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North Korea fires ‘several ballistic missiles’ into Sea of Japan

North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast, Seoul’s military said, after weeks of mounting friction over a landmine explosion along their heavily fortified border. Since the blast that injured three South Korean soldiers in the Seoul-controlled area of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), both countries have touted the test-firing of upgraded […]

El Nino sets temperature record in key Pacific zone: EU monitor

An intensifying El Nino broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU’s climate monitor said Monday, in another sign the weather pattern is gaining exceptional strength. Global forecasters have been warning for months that this El Nino would likely become the strongest ever observed and the latest record […]

Riyadh airport hit by fresh Houthi strike day after deadly attack

A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 11 others, a day after another deadly attack claimed by the Yemeni group forced authorities to suspend operations there. Saturday’s attack, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, was a sharp escalation in the Yemen war, where […]

New York’s notorious Rikers jail awaits elusive closure

New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail, long criticized for unsanitary and violent conditions, will miss a deadline for the vast complex to close down, prompting disappointment from activists. The jail, which opened in 1932 and has counted John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman, rapper Tupac Shakur, and Sex Pistols musician Sid Vicious among its residents, […]

Top NATO commander set to issue warning to Russia over any attack

NATO’s top military commander is expected to deliver a warning to Russia on Monday over the alliance’s ability to counter any attack, as worries grow over the threat from Moscow. NATO officials have said US General Alexus Grynkewich — the alliance’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe — will elaborate his “theory of victory” over any potential […]

World leaders urged to ‘course correct’ as UN nature goals fall short

Nations are steeling for a disappointing report card at this month’s UN biodiversity summit, with governments falling short on their commitments to protect the plants, animals and ecosystems that sustain life on Earth. The so-called COP17 summit in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, will be a reckoning for the nearly 200 nations that joined the landmark […]

Nature does not respect borders: UN biodiversity chief

War, economic pressure, budget strain — United Nations biodiversity chief Astrid Schomaker is under no illusions that the upcoming UN nature summit (COP17) is taking place “in some kind of geopolitical vacuum”.”I don’t want to be naive,” said Schomaker of the headwinds surrounding the biennial negotiations on protecting the natural world that start on October […]

Poland holds suspect in alleged assassination plot against PM Tusk

Polish police are investigating after arresting a man suspected of plotting an attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the interior ministry told AFP on Sunday. Searches were continuing at the suspect’s home, ministry spokeswoman Karolina Galecka said, adding: “information about this man will of course then be verified by the police.”This […]

Policymakers take on energy shock, rising debt at IMF-World Bank meetings

Finance ministers and central bankers meet in Bangkok this week for the annual gatherings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, with the global economy buffeted between the US-Iran war’s energy shock, rising debt pressures and the AI boom. The meetings run from Monday through Saturday in the Thai capital, and will see policymakers […]