International
Global leaders will be welcomed to China for the SCO conference
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has announced that the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, scheduled for August 31 to September 1 in Tianjin, will bring together leaders from...
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Following a data leak, thousands of Afghans were relocated to the UK under a covert plan
Thousands of Afghans have been quietly resettled in the UK under a covert scheme triggered by a significant data leak involving nearly 19,000 applicants to a British relocation programme, newly uns...
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Special counsel raids the house of South Korean ex-President Yoon
Korea is investigating potential involvement in the preliminary investigation of the murder of Marine conscript Cpl. in 2023.Chae Su-geun led a special counsel team that raided former President Yoo...
Global Citizen shifts focus to cities to overcome political impasse in the fight against poverty
Global Citizen, a group working to end extreme poverty, is now focusing more on working with cities instead of national governments. Co-founder Simon Moss said local leaders often take faster actio...
A Sydney man is accused of threatening Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with death
A man from Sydney has been charged for making death threats against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on social media.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) began investigating the issue in March...
As the lethal drone blitz on Kyiv continues, Russia and the US have "frank" discussions about the war in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held direct talks in Kuala Lumpur just hours after another deadly Russian attack on Kyiv and the killing of a top Ukra...
The United States sanctions a UN investigator looking into violations in Gaza
The Trump administration has sanctioned Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, on the grounds of bias and singling out Israel in her human rights inquiry. It...
Even among dissidents, Israel's deadly attack on an Iranian prison provokes rage
The visiting center at Evin Prison saw its cupboards, walls, and ceilings collapse into jagged rubble. The administration wing was filled with wires and wreckage, strewn with colorful case fi...
233 youngsters are poisoned by a chef's food decoration at a Chinese preschool
More than 200 children are being treated in hospital for lead poisoning in north-west China after school cooks used non-edible paint to decorate their food.
Eight people were arrested after t...
Thailand's Cabinet drops a contentious casino legalization bill
On Tuesday, Thailand’s Cabinet decided to withdraw a controversial bill that would legalize casinos, following the suspension of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra due to an ethics investigation...
