Blinken begins key China visit
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell...
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Smoke seen as ANA flight carrying 200 lands safely
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Ex- Japanese PM Taro Aso meets Trump
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Microsoft, Amazon face scrutiny from UK competition watchdog
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Blast near ship off Yemen may mark new attack by Houthi rebels
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China blasts US military aid to Taiwan
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Columbia University progresses post-Gaza protester arrests
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Aus police arrest 7 teens for extremism, linked to recent stabbing of bishop
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Pakistan & Iran agree to focus on ways to combat terrorism
Pakistan and Iran have recognised the need to focus on combating terrorism and the need to develop a “united front” against the menace, the two countries said on Wednesday as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi wrapped up his three-day maiden trip to the neighbouring nation. Raisi’s visit to Pakistan was the first...
US Senate passes $95.3 bn package for Ukraine, Israel
The US Senate has voted overwhelmingly to provide a USD 95.3 billion aid package to Ukraine and Israel and to strengthen the security of America and its allies in the Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan. The final approval on Tuesday night by the Senate ends months of uncertainty and delays about whether the...
Putin wants to get closer to Afghanistan’s current rulers?
Russia is currently considering taking the Taliban off its list of terrorist organisations, officials have indicated. While no final decision has yet been taken, one sign of their increasingly cordial relationship is the Taliban’s invitation to an international economic forum being held in Kazan, Russia, in May. The Kremlin has opened...
IMF team to visit Pak next month to negotiate new bailout package
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that an IMF team is expected to visit Islamabad next month to negotiate a new long-term bailout package to secure a staff-level agreement for the cash-strapped country by mid-July. Speaking to the media after his week-long visit to Washington, the minister said the contours...
Haitians scramble to survive amidst gang violence
As the sun sets, a burly man bellows into a megaphone while a curious crowd gathers around him. Next to him is a small cardboard box with several banknotes worth 10 Haitian gourdes — about 7 US cents. “Everyone give whatever they have!” the man shouts as he grabs the arms...
Scotland Yard chief under pressure over antisemitism row at London protest
The Scotland Yard chief is under growing pressure on Sunday amid an antisemitism row during a pro-Palestinian protest march in London, with former UK home secretary Suella Braverman among those calling for his resignation. Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, is in the firing line after Britain’s largest police force...
Polish voters choose mayors in runoff polls
Polish voters are casting ballots on Sunday to chose mayors in hundreds of cities and towns where no candidate won outright in the first round of the country’s local elections two weeks ago. Mayors will be chosen in a total of 748 places, including in the cities of Krakow, Poznan, Rzeszow...
