Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah; battles rage in northern Gaza
CAIRO (Reuters): Israeli tanks pushed deeper into Rafah on Tuesday (May 14), reaching some residential areas of the southern Gazan…
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Putin set to visit Beijing this week
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin will visit China this week on the invitation of leader Xi Jinping, Beijing’s foreign ministry said.
Slovakian PM in life-threatening condition after being shot, his Facebook profile says
PRAGUE (AP): Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting Wednesday (May…
Four dead in New Caledonia riots, France declares state of emergency
SYDNEY/PARIS (Reuters) -France declared a state of emergency on the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Wednesday after three young…
At least 14 killed after billboard collapses during fierce storm
AT LEAST 14 people died and 75 others were injured after a billboard bigger than an Olympic swimming pool fell…
Hungary’s Orban ‘deeply shocked’ by ‘heinous attack’ on Slovak PM
BUDAPEST (AFP): Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday (May 15) expressed "deep shock" over the "heinous attack against my…
Singapore to inaugurate new PM as Lee makes way after 20 years in charge
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will inaugurate Lawrence Wong on Wednesday as its new prime minister and fourth leader since independence…
No place for violence in politics, Germany’s Scholz says after Slovak PM shooting
BERLIN (REUTERS): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed shock at the shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday (May…
Canada’s oil sands hub threatened by wildfire, sparking large evacuations
(Reuters) -A large wildfire is slowly approaching the major Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray and around 6,000 people…