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For the first time, Ukraine has fired U.S. ballistic missiles into Russia as part of heavy ongoing fighting. Russia is expressing strong opposition and says this marks an escalation in the war. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: For the first time, Ukraine has fired long-range U.S. ballistic missiles into Russia as part of heavy ongoing fighting, Russia … Read more
Videos circulating on Chinese social media show screaming children and people lying injured on the ground. Multiple schoolchildren have been injured following a car crash outside a school in central China’s Hunan province, state media outlets have reported. “Many” children were injured in the incident, but the specific number of casualties is still being determined, … Read more
Amid geopolitical uncertainties, Taiwan has slashed its investment in China to the lowest level in nearly a quarter century as the island strives to “derisk” itself from its powerful neighbor. Source link
The deal allows for classified information sharing that could benefit a US ally’s defence and streamlines the sale of certain classified technologies. The Philippines and the United States have signed a military intelligence-sharing deal, in a further deepening of security ties between the two defence treaty allies as they seek to counter a resurgent China. … Read more
Scientists noted the kitten’s unusual muzzle shape in their paper. The kitten had small ears and a large mouth opening. Lopatin et al. Scientific Reports hide caption toggle caption Lopatin et al. Scientific Reports An ancient cat was found almost perfectly preserved in Siberia’s permafrost. Researchers found the mummy of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cub in … Read more
The Black Stars needed two wins in their last two qualifying games and are now left at bottom place in Group F. Ghana have failed to reach the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2004 after drawing with Angola 1-1 in their qualifying match. The Black Stars needed a win in their … Read more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the Bundestag’s Committee of Inquiry into Afghanistan, in Berlin Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Michael Kappeler/AP/DPA hide caption toggle caption Michael Kappeler/AP/DPA BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin leader’s first publicly announced conversation with the sitting head of a major Western power … Read more
Controversial legislation revises the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitangi granting Maori tribes land rights. Thousands of people have joined a nine-day march towards New Zealand’s capital over a contentious bill redefining the country’s founding agreement between the British and the Indigenous Maori people. New Zealand police reported that about 10,000 people marched through the town of … Read more
In Argentina, President Javier Milei is celebrating both the success of this radical cost cutting in lowering inflation and the re-election of Donald Trump in the U.S. The ultra-libertarian has said that he wants to “make Argentina great again” and is travelling to Florida to congratulate Trump in person. We hear how Argentinians are reacting. … Read more
Scientists have found the largest coral in the world near the remote Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, a gigantic organism that can be seen from space. The “mega coral” is 32 metres (105 feet) long and 34 metres (111 feet) wide and is believed to be about 300 years old, the National Geographic Society … Read more