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September 10, 2025 4:29 PM

Eight people hurt in explosion at South Korea military base, Yonhap says

An explosion at a South Korean military base in a region near the border with North Korea has injured eight people, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. Two of the injured had severe burns, but no one was in a critical condition, Yonhap sai...

September 10, 2025 4:15 PM

Judges vexed by US Supreme Court ‘shadow docket’ rulings in Trump cases

An extraordinary spat is occurring within the U.S. judiciary concerning a flurry of Supreme Court decisions backing President Donald Trump, with judges voicing confusion over the rulings issued on an emergency basis while a Trump-appointed justice ac...

September 10, 2025 4:09 PM

France’s new prime minister takes office amid anti-government protests

Sebastien Lecornu, the loyalist picked by President Emmanuel Macron to be France's fifth prime minister in two years, took office on a day of sprawling anti-government protests on Wednesday that underlined the depth of the country's political crisis....

September 10, 2025 4:04 PM

Poland is at its closest to open conflict since World War Two: PM Donald Tusk

Poland is the closest it has been to open conflict since World War Two, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday after the NATO member state shot down Russian drones over its territory. He said Poland had asked NATO to open consultations under A...

September 10, 2025 3:59 PM

Balochistan shut down as province-wide strike sparks mass arrests of political leaders

A province-wide shutdown and wheel-jam strike was observed across Balochistan on the call of the All Parties coalition, effectively bringing major cities and highways from Zhob to Gwadar to a halt, according to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP)....

September 10, 2025 3:37 PM

Nepali rapper turned mayor is young people’s favourite in political crisis

Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah, an unusually youthful elected official in Nepali politics dominated by seasoned legislators, has emerged as a favourite among young people to represent them in an interim government. The capital's 35-year-old mayor, a...

September 10, 2025 3:14 PM

South Korea says plane with detained workers unlikely to leave U.S. on Wednesday

South Korea is working with U.S. authorities to bring home hundreds of Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the state of Georgia, though it will be difficult to fly them back on Wednesday, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Earlier, a sourc...

September 10, 2025 3:14 PM

Floods in Indonesia’s Bali kill at least six, officials say

Floods on Indonesia's holiday island of Bali have killed at least six people this week and blocked off major roads in the capital, officials said on Wednesday, disrupting a busy travel destination. Continuous heavy rains between Tuesday evening and ...

September 10, 2025 1:27 PM

Obesity overtakes being underweight among world’s young, says UNICEF

Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a new report from UNICEF which blamed increasingly unhealthy food environments worldwide for the shift. The UN children's ...

September 10, 2025 1:23 PM

US health officials compiling examples of COVID vaccine harm during pregnancy, WSJ reports

Top health officials under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are compiling examples of harmful effects from COVID-19 vaccines on pregnant women to share with the public, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing...

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