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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claims Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted a "bridging proposal; Indonesian President Joko Widodo reshuffles his Cabinet and HDB tightens rules ...

20 Aug 20242min

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on his ninth trip, in his latest effort to push for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal in Gaza; Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s you...

19 Aug 20242min

Ukraine has chalked up a string of victories more than a week since blindsiding Russia with a lightning cross-border assault. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin...

16 Aug 20242min

The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency yesterday; Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said yesterday he would be stepping down n...

15 Aug 20242min

The United Auto Workers Union said overnight it has filed federal labour charges against Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk over attempts to threaten and intimidate workers. Police are investigating...

14 Aug 20242min

Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometres of Russia’s neighbouring Kursk region; gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying a senior government administrator in sout...

13 Aug 20242min

Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate JD Vance supports Donald Trump's call for presidents to have a say in Federal Reserve Board policy-making. Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan has res...

12 Aug 20242min

Russia said yesterday it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces that had penetrated its southern border; South Korea could rupture its US alliance if it started building nuclear weapons...

8 Aug 20242min