Four more congressional Democrats call on Biden to drop out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic opposition to U.S. President Joe Biden's reelection bid widened on Thursday, as another four members of Congress…
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German army wants to order 100 Boxer vehicles from KNDS, Spiegel says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany's armed forces are in talks to order about 100 Boxer armoured vehicles from German-French defence contractor KNDS…
Canada expects to reach NATO’s defense spending target by 2032, Trudeau says
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada expects to increase its defense spending to the NATO target of 2% of gross domestic product by…
Ukraine’s top prosecutor wants ICC to prosecute Kyiv hospital attack
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Ukraine's top prosecutor has called for the International Criminal Court to prosecute Russia over a missile…
Rights veteran compares Russian justice to Nazis as court upholds his jail sentence
LONDON (Reuters) -Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov compared Russia's justice system to that of Nazi Germany on Thursday as…
A million homes, businesses in Texas still without power after Hurricane Beryl
HOUSTON (Reuters) -About a million homes and businesses in Texas remained without power on Friday, five days after Hurricane Beryl…
Spain’s far right breaks government deals in five regions on migration dispute
MADRID (Reuters) - The leader of Spain's far-right Vox party announced late on Thursday he was pulling out of five…
Some EU states won’t send ministers to presidency meetings in protest at Orban’s Russia trip
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden and several other European Union countries will not send ministers to government meetings linked to Hungary's…
Natural disasters cost China whopping RM60.2bil in first six months of 2024
China suffered direct economic loss worth 93.16 billion yuan ($12.83 billion - RM60.2 billion) in the first half of this…