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Australian police shoot boy dead after stabbing with 'hallmarks' of terrorism
Reuters, Published on 05/05/2024
» SYDNEY: Australian police said on Sunday they had shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in Western Australia's capital Perth, in an attack authorities said indicated terrorism.
Pro-Palestinian protests briefly disrupt University of Michigan graduation
Reuters, Published on 05/05/2024
» Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a commencement ceremony at the University of Michigan on Saturday while demonstrators faced off with police at the University of Virginia as U.S. colleges braced for more turmoil during graduation festivities.
Floods in Indonesia's South Sulawesi kill 14
Reuters, Published on 04/05/2024
» JAKARTA - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed 14 people in South Sulawesi, while 115 people were evacuated, the country's disaster management agency said on Saturday.
Orangutan uses medicinal plant to treat wound
Reuters, Published on 04/05/2024
» JAKARTA - In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia. What Rakus did three days later really caught the attention of scientists.
Road collapse in southern China kills 48
Reuters, Published on 02/05/2024
» GUANGDONG - The death toll from a highway collapse in China's Guangdong province has increased to 48, state media reported on Thursday, as millions in the country travel for the May Day holiday break.
Philippines summons Chinese diplomat over South China Sea flare-up
Reuters, Published on 02/05/2024
» MANILA - The Philippines summoned a Chinese diplomat on Thursday to protest Beijing's use of water cannon against Filipino vessels at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, describing it as harassment and "dangerous manoeuvres".
Indonesia's volcano erupts again, alert status at highest
Reuters, Published on 30/04/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's Ruang volcano off the island of Sulawesi erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash and lava, after an eruption earlier this month led to hundreds of evacuations and an airport closure.
Philippines denies South China Sea deal with China
Reuters, Published on 27/04/2024
» MANILA - The Philippines on Saturday denied a Chinese claim that the two countries had reached an agreement over an escalating maritime dispute in the South China Sea, calling the claim propaganda.
Russia: No 'geopolitical interest' in attacking Nato states
Reuters, Published on 26/04/2024
» MOSCOW - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) troops have created additional threats to Russia by moving closer to its borders, but Moscow has no military or geopolitical interest in attacking Nato states, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was cited as saying by the TASS news agency.
Turncoat warlord at centre of Myanmar drama
Reuters, Published on 25/04/2024
» Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of the border town of Myawaddy, as troops of the ruling Myanmar junta and rebels jostle for control of the outpost that handles more than US$1 billion in border trade every year.