India could face tariffs as high as 25% if it fails to finalise a trade deal with the US this week, President Donald Trump has said.
“Yeah, I think so,” he told reporters on Tuesday when asked whether Delhi would face higher tariffs in the…
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Brazil to sanction Israel over genocide in Gaza
Addressing a high-level United Nations conference on Palestine in New York, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said, as part of the punitive measures, Brasilia was to halt exports of military equipment to the regime.
The nation, he added, had also…
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Major earthquake off Russia triggers tsunami warnings
A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula at about 11:25 local time on Wednesday.
Tsunami warnings and evacuation orders were issued around the world, including in Japan, Ecuador, Hawaii and the west…
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UK move to recognise Palestinian state is a diplomatic crowbar to revive peace process
Jeremy BowenInternational editor
EPAPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that Britain will recognise Palestinian statehood is a major change in UK foreign policy.
He offered to postpone recognition if Israel took “substantive steps to end…
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Magnitude 8.7 of earthquake shakes Russia’s Kamchatka
The magnitude of the earthquake in Kamchatka, in Russia’s Far East, according to various estimates, reached 8.7, which makes it the strongest earthquake since 1952, the Telegram channel of the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service…
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YouTube to be part of Australia’s youth social media ban
YouTube will be included in Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16, after the government ditched a previous exemption for the platform.
The video sharing site was set to be excluded from the ban – which will limit TikTok,…
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Outcry after German zoo culled baboons due to overcrowding
A zoo in the southern German city of Nuremberg has culled 12 healthy Guinea baboons due to overcrowding in their enclosure, after which they were fed to predators.
Seven animal rights activists were arrested on Tuesday after they entered the…
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Greece claims ‘invasion’ in Crete as it tries to halt asylum on Med route
Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent in Crete
Francesco Tosto/BBCPeople arriving from North Africa are held in Crete before being moved to the Greek mainland In the centre of a sweltering, cavernous hall, rows of men sit in…
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Russian soldiers scammed and robbed of war cash on return from Ukraine
Sergei Goryashko & Investigations TeamBBC News Russian
BBCRussia’s President Vladimir Putin promised Russian soldiers a hero’s welcome when they return from Ukraine, but the BBC has found cases of servicemen robbed and scammed for their salaries…
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Why plane turbulence is really becoming more frequent and severe
BBCAndrew Davies was on his way to New Zealand to work on a Doctor Who exhibition, for which he was project manager. The first leg of his flight from London to Singapore was fairly smooth. Then suddenly the plane hit severe turbulence.
“Being on a…
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