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September 26, 2024 2:20 PM

Taiwan raises alarm about renewed military threats from ‘unstable’ China

Taiwan's defence ministry raised the alarm on Thursday about a renewed surge of Chinese military activity around the island and live fire drills, accusing Beijing of policy instability that presented a serious challenge to its neighbours. Democratic...

September 26, 2024 3:55 PM

Elon Musk says he is not having affair with Italy’s Meloni after mutual praise at gala

Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he was not having an affair with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, replying to a joke after their mutual praise at a black-tie event in New York this week drew headlines on both sides of the Atlan...

September 26, 2024 11:46 AM

How will Japan’s ruling party pick the next prime minister?

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new president on Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lead a party that has governed the country for most of the past seven decades. HOW DOES THE VOTE WORK? Two weeks of ...

September 26, 2024 11:15 AM

Sri Lanka to begin talks with IMF to take forward $2.9 billion bailout, president says

Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced in a televised address on Wednesday (September 25) plans to immediately begin talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advance the country's $2.9 billion bailout progra...

September 26, 2024 11:08 AM

Trudeau survives vote of confidence in Canadian parliament, new threat looms

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau easily survived a vote of confidence on Wednesday after his main political rival failed to muster enough support to end nine years of Liberal Party rule. Legislators in the House of Commons voted 211-120 to def...

September 26, 2024 10:12 AM

Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over strikes on Russia from Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack. The decision...

September 26, 2024 9:45 AM

G4 nations ‘Brazil, Germany, India & Japan’ stress comprehensive UNSC reform as essential

The G4 Ministers representing Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan stressed that a comprehensive reform of the Security Council is an "essential part" of any endeavor to make the United Nations better reflect contemporary geopolitical realities and thus...

September 26, 2024 9:41 AM

US and allies call for 21-day ceasefire along Israel-Lebanon border after UN talks

The United States, France and several allies called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon border while also expressing support for a ceasefire in Gaza following intense discussions at the United Nations on Wednesday. The ceasef...

September 25, 2024 5:49 PM

Climate change doubles chance of floods like those in Central Europe, report says

Climate change has made downpours like the one that caused devastating floods in central Europe this month twice as likely to occur, a report said on Wednesday, as its scientific authors urged policymakers to act to stop global warming. The worst fl...

September 25, 2024 5:44 PM

Israeli warplanes hit Lebanon again as Hezbollah takes aim at central Israel

Israel unleashed more airstrikes on Lebanon on Wednesday and Hezbollah militants fired salvoes of rockets into Israel in the heaviest exchanges between the arch-foes in a year. Hezbollah claimed to have targeted the headquarters of the Mossad spy ag...

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