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Crowded 2024 Republican race helps clear way for Trump nomination

Crowded 2024 Republican race helps clear way for...

Washington [US], June 6: A growing number of contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination could clear the way for...

Debt ceiling deal ignores US debt time bomb

Debt ceiling deal ignores US debt time bomb

Washington [US], June 6: Republicans and Democrats are touting a hastily-written debt ceiling deal that staves off a devastating U.S....

Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season

Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season

Ottawa [Canada], June 6: Canada is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions...

Russia says it thwarts major attack in Ukraine but loses some ground

Russia says it thwarts major attack in Ukraine...

Moscow [Russia], June 6: Moscow said it had thwarted a major offensive against its forces in eastern Ukraine, but Ukrainian...

Apple to sell Vision Pro AR headset for triple Meta's top-line price

Apple to sell Vision Pro AR headset for...

California [US], June 6: Apple barged into Meta's metaverse party, unveiling an augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro, its riskiest...

Fresh Russian attacks strike airbase in central Ukraine

Fresh Russian attacks strike airbase in central Ukraine

Kiev [Ukraine], June 5: Two cruise missiles fired by Russian forces hit an airfield in central Ukraine, while four others...

Huge anti-govt protests rock Poland's Warsaw

Huge anti-govt protests rock Poland's Warsaw

Warsaw [Poland], June 5: Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated against the ruling conservative nationalist Law and Justice Party (PiS)...

Belgorod reports continued shelling

Belgorod reports continued shelling

Moscow [Russia], June 5: The governor of Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, reported continued shelling, with debris from flying...

Belgian prime minister taken to hospital after bicycle fall

Belgian prime minister taken to hospital after bicycle...

Brussels [Belgium], June 5: Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo was lucky to survive a serious fall on his bicycle,...

Pope again calls for peace in first major television studio interview

Pope again calls for peace in first major...

Rome [Italy], June 5: Pope Francis has again appealed for peace and spoken out against war in his first appearance...

Some 80 migrants from Turkey cross border river into Greece

Some 80 migrants from Turkey cross border river...

Athens [Greece], June 5: About 80 migrants crossed the river on the border between Turkey and Greece into the European...

The US is officially out of the risk of defaulting on its debt

The US is officially out of the risk...

Washington [US], June 5: The Washington Post reported that US President Joe Biden has just signed into law a law...

Ukraine received a new round of air strikes, Russian territory continued to be attacked

Ukraine received a new round of air strikes,...

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 5: Ukrainian officials said Russia launched a new round of air strikes in Ukraine early on June...

OPEC+ continues to seek to raise oil prices

OPEC+ continues to seek to raise oil prices

Vienna [Austria], June 5: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its partner, commonly known as the OPEC+...

British Prime Minister is about to visit the US

British Prime Minister is about to visit the...

Washington [US], June 5: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be in Washington DC on June 7 and 8 to...

North Korea condemns UN Security Council

North Korea condemns UN Security Council

Pyongyang [North Korea], June 5: North Korea on Wednesday condemned the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for holding discussions about...

50 people shot in weekend shootings in Chicago

50 people shot in weekend shootings in Chicago

Chicago (Illinois) [US], June 5: At least 50 people were shot, including 10 dead, when shootings occurred in the city...

Oil prices soar after Saudi Arabia unilaterally reduces production further

Oil prices soar after Saudi Arabia unilaterally reduces...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 5: Oil prices in the early trading session of June 5 in the Asian market jumped...

Cambodia gives workers 3 days off from work with pay to go to the polls

Cambodia gives workers 3 days off from work...

Siem Reap [Cambodia], June 5: Cambodian authorities have asked private businesses and employers to allow workers to take three days...

Russia says its forces thwarted major Ukrainian offensive

Russia says its forces thwarted major Ukrainian offensive

Moscow [Russia], June 5: Russian forces have thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and...

Jet fighters chase small plane in Washington D.C. area before it crashes

Jet fighters chase small plane in Washington D.C....

Washington [US], June 5: U.S. authorities scrambled jet fighters in a high-speed chase of a light aircraft that violated airspace...

Russian police arrest more than 100 Navalny supporters, group says

Russian police arrest more than 100 Navalny supporters,...

Moscow [Russia], June 5: Russian police on Sunday arrested more than 100 people who had taken to the streets to...

Philippines expects more Chinese tourists by facilitating e-visa service

Philippines expects more Chinese tourists by facilitating e-visa...

Manila [Philippines], June 4: The Philippines hopes to attract up to 2 million Chinese tourists this year amid the Southeast...

Sri Lankan tourism revenue sees significant increase in May

Sri Lankan tourism revenue sees significant increase in...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 4: Sri Lanka's estimated tourism revenue in May saw a remarkable growth of over 200 percent...

At least 10 IS militants killed in attacks in eastern Iraq

At least 10 IS militants killed in attacks...

Baghdad [Iraq], June 4: At least ten Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in attacks targeting IS hideouts in...

Belarus to modify charging stations to adapt to Chinese electric vehicles

Belarus to modify charging stations to adapt to...

Minsk [Belarus], June 4: About 200 charging stations run by Belarusian oil company Belorusneft will be modified to adapt to...

Biden signs bill to raise U.S. debt limit

Biden signs bill to raise U.S. debt limit

New York [US], June 4: U.S. President Joe Biden signed Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 into law Saturday afternoon...