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Slovak PM in life-threatening condition after being shot
BRATISLAVA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a life-threatening condition after being shot in Handlova, Slovakia's Trencin...
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Slovac PM injured in shooting: media
BRATISLAVA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was injured in a shooting and taken...
photo: AP / Petr David Josek, File
UN confirms Gaza death toll is mostly women and children
Women and children make up at least 56 percent of the thousands killed in the Gaza war, the UN said Tuesday, as Israel supporters tried to cast doubt over figures from the health ministry in Gaza. UN agencies have since the beginning of the Gaza war in October relied on death tolls provided by the...
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TikTok content creators sue the US government over law that could ban app
Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell its stakes within a year. Attorneys for the creators argue in the lawsuit...
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‘Genuine desire’: Putin backs China peace plan to end Ukraine war
President Vladimir Putin has signalled approval of China’s plan as a “genuine desire” to end the war in Ukraine as he travels to Beijing to shore up support from his vital international partner. In an interview with China’s Xinhua state news agency published on Wednesday ahead of a two-day visit to...
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Georgia’s pro-EU Generation Z spearheads ‘foreign agent’ protests
For 20-year-old Georgian student Irakli, the almost nightly trip to protest outside parliament is part of a wider struggle where he and his generation have a special role to play. For weeks, the international relations student and his classmates have joined the huge crowds protesting against a draft...
photo: AP / Zurab Tsertsvadze
West and Russia manage limited cooperation in Arctic despite chill in ties
When Arctic nations simulated a large oil spill for a virtual training exercise in March off northern Norway, Russia also took part — a rare sign of cooperation between Moscow and the West that highlighted the special status of the polar region. ......
photo: NOAA / Dr. Pablo Clemente-Colon, Chief Scientist National Ice Center.
Can’t blame all Chinese cyberattacks on the government
The UK’s national security agency, MI5, warned in April that British universities participating in military research are targets for cyberattacks by foreign states. More recently, news broke of a cyberattack against the UK’s Ministry of Defense, which exposed the personal details of 270,000 armed...
photo: AP / Alastair Grant
Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing
Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country's Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 58 people dead and another 35 missing. Monsoon rains triggered a landslide of mud and cold lava from...
photo: AP / Fachri Hamzah
Blinken reiterates US arms will help Ukraine as it reels from latest Russian attack
KYIV — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that American military aid on its way to Ukraine would make a “real difference” on the battlefield. The comments came as the top diplomat ......
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