Several die in Germany in accidents over hot weekend
Several people have lost their lives in swiming accidents over the weekend in Germany as the country experienced hot summer weather. Some others in distress were rescued, including two…
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Zelensky says third German Patriot system has arrived in Ukraine
Ukraine has strengthened its air defences against Russian attacks with another German Patriot system. "The German Patriot has arrived," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly…
Several die in Germany in swimming accidents over hot weekend
Several people lost their lives in swimming accidents over the weekend in Germany as the country experienced hot summer weather. Some others in distress were rescued, including two…
Anti-whaling campaigner arrested in Greenland and police say he may be extradited to Japan
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Yemen's Houthis claim new attack on Israel amid escalation
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Bangladesh top court reverses jobs quota plan after street violence
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A Lebanese photojournalist, wounded in Israeli strike, carries Olympic torch to honor journalists
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Uganda protest organisers playing with fire, president says
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Gasherbrum II Summits
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Earliest-ever start to Sicilian grape harvest
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South Korea to play ‘full-scale’ loudspeaker broadcasts in response to North Korea’s trash balloons
North Korea on Sunday sent a new batch of balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea, which vowed to play “full-scale” loudspeaker broadcasts in response. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs…
Britain's Treasury chief vows to run the economy with 'iron discipline' amid demands for pay raises
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Ukrainian civilians wounded in Russian drone and shelling attacks as Russia claims gains in the east
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes wounded at least five people in Ukraine on Sunday, local officials said, as the two countries exchanged drone, missile and shelling attacks. Along the…
Will Nepal's new coalition government tip the scales of the India-China rivalry?
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They used to work for China’s biggest companies. Now they’re doing manual labor
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Colombia's president pushes for health and labor changes as he opens new session of congress
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North Korea flies more balloons likely carrying trash after the South resumes propaganda broadcasts
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Fined for yellow and blue shoes: How Russian laws smother dissent
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Wildfires in Canada's Alberta, British Columbia prompt evacuation orders
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Israeli jets bomb Yemen’s Hodeidah port in retaliation for drone attack in Tel Aviv
The Israeli military said it bombed sites in Yemen linked to the Iran-backed Houthi militias in retaliation for a deadly drone attack on Tel Aviv on Friday. The military said it hit…
Yemen's Houthis vow 'effective' response to Israeli attack on port
Yemen's Houthi militia has vowed an "effective" response to an Israeli attack on the Red Sea port of Hodeidah that the Iranian-allied group said had targeted civilian facilities. The…
German journalist group expels Putin biographer amid Russian payments
German journalist association Netzwerk Recherche has expelled Hubert Seipel from its membership, after the biographer of Russian President Vladimir Putin was revealed to have accepted…
Yemen's Houthis accuse Israel of attacking port of Hodeidah
Israel on Saturday mounted airstrikes in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, media loyal to Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthi militia reported. Houthi mouthpiece TV al-Masirah said the "US-Zionist…
Germany's Scholz says armed forces at heart of 'democratic society'
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday said the country's armed forces belong in the "centre of [Germany's] democratic society," as the country marked the 80th anniversary of the assassination…