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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, second right, and Tulip Siddiq, left, attend a signing ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow

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Tulip Siddiq and the fall of Bangladesh’s most powerful family

The UK’s anti-corruption minister, Tulip Siddiq, has resigned from the government after being named in several corruption investigations in Bangladesh. The allegations extend to several close family members, including Siddiq’s aunt, the deposed Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and her mother, Sheikh Rehana. Hasina faces serious criminal charges after her government was

Israeli soldiers are seen during a ground operation in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.

Weapons, tunnel shaft found near UN base in Southern Lebanon: Israel

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 17 (ANI/TPS): Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon discovered weapons depots in several civilian buildings near a United Nations base, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday. Troops from the 11th Brigade Combat Team found numerous weapons along with a tunnel

People watch a television reporting North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station

N. Korea warns of taking action 'more intensively' over S. Korea, US, Japan's air drills

North Korea warned Friday it will "more intensively" exercise the right to self-defense, denouncing South Korea, the United States and Japan for staging combined air drills, involving U.S. B-1B bombers. The North's foreign ministry issued the

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in Beijing, China

US allegations, reports of cyberattacks rejected

Chinese diplomats on cyber affairs, in conversation with their United States counterparts, have firmly rejected U.S. allegations of cyberattacks, sources said. The allegations made by the U.S. "lack evidence", the sources told China Daily. The Chinese diplomats "have expressed concerns about the U.S. targeting China by rolling out large-scale cyber espionage and

This Aug. 19, 2020 file photo shows the the scene of the Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut blast investigator resumes probe, charges 10 peeople

Lebanese judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast on Thursday, charging 10 people including security, customs and military personnel, a judicial official said. The fresh charges come after a two-year hiatus in the investigation into the 4 August, 2020 explosion that killed more than 220 people, injured thousands and devastated swathes

Residents pass by a government propaganda with the words "Our Carbon Zero Agreement" on a street of in Beijing, China on Aug. 30, 2021

China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for

Forensic service workers carry body remains in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue miners from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa

South Africa ends mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country’s deepest mines while working illegally. At least 78 miners were

President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's response to the coup in Myanmar in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Washington.

2025-01-16
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Biden’s parting China blow based on flimsy math

Joe Biden’s claim that China “will never surpass” the US in economic terms has sparked fresh debate among analysts everywhere. Yet count prominent mainland economist Justin Lin Yifu among those who aren’t buying the outgoing American president’s math. Lin, a former World Bank chief economist, predicted 31 years ago that China’s gross domestic product (GDP) would top the US’ as

File - A People's Liberation Army guard stands in front of door during the U.S .Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno meeting with Fan Changlong, Deputy Chaiman of the Central Military Commission at Bayi Building on February 21, 2014 in Beijing, China.

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In record year, China, Israel, and Myanmar are world’s leading jailers of journalists

China, Israel, and Myanmar emerged as the world’s three worst offenders in another record-setting year for journalists jailed because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2024 prison census has found. Belarus and Russia rounded out the top five, with CPJ documenting its second-highest number of journalists behind bars – a global total of at least 361 journalists

Pope Francis wears a sling on his right arm, due to a fall earlier in the day

Pope injures arm in a fall, wears sling at audiences

Pope Francis was wearing his arm in a sling during his meetings and audiences Jan. 16 after hurting his right arm in a fall. “This morning, due to a fall at the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis suffered a

People walk past panels displaying electoral posters ahead of the Nov. 24 presidential elections in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.

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Romania sets presidential elections for May 4

BUCHAREST, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Romania's presidential elections will take place on May 4, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Thursday. Partial local elections will be held on the same day for positions including

Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group carry the coffin of an fighter with the Kataib Hezbollah militia, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Babil Province, during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023

Iraq wants Iran-backed factions to lay down weapons: FM

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said. The push comes with a backdrop of

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo thumbs up sign to the members of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) During the launching of discount offering on gasoline products Monday(Oct.20 2008) of the Department of Energy "TODA-BIGAY" program (October 20 2008) in Music Hall at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, 20 October 2008.

