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Russian forces on Sunday attacked a coal mine in southeastern Ukraine and an unidentified energy site in the north near the Russian border, the operators of the sites said, adding to a series of recent assaults on Ukraine’s energy network. Private Ukrainian energy firm DTEK said Russian forces launched
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A cargo aircraft skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security patrol car before both fell into the sea early Monday, killing the two people in the car, authorities said. The plane’s four crew members were unhurt. The Boeing 747, flown by Turkiye-based ACT Airlines, was
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The Israeli military said two soldiers were killed in combat in southern Gaza on Sunday, as it carried out a series of strikes in the area, accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire. Major Yaniv Kula, 26, and Staff Sergeant Itay Yavetz, 21, “fell during combat in the southern Gaza Strip,
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In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre‘s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels, officials said. The daylight heist about 30 minutes after opening, with visitors already inside, was among the
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday the country will devote a “larger-than-expected budget” in defense and aerospace research until 2030 as it seeks to build the world’s fourth-largest defense industry. Lee was speaking at South Korea’s largest-ever arms fair, the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense
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Japan’s ruling LDP will sign a coalition deal later Monday, its new partner party said, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country’s first woman premier and lifting the Nikkei to a new record. The 11th-hour announcement by the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) came just a
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Myanmar’s junta raided one of the country’s most notorious cyberscam centers and seized Starlink satellite Internet devices, it said Monday, after an AFP investigation revealed an explosion in their use in the multibillion-dollar illicit industry. Internet sweatshops where workers scam unsuspecting foreigners with business or romance schemes have
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Gaza’s fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers, and an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted. The military later said it resumed enforcing the ceasefire,
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French authorities are hunting four thieves for Sunday’s brazen heist at the Louvre where they seized eight priceless and historical pieces of jewelry, Paris’s chief prosecutor said. The four men were a “strike team” who robbed the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery containing France’s crown jewels, wearing masks
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US President Donald Trump said Sunday that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was still in effect after the Israeli military carried out deadly strikes on Gaza over apparent truce violations by the Palestinian armed group. “Yeah, it is,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked if the
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As battlefronts continue to shift in painful ways, field testimonies and multiple reports indicate a systematic targeting of civilians living in areas under Rapid Support Forces (RSF) control—an apparent attempt to widen the war’s scope and deepen the psychological fracture among citizens of the same nation. Conversely, statements
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Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the group disarming — positions that reflect the difficulties facing US plans to secure an end to the war. Hamas politburo member Mohammed Nazzal also said the
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The US Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it will allow Boeing to produce more 737 Max airplanes by increasing the monthly limit that it imposed after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines jet that the company built. Boeing can now produce 42 Max jets per month, up from
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Thousands of residents of a Philippine island left their homes along the Pacific coast Saturday as weather experts warned of coastal flooding ahead of the approach of Tropical Storm Fengshen, rescue officials said. The eye of the storm was forecast to brush past Catanduanes, an impoverished island of 270,000
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China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle. Beijing last week announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry, prompting US President Donald Trump
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Four police officers in Colombia’s capital were injured Friday after protesters outside the US embassy fired arrows and explosives during a rally against President Donald Trump’s policies, officials said. “Delinquents, some of whom were hooded, attacked the embassy with incendiary devices, explosives and arrows,” said Bogota Mayor Carlos