Xi to visit Russia from May 7-10, attend V-day
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia from May 7-10 to attend the Victory Day Parade in Moscow and hold “strategic communication” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on a series of major international and regional issues, it was announced on Sunday. This will be Xi’s first visit to Moscow after...
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Russia downs 170 drones, 8 western missiles over Crimea, other regions
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Pakistan test-fires Abdali missile amid India tensions
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Prince Harry pursues security case with minister
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Sri Lanka to discuss India defence pact in Parliament
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Lebanon warns Hamas not to carry out any attacks from its territories
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UK appeals for measured approach
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US hopes Pakistan cooperates with India
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US stands strong with India against terrorism: State Department
The United States stands strong with India against terrorism and Prime Minister Narendra Modi “has our full support”, the State Department said underlining that Secretary of State Marco Rubio urges India and Pakistan to work towards a responsible resolution that maintains long-term peace and regional stability in South Asia. State Department...
Trump offers advice to University of Alabama graduates in speech
resident Donald Trump offered some encouraging words and advice for graduating students at the University of Alabama on Thursday in a speech interspersed with impressions of transgender weightlifters, accusations that judges were interfering with his agenda and attacks on his predecessor, Joe Biden. The Republican’s jolting speech was standard fare for...
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research child safety net programmes
The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of child welfare programmes, with plans to terminate dozens of university grants studying improvements to Head Start and child care policy, according to a spreadsheet mistakenly made public this week. The document listed more than 150 research projects under consideration for...
Farage’s Reform UK narrowly wins seat
The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage won a seat in Parliament by a handful of votes and looked set to make more gains in results Friday from local elections the party hopes will show it is a major player in British politics. Reform’s Sarah Pochin was declared...
US-Ukraine minerals deal betterthan expected; but Trump is unpredictable
The United States and Ukraine have finally signed a long-awaited agreement on Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction – and, at first reading, the details appear more favourable for Kyiv than many observers expected. At the core of the “economic partnership agreement” is the exploitation of Ukraine’s mineral wealth. Ukraine will get access to...
Failed Soviet-era spacecraft to Venus to plunge to Earth
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth, possibly within the first two weeks of May. It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much of it will survive reentry,...
UN court wraps hearings on humanitarian aid to Gaza
T3he top United Nations court on Friday wraps a week of hearings on what Israel must do to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Last year, the UN General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on Israel’s...
