Laura BickerChina correspondent
Donald Trump came away from his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping full of bombastic optimism.
He called it a “great success” and rated it 12, on a…
Category: 2. World
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Xi and Trump find temporary truce as China plays longer game
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Google, Amazon agreed to evade legal obligations in lucrative Israel deal: Report
A new analysis has found that leading technology companies Google and Amazon agreed to disregard their own terms of service and sidestep legally binding orders in different countries under a lucrative contract with…
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Israeli troops kill municipal worker during raid in south Lebanon
Hugo Bachega,Middle East correspondent and
Samantha Granville,Beirut
ReutersThe Israeli military said it was conducting an operation to “dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure” (file photo) Israeli troops carried out an incursion into a south Lebanese…
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Climate change intensified India’s heatwaves in 2024
Nikita YadavBBC News, Delhi
NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIndia has faced increasingly intense heatwaves in recent years Almost one-third of the heatwave days India experienced in 2024 were driven by climate change, according to a new report by the…
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Lebanese president orders army to confront Israeli incursions
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has instructed the commander of the army to confront any Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon, after Israeli forces crossed the border overnight and killed one person in Blida, Al Jazeera reported.
Lebanese…
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Palestinians lose faith in truce after Israeli attack on Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza say they are losing faith in the ceasefire after the Israeli regime’s latest wave of air strikes left over 100 people dead, in the most brutal violation of the truce so far.
“Now, after the truce and the new wave of…
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Iran says IAEA chief must avoid ‘unfounded remarks’ on peaceful nuclear program
Iran says Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi is “fully” aware of the peaceful nature of the country’s nuclear energy program and, therefore, should avoid making…
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Reports of mass killings in el-Fasher in Darfur have echoes of country’s dark past
Barbara Plett Usher Africa correspondent
AFP via Getty ImagesThose who have managed to flee el-Fasher come with stories of extreme violence and killings Emerging evidence of systematic killings in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher have prompted human…
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Trump hails ‘amazing’ meeting with Xi in South Korea
US President Donald Trump has hailed an “amazing” meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, amid rising hopes for a de-escalation of tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
Beijing was less effusive, saying the two side had…
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