As wars rage in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan, and fears mount over rapidly advancing AI, world leaders descend on the UN in New York from Tuesday for the world’s signature diplomatic event. US President Donald Trump’s war against Iran and its worldwide fallout are expected to dominate this year’s United Nations General Assembly […]
Read MoreAustralia will detain tourists who overstay visas to send a message of deterrence under new rules aimed at reducing levels of migration, a minister said on Friday. Australia’s ruling Labor party has denied it is tightening visa rules in response to the rise of the far-right One Nation, which has become one of the country’s […]
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Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a “massive” exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the country, experts say. They warn of a growing multi-million-dollar trade in endangered animals, including apes smuggled through war-torn Myanmar to feed demand among wealthy Indians seeking exotic status symbols to flaunt on […]
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The United States has approved a $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 stealth warplanes to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said Thursday, the kingdom’s latest major arms purchase since the start of the Iran war. Saudi Arabia has long sought to buy F-35s, but officials from Israel — currently the only country in the Middle […]
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Die Finanzminister der EU kommen am Freitag zu einem zweitägigen Treffen in Dublin zusammen. Zunächst beraten in der irischen Hauptstadt die Ressortchefs der Eurogruppe über die jüngsten wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungen (10.00 Uhr MESZ). Im Anschluss kommen die Finanzminister der 27 Mitgliedstaaten zu einem Arbeitsmittagessen zusammen. Es wird erwartet, dass es dann auch um eine mögliche Begrenzung […]
Read MoreUnder an unmarked block of concrete in a Nairobi cemetery lie the remains of Judy, an HIV-positive Kenyan sex worker, who died just hours before she was due to meet AFP last month, one more victim of US aid cuts. AFP has confirmed the deaths of at least 24 HIV-positive sex workers in Kenya who, […]
Read MoreEd Sheeran faces boycott calls and desertions, leaving the British singer with a career crisis that underlines how even the world’s biggest stars are being sucked into the politics of the war in Gaza. Ahead of his next scheduled concert on Saturday, the “Shape of You” pop icon has spent a week scrambling to save […]
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Ed Sheeran faces boycott calls and desertions, leaving the British singer with a career crisis that underlines how even the world’s biggest stars are being sucked into the politics of the war in Gaza. Ahead of his next scheduled concert on Saturday, the “Shape of You” pop icon has spent a week scrambling to save […]
Read MoreA cherished 16th-century Mexican manuscript that tells the history of the Aztecs in pictograms went on display Thursday in Mexico City, nearly two centuries after it was whisked off to France. The Codex Azcatitlan recounts the history of the Aztec civilization, from the creation of the Aztec Empire to its fall during the Spanish conquest, […]
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