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US government employee barred from leaving China, Washington says
US State Department says the employee was slapped with an exit ban while visiting the country in a 'personal capacity'.
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Otters spotted in Kashmir waters, and residents are both thrilled and wary
Believed to be extinct, Eurasian otters show signs of resurgence with three sightings by wildlife officers since 2023.
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Iran’s FM says nuclear enrichment will continue, but open to talks
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says continuing enrichment is matter of 'national pride' after US and Israeli attacks.
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Bolsonaro’s son blasts top Brazilian court official over assets freeze
Former president's son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, accuses supreme court justice of behaving 'like every dictator'.
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Trump administration bars Wall Street Journal from trip amid Epstein spat
White House Correspondents' Association condemns White House's move to exclude newspaper as 'deeply troubling'.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,244
Here are the key events on day 1,244 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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US police officer in Breonna Taylor death sentenced to 33 months in prison
Prosecutors had asked that officer Brett Hankison be given a sentence of one day for his role in the fatal shooting.
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US to deport Haitian legal permanent residents with alleged gang ties
Move comes after Trump administration labeled Haiti's Viv Ansanm gang a 'foreign terrorist organisation'.
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Israel says it attacked Houthi targets in Yemen’s Hodeidah port
Houthis promise more attacks unless Israel ends its offensive on Gaza and lifts the siege.
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What are the implications of the UK ban on Palestine Action?
The group has been classified as a 'terror organisation' by the UK government.
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Trump administration declassifies Martin Luther King Jr assassination files
The release of hundreds of thousands of pages related to the civil rights leader comes despite his family's opposition.
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IMF says Gita Gopinath leaving at end of August to return to Harvard
The move gives the US Treasury a chance to recommend a replacement at a time Trump is reshaping global economy.
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Will Zohran Mamdani help or hurt New York’s economy?
Free buses, rent freezes and city-run grocery stores won over Democratic voters as investor class pushes back.
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UK, France and 23 other nations demand Israel’s war on Gaza ‘must end now’
The countries also denounced Israel's aid delivery model in Gaza, saying it 'deprives Palestinians of human dignity'.
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As Trump’s tariff deadline looms, economists see calm before the storm
Trump's tariffs have had a limited impact on the global economy so far, but analysts fear the worst is yet to come.
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Microsoft cyberattack hits 100 organisations, security firms say
The Shadowserver Foundation and Eye Security would not disclose which firms were affected.
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Moment Israeli strike hits Gaza building housing displaced
Video captured the moment an Israeli strike hit a residential building housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City.
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Vietnam on high alert ahead of Typhoon Wipha
Vietnam is bracing for Typhoon Wipha, expected to make landfall Tuesday with winds up to 166 km/h.
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Gaza health official detained by Israeli undercover force
An Israeli undercover force has “abducted” Marwan al-Hams, a senior Gaza Health Ministry official, in Rafah.
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Italy cancels concert by Putin ally Gergiev
Kremlin critics laud the decision, as Moscow's ambassador to Italy decries a 'scandalous situation'.
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