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‘No meeting planned’ between Putin and Zelenskyy, top Russian diplomat says
New York Times, Published on 23/08/2025
» BERLIN — Russia’s top diplomat said in an interview released Friday that “there is no meeting planned” between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine.
Gaza's hungry children slide towards starvation as emergency treatments dwindle
Reuters, Published on 23/08/2025
» GAZA CITY/GENEVA/CAIRO — The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children into starvation, according to aid agencies, malnutrition experts and the United Nations (UN).
US Fed chief leaves door open for rate cut
Published on 22/08/2025
» JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming - US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Friday pointed to a possible interest rate cut at the central bank’s September meeting but declined to make a firm commitment.
Philippines, Australia to seal new defence pact as China tensions rise
Published on 22/08/2025
» MANILA - The Philippines and Australia are working towards a new defence agreement to be signed next year, their defence ministers said on Friday, as both nations seek to step up military cooperation to deal with shared security challenges in the Indo-Pacific.
South Korea bought 45,200 tonnes of rice from Vietnam and Thailand
Published on 22/08/2025
» HAMBURG - South Korea’s state-backed Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp purchased an estimated 45,200 metric tonnes of rice to be sourced from the United States in an international tender that closed on Aug 8, European traders said on Friday.
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes near Myanmar-India border
Published on 22/08/2025
» A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck near the Myanmar-India border on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
Royal insult case against Thaksin dismissed
Published on 22/08/2025
» The Criminal Court on Friday dismissed a royal insult case against influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the first in a series of high-stakes rulings involving the powerful Shinawatra dynasty.
AI set to replace most humans
News, Published on 22/08/2025
» Is technology more job augmenting or job replacing? This has been a long-standing debate. But recent academic work suggests that technology has been a net destroyer of jobs for decades.
Xi visits Tibet for 60th anniversary event
Published on 21/08/2025
» Tibet marked its 60th year as a Chinese autonomous region on Thursday with songs, dances and a parade in its capital Lhasa with thousands cheering on, holding little red flags, amid placards telling all to heed the Communist Party’s leadership.
Afghanistan bus crash kills 76
Published on 20/08/2025
» KABUL — A traffic accident in Afghanistan’s western Herat province killed 76 people, including 17 children, on Tuesday night when a bus carrying deported migrants to Kabul caught fire after colliding with a truck and motorcycle, a government official said.