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July 23, 2025 1:49 PM

Record heat in China strains power grid, stirs health fears

China warned on Wednesday against the risk of power supply disruptions as people struggled to keep cool in record heat baking large swathes of the country, which also spurred warnings to the elderly to guard against heat stroke. Power supply suffers...

July 23, 2025 11:06 AM

Trump pulls US out of UN cultural agency UNESCO for second time

President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the "woke" and "divisive" U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO, the White House said on Tuesday, repeating a move he took in his first term that was reversed by Joe Biden. The w...

July 23, 2025 10:08 AM

Baby boy starves to death in Gaza as hunger spreads, medics say

Six-week-old Yousef's lifeless body lay limp on a hospital table in Gaza City, his skin stretched over protruding ribs and a bandage where a drip had been inserted into his tiny arm. Doctors said the cause of death was starvation. He was among 15 pe...

July 23, 2025 9:22 AM

Japan PM Ishiba to announce resignation next month: report

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce his resignation by the end of next month, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday. Ishiba is facing growing opposition from within his Liberal Democratic Party for his vow to stay in powe...

July 23, 2025 9:54 AM

Trump strikes trade deal with Japan to cut tariffs

The United States and Japan struck a deal to lower the hefty tariffs President Donald Trump threatened to impose on goods from its Asian ally that included a $550 billion package of U.S.-bound investment and loans from Tokyo. The agreement will ...

Last updated on: 26th August 2026

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