attack in months that Kyiv branded “hellish”.  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow launched 120 missiles and almost 100 drones, targeting the capital as well as southern, central and far-western …

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Israeli strikes killed dozens in Gaza Sunday, the civil defence there said, and also hit a central Beirut district where a Lebanese source reported the death of Hezbollah’s spokesman in one raid.Israel has been fighting on two fronts since September, intensifying attacks on Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah after nearly a year of cross-border clashes alongside its …

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Russia on Sunday pummelled Ukraine with a “massive” aerial barrage, Ukrainian officials said, killing at least eight people and forcing power cuts with fears of a precarious winter to come.Hundreds of missiles and drones streaked across Kyiv’s skies as Russia’s invasion dragged past its one thousandth day, leaving more than 20 people wounded as well …

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An Israeli strike hit south Beirut on Sunday where the military said it targeted Hezbollah, hours after the Iran-backed group said it fired on Israeli bases around the city of Haifa.A column of smoke rose over the capital’s southern suburbs, AFPTV footage showed, following a warning from the Israeli military for residents to evacuate three …

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Joe Biden will make the first trip to the Amazon rainforest by a sitting US president Sunday — but his visit will be overshadowed by incoming leader Donald Trump’s vows to roll back his green policies.Biden is heading to Manaus in Brazil, a city in the heart of the world’s largest jungle, as part of …

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Nuclear-armed India has tested its first hypersonic missile, the defence minister said Sunday, publicising the super-fast high-tech weapon days after rival China showcased its latest military aviation powers.Hypersonics are the new frontier in missile technology, because they fly lower and are harder to detect than ballistic missiles, can reach targets more quickly, and can be …

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Israel issued evacuation orders Sunday for parts of south Beirut where it is targeting Hezbollah militants, hours after the Iran-backed group said it fired on several Israeli military bases around the coastal city of Haifa.Israel ordered residents of three areas in the capital’s southern suburbs to leave ahead of planned strikes on multiple buildings, in …

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The erosion of political freedoms in Hong Kong will come under the spotlight this week with key developments in two high-profile national security trials. On Wednesday, jailed tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai will testify in his collusion trial, breaking the silence he has kept over five previous trials and almost four years in jail.  He …

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Super Typhoon Man-yi uprooted trees, brought down power lines and ripped off corrugated iron roofing as it swept across the storm-weary Philippines on Sunday, following an unusual streak of violent weather.Man-yi was still packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour (115 miles per hour) after making landfall on lightly populated Catanduanes island late …

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Venezuelan authorities freed 225 people this weekend who were detained in protests against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro in July, the prosecutor’s office said Saturday.The releases were “granted and executed for people prosecuted for the violence that occurred after the 28 July elections,” the office said in a statement, after prosecutors launched a …

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