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Russia, Belarus start military drills as West watches warily
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» MOSCOW - Russia and its key ally Belarus began major joint military drills early Friday, putting NATO on edge days after Poland accused Moscow of escalating tensions by firing attack drones through its airspace.
US firm brought back extinct dire wolves
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively -- they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species.
Why China may face 'scrutiny' over using police diplomacy to help developing world
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/02/2025
» On Thursday, 200 Chinese nationals rescued from online scam centres in Myanmar were repatriated to China, while hundreds more are expected to arrive in China in the coming days, according to Beijing's Ministry of Public Security.
California fights fire with fire to protect giant sequoias
AFP, Published on 26/09/2021
» LOS ANGELES - The so-far successful battle this month in California to save the world's biggest trees from ever-worsening forest blazes seems to offer an important lesson: You can fight fire with fire.
After Afghanistan, Biden stakes presidency on domestic battles
AFP, Published on 31/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - This has been a miserable summer for Joe Biden but with the last troops out of Afghanistan the Democrat will now hope to relaunch his struggling presidency back home.
Oil quotas dispute shows Gulf powers on diverging paths
AFP, Published on 08/07/2021
» DUBAI: A startling public row between Saudi Arabia and brash neighbour the UAE has exposed the steadily diverging paths of once inseparable allies who are competing to profit from what may be the world's last oil boom.
Ireland's low-tax economy can survive OECD reform: experts
AFP, Published on 03/07/2021
» LONDON - Far-reaching global tax reforms are reaching fruition and on the face of it, Ireland has most to lose after the small European economy threw open its doors to US multinationals.
Rich nations 'hugely exaggerate' climate finance: study
AFP, Published on 21/01/2021
» PARIS - Rich countries have over-reported finance to help countries adapt to the impacts of climate change by $20 billion over the last decade, leaving at-risk communities drastically underfunded, a new analysis showed Thursday.
Lockdown anger boils over Down Under
Published on 05/09/2020
» MELBOURNE: More than a dozen anti-lockdown protesters were arrested on Saturday in Melbourne, as those deliberately flouting stay-at-home orders clashed with Australian police.
Pandemic politics costing lives in Brazil
AFP, Published on 12/05/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro keeps saying coronavirus fears are overblown. Other officials at the federal, state and local levels insist the danger is all too real.