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PM says Canada intends to recognise Palestinian state
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» OTTAWA - Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, a dramatic policy shift that was immediately rejected by Israel.
Singapore says cyber espionage group targeting critical infrastructure
Reuters and AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore said on Friday that it was responding to cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure by an espionage group alleged by security experts to be linked to China.
Amsterdam's Hermitage museum renamed over Russia link
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» THE HAGUE: Amsterdam's Hermitage museum said Monday it will change its name, a year after severing ties with the Saint Petersburg version over Russia's war in Ukraine.
10 billion global population unsustainable, says climate envoy Kerry
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» OSLO: US special climate envoy John Kerry told AFP that the world's population will not be tenable in 2050, when it is projected to hit nearly 10 billion, but refrained from asking Americans to give up steaks.
Europe's produce at stake in Spain's water war
AFP, Published on 02/05/2023
» TOTANA (SPAIN) - Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda's salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer.
US govt rules out SVB bailout, wants to avoid 'contagion': Yellen
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the government wanted to avoid financial "contagion" from the implosion of the Silicon Valley Bank but ruled out a bailout of the institution.
Markets in turmoil as US closes Silicon Valley Bank
AFP, Published on 11/03/2023
» SANTA CLARA (UNITED STATES) - US regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank on Friday in a spectacular move that sent global banking shares into turmoil, as markets fretted over possible contagion from the biggest banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis.
German defence minister quits as pressure grows for Ukraine aid
AFP, Published on 16/01/2023
» BERLIN: German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned on Monday after coming under months of heavy criticism over Berlin's stuttering response to the war in Ukraine.
German defence minister under fire for New Year's video
AFP, Published on 02/01/2023
» BERLIN - Filmed on the streets of Berlin amid chaotic New Year's celebrations, a video address from the German defence minister posted on social media drew heavy criticism Monday for its tone-deaf message.
Fast-food chain reopens in war-torn Ukraine, offering taste of normality
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/09/2022
» McDonald's in Kyiv reopened for the first time since Russia's invasion on Feb 24, 2022, a sign that life was returning to normal in the capital after nearly seven months of war.