Biden stumbles in first presidential debate with Trump
Joe Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled in his first televised presidential debate with his predecessor Donald Trump, setting off alarm bells among top Democrats about whether the incumbent president can stay atop in the gruelling months ahead of the elections. During their roughly 90-minute debate...
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Palestinians surrounded by sewage and garbage
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Sanjana Thakur’s short story wins UK Commonwealth Prize
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Stella Assange thanks lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder’s freedom
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Rise in hate speech against minorities in India raises concern: Blinken
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US sanctions Boeing over 737 Max 9 investigation information sharing
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Ship attacked in Red Sea by Houthi rebels in latest maritime assault
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UK PM Sunak tries to override betting scandal in election campaign
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Lawyer accuses Prince Harry of destroying documents
(): An attorney for the publisher of The Sun tabloid Thursday accused Prince Harry of engaging in “shocking” and “extraordinary” obfuscation by destroying evidence it was seeking in his lawsuit claiming that the newspaper violated his privacy by unlawfully snooping on him. Attorney Anthony Hudson said at High Court that the...
Police clash with protesters in Kenya as military patrols streets
Kenyan police on Thursday clashed with protesters in Nairobi before planned protests against a contentious finance bill, despite the president’s decision not to sign it after the plans sparked deadly chaos in the capital and saw protesters storming and burning part of the parliament building. Protesters who said last week that...
Calm returns in Bolivia after apparent coup attempt
Calm returned to Bolivia’s capital on Thursday after troops led by a top general stormed the presidential palace, then quickly retreated, tumultuous scenes that threatened to pitch the long-troubled South American democracy into chaos. The nation of 12 million watched in shock and bewilderment Wednesday as Bolivian military forces appeared...
List of threatened species grows by 1,000
(): Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation organization that blames pressures from climate change, invasive species and human activity such as illicit trade and infrastructural expansion. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released its latest...
‘Women's rights to be discussed at meeting attended by Taliban’
The UN political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have been excluded, saying Wednesday that women’s rights will be raised at every session. Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo stressed to a small group of reporters that...
Rajapaksa to meet Chinese Premier
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday left on an official visit to Beijing where he will meet Premier Li Qiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss the island nation’s debt restructuring agreement with China. China is Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral lender owning 52 per cent of the...
China urges global scientists to study lunar samples, cites obstacle with US
China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from around the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples that the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation, specifically with the United States. Officials said at a...
