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How the world reacted to ‘the best World Cup final ever’

How the world reacted to ‘the best World Cup final ever’

  This World Cup final was a game that seemed to defy comprehension, conventions and any attempt to describe it. How could anything capture the sound in… Read More ›

Japan approves long-range weapons to counter growing threats from rivals

Japan approves long-range weapons to counter growing threats from rivals

  Tokyo — Japan on Friday unveiled a new national security plan that signals the country’s biggest military buildup since World War II, doubling defense spending and… Read More ›

Ukraine launches ‘most massive strike’ on occupied Donetsk region since 2014, Russia-installed mayor says

Ukraine launches ‘most massive strike’ on occupied Donetsk region since 2014, Russia-installed mayor says

Ukrainian forces have unleashed the biggest attack on the occupied Donetsk region since 2014, according to a Russia-installed official, in the wake of heavy fighting in the east of… Read More ›

France ends Morocco’s extraordinary World Cup run with 2-0 win in Qatar semifinal

France ends Morocco’s extraordinary World Cup run with 2-0 win in Qatar semifinal

First Arab team ever in a World Cup semi is ousted by the holders; now France and Kylian Mbappé head to the final for a… Read More ›

Why people in China are panic buying canned yellow peaches as Covid surges

Why people in China are panic buying canned yellow peaches as Covid surges

Hong Kong — An unprecedented wave of Covid cases in China has sparked panic buying of fever medicines, pain killers, and even home remedies such as canned peaches,… Read More ›

New Qatar restrictions force Morocco to cancel World Cup fan flights

New Qatar restrictions force Morocco to cancel World Cup fan flights

Following new restrictions from the Qatari authorities, Moroccan fans may be forced to miss watching their country in the semi-finals.   Morocco’s national airline said… Read More ›

Iranians behind failed assassinations Americans named

Iranians behind failed assassinations Americans named

Plot included assassination of then U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and then National Security Advisor John Bolton, Iranian agents offer money for killing, foiled… Read More ›

‘There are maniacs who enjoy killing,’ Russian defector says of his former unit accused of war crimes in Bucha

‘There are maniacs who enjoy killing,’ Russian defector says of his former unit accused of war crimes in Bucha

Nikita Chibrin says he still remembers his fellow Russian soldiers running away after allegedly raping two Ukrainian women during their deployment northwest of Kyiv in… Read More ›

Arab politicians should learn from their World Cup teams

Arab politicians should learn from their World Cup teams

Opinion: Disunity and fragmentation across the Arab world leads to individual weakness that can only be overcome by joining forces and accomplishing what many thought… Read More ›

US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says

US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says

For the first time ever, US scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California successfully produced a nuclear fusion… Read More ›

Are neo-Nazi Russian groups planning attacks on NATO countries? – report

Are neo-Nazi Russian groups planning attacks on NATO countries? – report

Rusich’s decision may be due to their disappointment in working with the Kremlin and dissatisfaction with how the war in Ukraine is going.   A… Read More ›

Ukraine launches missile attack on Russian-occupied Melitopol, explosions reported in Donetsk and Crimea

Ukraine launches missile attack on Russian-occupied Melitopol, explosions reported in Donetsk and Crimea

Multiple explosions have been reported in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol in southern Ukraine, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and in annexed Crimea –… Read More ›

A trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge

A trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge

New Delhi — At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash heap to dump more garbage on a pile… Read More ›

Analysis: Why Viktor Bout’s return to Russia is so important for Vladimir Putin

Analysis: Why Viktor Bout’s return to Russia is so important for Vladimir Putin

It is the most uneven of swaps at the most unlikely of times, but perhaps the intense pressure of this moment is why the exchange… Read More ›

Trump team finds two documents with classified markings in a Florida storage unit

Trump team finds two documents with classified markings in a Florida storage unit

  Two documents with classified markings were found in a Florida storage unit during a search by a team hired by former President Donald Trump’s… Read More ›

Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan’s La Scala opera house

Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan’s La Scala opera house

Activists have staged high-profile protests across Europe in recent months, sometimes targeting museums and famous art.   Climate-change activists in Italy on Wednesday threw paint… Read More ›

Germany busts far-right terror cell said planning coup with violent Reichstag attack

Germany busts far-right terror cell said planning coup with violent Reichstag attack

Authorities say 25 arrested; special forces army barracks said searched; group said to have been in contact with Russian officials; former AfD lawmaker and ex-soldiers… Read More ›

Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s General Counsel Over Supression Of Hunter Biden Scandal

Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s General Counsel Over Supression Of Hunter Biden Scandal

SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk has sacked Twitter’s General Counsel James Baker, due to his role in Twitter supressing the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. Musk… Read More ›

Analysis: As China moves away from zero-Covid, health experts warn of dark days ahead

Analysis: As China moves away from zero-Covid, health experts warn of dark days ahead

Hong Kong — China’s zero-Covid policy, which stalled the world’s second-largest economy and sparked a wave of unprecedented protests, is now being dismantled as Beijing on Wednesday released sweeping… Read More ›

Russia launches fresh barrage of missiles towards Ukraine

Russia launches fresh barrage of missiles towards Ukraine

Russia launched a fresh barrage of missiles toward Ukraine on Monday as it accused Kyiv of striking military airfields deep inside its territory. Dozens of missiles were launched by… Read More ›