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Rescuers find all 10 bodies after Indonesia’s fishery plane crashes
JAKARTA, Jan 23 — Indonesian rescuers today had found the bodies of 10 passengers on a fishery surveillance plane that went missing in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province at the weekend, the country’s search and rescue agency said. The ATR 42-500
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To Lam wins second term to rule Vietnam through 2030, pledges sweeping economic reforms
HANOI, Jan 23 — Vietnam’s top leader To Lam was re-appointed yesterday as head of the ruling Communist Party for the next five years after a unanimous vote by its central committee, as he pledged to turbocharge growth in the
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US sends ‘armada’ toward Iran as Trump warns over nuclear programme, execution of protesters
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 23 — President Donald Trump said yesterday that the US has an “armada” heading toward Iran but hoped he would not have to use it, as he renewed warnings to Tehran against killing protesters or
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Trump launches ‘Board of Peace’ at Davos, sparks doubts with US$1b invite to Putin
DAVOS, Jan 23 — US President Donald Trump headed home from Davos yesterday after unveiling his new “Board of Peace” and once again casting himself as a global peacemaker, despite widespread scepticism over a plan that aims to rewrite the world
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Venezuela moves to open oil sector to US firms, Trump hails ‘strong’ leadership
CARACAS, Jan 23 — Venezuelan lawmakers yesterday gave their initial backing to plans to throw open the oil sector to private investors, paving the way for the return of US energy majors — a key demand of US President Donald
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Who controls the Arctic? The military stakes behind Trump’s push to buy Greenland
OSLO, Jan 21 — US President Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland as he says it is the only way for the United States to secure its defence. Denmark and Greenland, an autonomous territory, refuse and say any concerns Washington
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Putin to meet US delegation seeking breakthrough in stalled Ukraine peace talks
MOSCOW, Jan 21 — Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff for talks tomorrow, the Kremlin said, as the US seeks to negotiate an end to the nearly four-year Ukraine war. “Yes, indeed, such contacts for
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EU doubles down on diversity policies under Trump assault
STRASBOURG, Jan 21 — Diversity, equality and inclusion are “at the core” of the European Union project, the bloc’s equality chief said yesterday, doubling down on policies under attack from US President Donald Trump. Equality commissioner Hadja Lahbib highlighted the
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Japan arrests man over 500,000 AI-generated obscene images of celebrities
TOKYO, Jan 20 — Japanese police have arrested a man suspected of using generative AI to create more than 500,000 obscene images resembling women celebrities and selling them online, a police spokesman and media reports said today. Concern is growing
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UK unemployment holds at 5.1pc as firms cut staff amid budget uncertainty
LONDON, Jan 20 — Britain’s unemployment rate remained at 5.1 per cent at the end of last year, official data showed today, as companies trimmed staff amid UK budget uncertainty. The near five-year high rate for the three months to
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