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Nearly 2,000 people, most of them students, have fallen ill in suspected food poisoning incidents linked to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship Free Nutritious Meals programme this week, officials said Saturday, raising fresh…
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Greenland on Sunday for a two-day visit aimed at reaffirming the European Union’s support for the Danish autonomous territory, which has been sought by US President Donald…
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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) on Saturday said it had struck three Iranian oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at two US Navy warships operating in regional waters. “US…
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Climate change could increase interactions between humans and wildlife, potentially raising the risk of zoonotic diseases and creating new threats to global public health, according to Prof Dr Rozita Hod, a lecturer with Universiti…
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Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least three people and wounded 23 late Friday, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, despite a truce between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. The ministry said Israeli…
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Dozens of civil rights and advocacy groups are calling on the US Congress to remove a provision from the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would expand military technology cooperation between the United States and Israel.…
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The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution promoting a new world map that more accurately reflects the relative sizes of the world's continents, making Africa appear larger while reducing the visual prominence of…
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The catastrophic floods that tore through Nepal’s Himalayan valleys on August 26 have left behind more than a trail of death and destruction. They have also delivered a stark warning about the changing nature of disasters in a rapidly…
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched jet-powered Shahed drones over Kyiv on Thursday while External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was in the Ukrainian capital, alleging that the weapons were developed with Iran’s…
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Catastrophic floods along the China-Nepal border have killed at least 1,273 people, with Nepal reporting 1,252 deaths and China confirming 21 fatalities in Tibet, authorities said Thursday. The disaster, which struck on August 26, has also…
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