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Gaza Civil Defence Says 15 Killed In Israeli Strikes
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 15 people on Saturday across the Palestinian territory, where Israel has ramped up its military offensive in recent days.Civil...
‘Seventh Heaven’: Tears And Laughter As Ukrainian POWs Return
Waxy and emaciated, Konstantin Steblev spoke to his mother for the first time in three years after being released as part of the biggest ever prisoner swap between Russia...
Suriname Poised For Cash Inflow From Newly Discovered Oil
Suriname, South America's smallest country, is preparing for an inflow of cash from a huge offshore oil find, with the president insisting the population will receive a direct share...
Cannes Closes With Iranian, Ukrainian Films Tipped For Glory
The Cannes Festival draws to a close on Saturday, with a wry Iranian film about political prisoners and a Ukrainian-directed drama about despotism among the frontrunners to pick up...
Growing Arctic Military Presence Worries Finland’s Reindeer Herders
A fighter jet roaring through the grey sky breaks the tranquillity of a boreal forest in northern Finland, one more sign of a growing military presence that is challenging...
Thousands Remain Isolated As Floods Ease In Eastern Australia
Tens of thousands of Australians remained isolated and thousands were without power on Saturday, authorities said as conditions in New South Wales eased after days of heavy rain that...
UN Chief Says Gaza War In ‘Cruelest Phase’ As Aid Trucks Looted
The United Nations chief said Friday that Palestinians were enduring "the cruelest phase" of the war in Gaza, where more than a dozen food trucks were looted following the...
Venezuela Opposition Leader Arrested Ahead Of Tense Election
Leading Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested Friday on charges of conspiring to sabotage upcoming parliamentary and regional elections that the opposition has vowed to boycott.The arrest...
US, Boeing Reach Deal To Resolve MAX Criminal Case
The Justice Department said Friday it reached a preliminary agreement with Boeing to settle a long-running criminal probe into deadly 737 MAX crashes, drawing condemnation from some crash victim...
Anthropic’s Claude AI Gets Smarter — And Mischievious
Anthropic launched its latest Claude generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models on Thursday, claiming to set new standards for reasoning but also building in safeguards against rogue behavior."Claude Opus 4...
Trump Greenlights Nippon Steel ‘Partnership’ With US Steel
US President Donald Trump on Friday threw his support behind a new "partnership" between US Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel, sending the American firm's share price skyrocketing on hopes...
German Woman Arrested After 17 Stabbed At Hamburg Station
German police on Friday said they had arrested a woman after at least 17 people were injured in a knife attack at the main station in the northern city...