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US President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during a call with campaign staff yesterday; severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festiva...

4 Jul 20242min

The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million, to develop a pandemic vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people. At least 116 people were feared dead after a stampede...

3 Jul 20242min

The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for actions that were within his constitutional powers as president in a landmark decision; Australian police have arrested ...

2 Jul 20242min

In world news, Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party scored historic gains to win the first round of France's parliamentary election. In Asia, South Korea's factory activity growth quickened ...

1 Jul 20242min

In international news Bolivians rallied outside the president’s palace a day after a failed coup attempt. In Asia, Julian Assange spent his first night in 14 years as a free man back at home in Austra...

28 Jun 20242min

Armoured vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace yesterday in an apparent coup attempt; more than forty Indonesian agencies, including the ministry overseeing immigration, were impact...

27 Jun 20242min

In world news, police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature overnight. In Asia, South Korea said North Korea was flying balloons likely carrying trash across the border for ...

26 Jun 20242min

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U S Justice Department that will allow him to walk free; police in Malaysia have detained eight people with sus...

25 Jun 20242min