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Taiwan reports its first case of African swine fever

TAIPEI: Taiwan reported its first cases of African swine fever on Wednesday and ...

Germany to pay local US military staff during shutdown

BERLIN: Germany plans to pay some 11,000 local employees at US military bases in...

UK king to be first to pray with pope in five centuries

LONDON: King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, wher...

Louvre reopens for first time after jewel heist

PARIS: The Louvre reopened its doors to visitors on Wednesday, three days after ...

‘Stealth husband’ of Japan’s new PM vows quiet support

TOKYO: The spouse of Japan’s first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes to ...

Pakistan launches semiconductor training initiative, ey...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday launched a national semiconductor training progra...

Modi and Trump talk trade as India, US seek to repair ties

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday he had held a c...

Sri Lanka politician shot dead inside office

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan opposition politician was shot dead in his office on Wedne...

Celebrities, AI giants urge end to superintelligence quest

PARIS: More than 700 scientists, political figures and celebrities including Pri...

Ukraine unveils upgraded sea drone it says can strike a...

KYIV: Ukraine’s state security service has unveiled an upgraded sea drone it say...

Russia to end self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-r...

MOSCOW: Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-i...

UN starts new bid to forge plastics treaty amid ‘global...

GENEVA: Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks to...

India deploys rescue teams as flood swamps Himalayan town

DEHRADUN, India: Rescue teams deployed Tuesday to India’s Himalayan region after...

Iberia probes ‘Free Palestine’ message on kosher meals

MADRID: Spanish airline Iberia said Tuesday that it had opened an investigation ...

Ex-British Army head urged Palestine Action crackdown a...

LONDON: The former head of the British Army and a House of Lords peer, Richard D...

War draws closer in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk re...

MEZHOVA: Gazing out at his vast, sun-drenched field of wheat in eastern Ukraine,...