Republicans block domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
Democrats' first attempt at responding to back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in Senate as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tried to nudge Republicans into taking up...
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China's Pacific plan seen as regional strategic game-changer
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China raps US as tensions rise in South Pacific
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Prez: 11 babies killed in fire at Senegalese hosp
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Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in more than 20 countries: WHO
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Turkey keeps up pressure on Sweden, Finland
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China, Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea
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Lankan PM stresses urgency for economic reform plan
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Ex-Lankan PM questioned by CID over May 9 violence
The Sri Lankan police have questioned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and recorded a 3-hour-long statement over the violent clashes between his supporters and anti-government protesters in the crisis-hit country that killed at least 10 people and injured over 200 others, according to a media report on Thursday. On May 9,...
Russia takes steps to bolster army, tighten grip on Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin issued an order ON Wednesday to fast track Russian citizenship for residents in parts of southern Ukraine largely held by his forces, while lawmakers in Moscow passed a bill to strengthen the stretched Russian army. Putin's decree applying to the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions could allow Russia to...
China's Foreign Minister starts Pacific tour in the Solomons
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and a 20-strong delegation arrived in the Solomon Islands Thursday at the start of an eight-nation tour that comes amid growing concerns about Beijing's military and financial ambitions in the South Pacific region. China says the trip builds on a long history of friendly relations between...
‘Horrifying' conspiracy theories swirl around Texas shooting
By now it's as predictable as the calls for thoughts and prayers: A mass shooting leaves many dead, and wild conspiracy theories and misinformation about the carnage soon follow. It happened after Sandy Hook, after Parkland, after the Orlando nightclub shooting and after the deadly rampage earlier this month at...
Marcos Jr proclaimed next Philippine Prez with huge win
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Was proclaimed the next president of the Philippines by a joint session of Congress on Wednesday following a landslide election triumph 36 years after his dictator father was ousted in a pro-democracy uprising. The Senate and House of Representatives also declared that his separately elected vice presidential running...
Seoul: N Korea fires suspected ICBM, 2 other missiles
North Korea test-launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile and two shorter-range weapons toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korea said, hours after President Joe Biden ended a trip to Asia where he reaffirmed the US commitment to defend its allies in the face of the North's nuclear threat. The suspected...
‘Humbled’ Boris apologises for partygate
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday issued another apology over partygate after top civil servant Sue Gray's damning report into breaches of coronavirus lockdown rules at Downing Street concluded leadership failures were behind a culture of rule-breaking within UK government offices. Making a statement in the House of Commons soon...
