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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck in the sea off the northeast coast of Taiwan on Wednesday, the island’s weather administration said, with no reports of damage. The quake briefly shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake, some 20 km (12.4 miles) offshore from Yilan county, had a
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US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack canceled a scheduled visit to southern Lebanon on Wednesday amid calls for protests, the National News Agency reported. Barrack reportedly arrived by helicopter at the Francois al-Hajj barracks in Marjayoun, where Lebanese army units had been deployed in the area and at Khiam’s
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Intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, leaving at least 32 people dead and many missing following a landslide on a Hindu pilgrimage route, news agency Press Trust of India reported Wednesday. The time frame of the flooding
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The Israeli military said Wednesday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, where Houthis have regularly launched attacks they say are in response to Israel’s offensive in Gaza. “Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile that was launched from Yemen
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An Australian school bus veered off the road and crashed on Wednesday, killing a girl and injuring 11 others, Victorian state emergency services said. The bus was carrying 28 students from Christian College Geelong when it failed to negotiate a left-hand turn on a rural road near the city of
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France found itself mired in yet another crisis on Tuesday, after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s gamble to win backing for his deeply unpopular debt-reduction plan backfired, plunging the country deeper into political and financial instability. French markets tumbled after Bayrou jolted the political establishment out of its summer slumber
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A wildfire that destroyed four homes in central Oregon was starting to stabilize on Monday, authorities said, while a blaze in Northern California wine country has so far spared some of the state’s most famous vineyards. Moisture helped the 1,200 firefighters battling Oregon’s Flat Fire, but more
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Lebanon will present a plan on Sunday aimed at persuading Hezbollah to disarm, with Israel expected to submit a corresponding framework for its military withdrawal, top US envoy Thomas Barrack said on Tuesday. Speaking after talks with President Joseph Aoun in Beirut, Barrack said the Lebanese proposal would not involve
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Libya’s coast guard fired upon a vessel belonging to a humanitarian group as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, the nonprofit said on Monday. The attack, which took place the day before, appeared to be one of the most violent involving a European
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China and Russia should jointly safeguard their security and development interests, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the visiting Russian parliament speaker on Tuesday, in their efforts to build a more “equitable” international order. The two sides should continue their traditional friendship and deepen strategic mutual trust, state-run Xinhua news agency
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The Norwegian government aims to maintain its aid to Ukraine at 85 billion kroner ($8.4 billion) in 2026, the same level as this year, the office of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Monday. The proposal, made as Store visited Kyiv, must be ratified by parliament and if passed
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Syria’s interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, will speak at the United Nations General Assembly next month, a foreign ministry official told AFP on Monday, the first Syrian leader to do so in decades. Sharaa “will take part in the United Nations General Assembly in New York where he will deliver
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New Zealand’s postal service said it had suspended most deliveries to the United States, citing uncertainty over the impact of President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs. NZ Post said it had temporarily suspended services as of August 21 before the US 15 percent tariff takes effect on August 29.
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Indonesia and the United States launched joint military drills on Monday that will last more than a week, joining allies from 11 countries in exercises aimed at ensuring stability in the Asia-Pacific region. The annual “Super Garuda Shield” drills will take place in the capital Jakarta and several locations on
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Under President Donald Trump the United States has reset relations with west Africa’s military leaders on a mutual back-scratching basis, bartering help fighting militants for the Sahel region’s mining riches, experts say. While Joe Biden was in office the US suspended most of the development and military aid
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to slash consumption taxes on everyday goods could deliver billions of dollars in annual relief and boost demand in an economy bracing for painful US tariffs, experts say. US President Donald Trump has threatened to double import duties on India from 25 to