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South Koreans vote for president after months of turmoil triggered by martial law

South Koreans vote for president after months of...

Seoul [South Korea], June 3: South Koreans will elect a new president on Tuesday to cap six months of turmoil...

Russia sets out punitive terms at peace talks with Ukraine

Russia sets out punitive terms at peace talks...

Moscow [Russia], June 3: Russia told Ukraine at peace talks on Monday that it would only agree to end the...

UK moving to warfighting readiness, threats more serious and immediate:  PM Keir Starmer

UK moving to warfighting readiness, threats more serious...

Starmer said Britain's defence policy will always be "NATO first".

Hisense donates to South Africa school on Int'l Children's Day

Hisense donates to South Africa school on Int'l...

Johannesburg [South Africa], June 2: As part of International Children's Day celebrations, Chinese electronics giant Hisense on Sunday donated essential...

Egypt launches campaign to combat single-use plastic bags

Egypt launches campaign to combat single-use plastic bags

Cairo [Egypt], June 2: Egypt launched a national awareness campaign against single-use plastic bags on Sunday.

EVs account for 61 pct of new car sales in Denmark in May

EVs account for 61 pct of new car...

Oslo [Norway], June 2: Electric vehicles (EVs) accounted for more than 60 percent of Denmark's new car sales in May,...

Feature: Kidults' emotional cravings, not just toys, drive POP MART's popularity

Feature: Kidults' emotional cravings, not just toys, drive...

London [UK], June 2: A crowd of collectors and POP MART fans gathers outside the brand's brightly lit flagship store...

Man dead after shooting incident at shopping center in Ireland

Man dead after shooting incident at shopping center...

London [UK], June 2: A man has died and a child was injured after a shooting incident at a shopping...

Rafal Trzaskowski leads in Poland's presidential runoff: exit polls

Rafal Trzaskowski leads in Poland's presidential runoff: exit...

Warsaw [Poland], June 2: Rafal Trzaskowski, mayor of Warsaw, was leading by a narrow margin in Poland's presidential runoff on...

Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in Greece

Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in Greece

Athens [Greece], June 2: Hundreds of spectators gathered at the Olympic Rowing Center in Schinias, northeast of Athens, on Sunday...

FFC aid ship aiming to break Israel's siege of Gaza sets sail from Italy

FFC aid ship aiming to break Israel's siege...

Rome [Italy], June 2: International nonprofit organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) says one of its vessels has left Sicily to...

Wilders threatens to leave Dutch government if no halt to asylum

Wilders threatens to leave Dutch government if no...

Washington DC [US], June 2: Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders has reiterated his threat to break up the governing coalition...

Polish presidential election run-off too close to call, indicate exit polls

Polish presidential election run-off too close to call,...

Warsaw [Poland], June 2: Exit polls indicated on Sunday that the result in the run-off for the Polish presidency between...

Trump withdraws nomination of Musk ally Isaacman as NASA head

Trump withdraws nomination of Musk ally Isaacman as...

Washington DC [US], June 2: US President Donald Trump has withdrawn his nomination of billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as...

Bus plunges off bridge in northern Nigeria, killing 22 athletes

Bus plunges off bridge in northern Nigeria, killing...

Abuja [Nigeria], June 2: A bus crash in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has killed 22 athletes returning home from...

Ukraine, Russia agree to peace talks as they trade huge blows

Ukraine, Russia agree to peace talks as they...

Kiev [Ukraine], June 2: Ukraine has agreed to a Russian proposal for a further round of direct peace talks starting...

Israel attacks kill 32 Palestinians waiting for food at Gaza aid sites

Israel attacks kill 32 Palestinians waiting for food...

Gaza City [Gaza], June 2: Israel has killed at least 32 Palestinians waiting to get food at two aid distribution...

Russia and Ukraine step up the war on eve of peace talks

Russia and Ukraine step up the war on...

Moscow [Russia], June 2: On the eve of peace talks, Ukraine and Russia sharply ramped up the war with one...

Indonesia quarry collapse kills 19, search continues for victims trapped under rubble

Indonesia quarry collapse kills 19, search continues for...

Jakarta [Indonesia], June 2: A rock collapse at a quarry at Cirebon in West Java province has killed 19 people,...

Google says it will appeal online search antitrust decision

Google says it will appeal online search antitrust...

Washington DC [US], June 2: Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab on Saturday said it will appeal an antitrust decision...

Aust could take Trump tariffs to world trade umpire

Aust could take Trump tariffs to world trade...

Canberra [Australia], June 2: Australia is keeping its options open in the face of Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and...

Gaza ministry says Israel kills more than 30 aid seekers, Israel denies

Gaza ministry says Israel kills more than 30...

Gaza City [Gaza], June 2: More than 30 Palestinians were killed and nearly 170 injured on Sunday in south Gaza...

Man in custody following Colorado attack that FBI says was targeted

Man in custody following Colorado attack that FBI...

Denver [Colorado], June 2: Police said a male suspect was taken into custody on Sunday after an attack that left...

Trump disappointed with Russia-Ukraine negotiations

Trump disappointed with Russia-Ukraine negotiations

Washington [US], June 1: Speaking in the Oval Office on May 30, US President Donald Trump expressed dissatisfaction with both...

At least 115 people died in flash floods in Nigeria

At least 115 people died in flash floods...

Abuja [Nigeria], June 1: Severe flooding across the central Nigerian state of Niger has killed at least 115 people and...

When the US 'slaps' China in the face with all its might

When the US 'slaps' China in the face...

Washington [US], June 1: During the "truce" on tariffs, the US suddenly strongly criticized China in terms of economy, security...

Jailed for bribing border customs

Jailed for bribing border customs

Singapore, June 1: The Straits Times reported on May 30 that a Chinese student named Sun Tung, 29, was sentenced...