Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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North Korea has threatened to cancel a planned summit with US President Donald Trump, which is due to take place in Singapore on 12 June. In a statement published by the state-run Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea's vice-foreign minister, Kim Kye-gwan, said that the country may pull out of…
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Vladimir Putin has opened a $3.6 billion bridge linking the Russian mainland and Crimea, triggering a fierce reaction from Kiev, as well as many other countries around the world. The 11.8-mile bridge, which took two years to build, has been a highly controversial project, designed by the Russian President to…
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Multiple people are feared dead after a bridge under construction collapsed in the Indian city of Varanasi on the afternoon of Tuesday May 15. The disaster took place during rush hour traffic. According to initial eyewitness reports distributed by the Times of India, a "huge concrete slab" fell from the flyover…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments and food manufacturers around the world to ban of the use of industrially-produced trans fats in all food products by 2020. Launching REPLACE, a plan to eliminate trans fats from the global food supply, WHO said that the move was crucial…
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Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and 1,200 more wounded by Israeli troops, after tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest President Donald Trump's decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. On the deadliest day of violence since the 2014 Gaza war, the Palestinian Ministry…
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The pilot of doomed Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 deliberately evaded radar for hours to ensure the plane was never found again, aviation experts have claimed. The fate of the Boeing 777, named as "one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation history", has puzzled investigators ever since 2014 when it went missing…
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Fox News host Jeanine Pirro has sparked outrage after claiming President Donald Trump "fulfilled biblical prophecy" by moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv, Israel, to the city of Jerusalem. On her show, Justice With Judge Jeanine, the American TV personality asserted that Trump's decision to formally break from decades of established American policy…
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Malaysia's new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced that politician Anwar Ibrahim, who was jailed after falling out with the government, will receive a full royal pardon from the country's king. The move is expected to pave the way for Anwar, who faces charges of corruption and sodomy, to eventually take…
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Seven people, including four children, have been killed in Osmington, Western Australia, in what is believed to be the country's worst mass shooting since 1996. At a press briefing, WA police commissioner Chris Dawson said that a “horrific incident” had occurred at a rural property about 20km north of the…
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American retail corporation Walmart has confirmed it has agreed a deal to buy the controlling stake India's largest online retailer, Flipkart Group, in a deal worth $16 billion. In a statement, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said that the lucrative Indian market was the driving force behind the purchase: "India is one of…
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President Donald Trump has announced that three Americans have been released by North Korea ahead of talks between the two nations. "I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen…
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Trump's withdrawal from Obama's Iran deal and reinstated nuclear sanctions have reportedly caused live oil prices to increase drastically. On Tuesday, May 8, President Donald Trump declared that the United States will withdraw from a proposed deal with Iran over nuclear power, despite fears that this would further isolate the…
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A new outbreak of the Ebola virus has been confirmed by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after two people tested positive for the disease in Bikoro, in the country's north-west. "Our country is facing another epidemic of the Ebola virus, which constitutes an international public health emergency,"…
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Butch Cassidy, Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie & Clyde. These infamous criminals have managed to get their names in the history books thanks to their audacious bank robberies, often making off with vast supplies of cash in high-stakes heists. Ever since the golden age of the stickup artist during the Great…
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The word that's on the lips of every economist these days is "Bitcoin", and it's safe to say that the cryptocurrency has got many people worried. Many thought that the financial fad would be nothing more than a flash in the pan. But the allure of big bucks has given…
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Tragedy struck Toronto yesterday as 10 people were killed and 15 injured after a rented van swerved across four lanes and hit pedestrians on one of the city's busiest streets. Described as "like nothing anybody had seen before" by a city police officer, the attack has left the capital city…
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Should we have the right to die? It's a divisive question and one that regularly sparks furious debate among friends, family and strangers. In 2017, Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll asserted that 73 per cent of Americans supported euthanasia, the highest levels seen since 2005. Regardless, it appears that euthanasia is ultimately…
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Earlier this morning, the world held its collective breath as reports emerged of an unprecedented Western airstrike on Syrian soil, as American, British and French forces came together to launch the attacks. It came as a direct consequence of chemical attacks on the town of Douma back on April 7,…
