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Vietnam, Russia to sign energy deal: Hanoi
A Vietnam’s prime minister left Sunday for an official visit to Russia during which the two nations will sign several agreements, including on oil and gas cooperation, Hanoi said. Prime…
War in the Middle East: latest developments
A Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: – 92% of Iran missiles intercepted: Israel – Israel’s military said that Iran had fired more than 400 ballistic…
‘They beat us with whips’: Sudan RSF detainees tell of horrors in El-Fasher
I In the suffocating darkness of a sealed shipping container, every thud signalled to Ibrahim Noureldin that one more detainee had died in the crush as Sudanese paramilitary fighters kept…
Can nations save the shorebird that flies 30,000 km a year?
F Chasing an endless summer, one shorebird species undertakes a grueling annual journey from the Arctic to the tip of South America and back — a feat increasingly fraught with…
China’s premier vows to expand global ‘trade pie’: state media
A China’s number two leader Li Qiang said Sunday that his country was willing to help expand the global “trade pie” by further opening up, state media reported, while he…
Sri Lanka raises fuel prices by 25 percent as war bites
A Sri Lanka raised fuel prices by 25 percent on Sunday, the second increase in two weeks, as the country prepared for more impact from the war in the Middle…
Rights groups fear use of arrest to stifle free speech in Pakistan
S Mavra Bari had intended to take part in a march for International Women’s Day in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, but spent it in a cramped prison cell. What was…
Iranian missiles sow panic, destruction in Israeli towns
A Sheltering from an Iranian missile attack on his town in southern Israel on Saturday, 17-year-old Ido Franky heard “terrifying” blasts like nothing he had experienced before. An Iranian missile…
Records shattered as US heatwave moves eastward
A A record-breaking heatwave afflicting the western half of the United States moved eastward Saturday toward the center of the country, bringing unseasonably warm temperatures to places that were at…
Damaged Russian tanker to be towed to Libya: state-owned company
A A damaged Russian gas tanker that was abandoned in the Mediterranean will be towed to a Libyan port, according to a state-owned oil company in the north African country. …
