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Kim Jong Un outlines new five-year goals at Workers’ Party congress in North Korea
SEOUL, Feb 22 — North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party held the third day of its Ninth Congress yesterday, with leader Kim Jong Un continuing a report reviewing the party’s work in the last five years, state media said today. According
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Trump says ‘great hospital boat’ headed to Greenland to treat the sick
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 — President Donald Trump said yesterday he was sending a hospital boat to Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory that he has long coveted and threatened to seize by force. Trump’s rhetoric has ratcheted up tensions between the
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Pakistan launches air strikes in Afghanistan, Kabul says children among dozens killed
KABUL, Feb 22 — Pakistan said today it launched multiple air strikes targeting militants in neighbouring Afghanistan, where the government reported children were among dozens of people killed and wounded. The overnight attacks were the most extensive since border clashes
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Modi, Lula to meet in New Delhi as India eyes Brazil’s rare earth reserves
NEW DELHI, Feb 21 — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are set to meet in New Delhi on Saturday, seeking to boost cooperation on critical minerals and rare earths. Brazil has the world’s
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Trump says US to remove Vietnam from tech export control list after White House talks
HANOI, Feb 21 — US President Donald Trump told Vietnam’s top leader To Lam he would “instruct the relevant agencies” to remove the country from a list restricted from accessing advanced US technologies, Vietnam’s government announced today. The two leaders
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Hamas demands halt to Israeli ‘aggression’ as Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace pushes disarmament, reconstruction plan
GAZA CITY, Feb 21 — Hamas said any discussions on Gaza must begin with a total halt to Israeli “aggression” as Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” maps out the territory’s future, with Israel insisting on the militants’ disarmament before reconstruction
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US Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s global tariffs in 6-3 ruling, saying emergency law does not authorise duties
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 — The US Supreme Court yesterday ruled Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs illegal—a stunning rebuke of the president’s signature economic policy that upended international trade. The conservative-majority high court ruled six-three in the judgment, saying that a 1977
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Trump calls Supreme Court justices ‘fools and lap dogs’, alleges foreign sway over tariffs ruling
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 — US President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary personal attack yesterday on the Supreme Court justices who struck down his global tariffs, including two of his own appointees, and claimed they were being “swayed by foreign interests.”
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US forces kill three in latest strike on alleged drug traffickers in Eastern Pacific
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 — US forces yesterday launched a strike against alleged drug traffickers in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people, the military said. “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated
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China orders sweeping safety overhaul of fireworks sales after fatal accidents in Jiangsu and Hubei
BEIJING, Feb 20 — China has ordered an immediate, comprehensive safety overhaul of the fireworks sales after two recent explosions revealed safety risks of the popular holiday activity, reported Xinhua. The Office of the State Council Work Safety Committee, in
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