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UK triggers ‘emergency brake’ to stop study visas for four countries and Afghan work visas
LONDON, March 4 — Britain said yesterday it would block study visas for nationals from four countries and halt work visas for Afghans, using what it called an “emergency brake” to curb rising asylum claims from people entering through legal
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France deploys aircraft carrier to Mediterranean as Macron warns of conflict spillover
PARIS, March 4 — France is sending its flagship aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean in response to the widening conflict in the Middle East, President Emmanuel Macron announced yesterday. “I have ordered the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, its air
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US military says it has hit nearly 2,000 targets in Iran as air defences ‘severely degraded’
WASHINGTON, March 4 — The US military commander in the Middle East said yesterday that American forces had struck nearly 2,000 targets so far in Iran as part of the largest firepower buildup in the region in a generation. “We’ve
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Israel says it struck Iranian launch sites and air defences in new ‘broad wave’ of attacks
JERUSALEM, March 4 — Israel’s military said today that it launched a “broad wave of strikes” on targets in Iran, after the Islamic republic fired rounds of missile barrages at Israeli territory. The military said the targets of its latest
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Trump says Iran was ‘weeks from a weapon’ as he signals US Navy tanker escorts and contradicts Rubio
WASHINGTON, March 4 — President Donald Trump said yesterday the US Navy was ready to escort oil tankers through a crucial Gulf shipping route, as he justified his war on Iran by saying he believed Tehran was about to strike
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More than a secretary, less than a general: The hunt for the next UN chief begins
UNITED NATIONS, March 4 — A new United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027. Here are the candidates – and potential candidates – so far, and details on how the
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Tehran reels from US–Israeli strikes as Trump declares it is ‘too late’ for talks
TEHRAN, March 4 — US and Israeli strikes pummelled targets across Tehran yesterday, as President Donald Trump warned it was “too late” for Iran to seek talks to escape a war now in its fourth day. Drones and missiles crashed
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US appeals court says no to Trump delay in multi-billion-dollar tariff refund showdown
WASHINGTON, March 3 — A US federal appeals court yesterday rejected President Donald Trump’s push to delay legal proceedings linked to tariff refunds, allowing the battle to proceed in a lower court. The Supreme Court last month delivered a stinging
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Intelligence assessment warns of Iranian attacks on US following Khamenei’s death
WASHINGTON, March 3 — Iran and its proxies could target the US with attacks in response to the Saturday killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by Israeli and US strikes, according to a US intelligence assessment reviewed by Reuters.
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Explainer: What is China’s Five-Year Plan and why does it shape the global economy?
BEIJING, March 3 — China’s new Five-Year Plan – a roadmap outlining its economic and social strategy to 2030 – is expected to be formally approved during the annual Two Sessions political conclave, which begins Wednesday. A framework published in
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