Arroyo warns against fake FB page

(UPDATE) THE office of former president and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has warned against a Facebook page that is impersonating her and

Thames Valley Police station in St Aldate's, Oxford. The three Police Enquiry Centers (PECs) were formed in 2003, following the closure of local control rooms, to support the newly formed control rooms in Abingdon and Milton Keynes

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Thames Valley Police chief constable suspended amid misconduct investigation

The chief constable of Thames Valley Police has been suspended amid an investigation by the police watchdog into allegations of gross misconduct. Jason Hogg was suspended with immediate effect amid an Independent Office for

Paetongtarn Shinawatra gestures to supporters during a general election campaign in Bangkok, Thailand

Thai premier avoids AI-induced voice scam that posed as foreign leader

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she nearly fell victim to an artificial intelligence (AI)-induced voice scam that impersonated a foreign leader amid the growing capabilities and integration of AI, according to a

A French soldier patrols next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

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Pakistani airline says ad showing plane flying toward Eiffel Tower never meant to evoke 9/11

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s national airline said Thursday that an advertisement showing a plane heading toward the Eiffel Tower was never intended to evoke the memories of the Sept. 11 attacks. The illustration, not in video format, shows a plane superimposed over the French flag and tilted toward the Paris landmark, with the words

Israeli far-right lawmaker and the head of "Jewish Power" party, Itamar Ben-Gvir, waves the Israel flag

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Hardline Israeli minister Ben-Gvir threatens to quit over Gaza deal

Israel’s hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Thursday he would resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government if it ratifies the ceasefire deal in Gaza, which he has strongly opposed. Israeli media outlets

Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England smiles as he speaks during a Financial Stability Report press conference at the Bank of England in the City of London, Thursday, July 11, 2019.

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Former Bank boss Mark Carney announces bid to replace Canada’s Trudeau

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has announced he is running to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party. Mr Carney, who headed up Britain’s central bank between

Ghana Incumbent President, John Dramani Mahama candidate of the National Democratic Congress gesture to his supporters during a presidential election rally at Accra Sports Stadium in Accra, Ghana

Ghana to probe former president's huge cathedral project

Ghana's newly elected President John Mahama has announced plans to investigate his predecessor's contested $400 million National Cathedral project, a stalled religious landmark that for critics become a symbol of fiscal irresponsibility. Mahama and his National Democratic Congress or NDC party easily won the December election after voters punished President Nana Akufo-Addo and

Marco Rubio of Florida and Dana Bash speaking at the 2016 CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland

Marco Rubio warns China is America’s ‘biggest threat,’ affirms value of NATO alliance

WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday painted a dark vision of the consequences of America’s “unbalanced relationship” with China, echoing President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-globalist rhetoric as he vies to be confirmed as his secretary of state. While touching on issues plaguing the Middle East, Latin America and eastern Europe, Rubio focused much of his

Biden warns of threats to 'fragile' democracy

Arrested South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol stays silent as detention deadline looms

'Too dangerous': LA fire evacuees told not to return for at least a week

Tulip Siddiq and the fall of Bangladesh’s most powerful family

Weapons, tunnel shaft found near UN base in Southern Lebanon: Israel

N. Korea warns of taking action 'more intensively' over S. Korea, US, Japan's air drills

US allegations, reports of cyberattacks rejected

Beirut blast investigator resumes probe, charges 10 peeople

China's population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy

South Africa ends mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors

Biden’s parting China blow based on flimsy math

In record year, China, Israel, and Myanmar are world’s leading jailers of journalists

Pope injures arm in a fall, wears sling at audiences

Romania sets presidential elections for May 4

Iraq wants Iran-backed factions to lay down weapons: FM

Arroyo warns against fake FB page

Thames Valley Police chief constable suspended amid misconduct investigation

Thai premier avoids AI-induced voice scam that posed as foreign leader

Pakistani airline says ad showing plane flying toward Eiffel Tower never meant to evoke 9/11

Hardline Israeli minister Ben-Gvir threatens to quit over Gaza deal

Former Bank boss Mark Carney announces bid to replace Canada’s Trudeau

Ghana to probe former president's huge cathedral project

Marco Rubio warns China is America’s ‘biggest threat,’ affirms value of NATO alliance

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Ampliación sobre ‘El necesario convenio en residencias’

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L'entr�e en vigueur de Dora peut-elle donner un coup de pouce au cloud de confiance�?

Chinese

石破与BIE秘书长会谈表示要让世博会成功

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Трамп отказался приглашать представителей России на свою инаугурацию

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