The Taiwan Strait: crucial waterway and military flashpoint
China has launched some of its biggest military drills around Taiwan in months, in what it said was a “warning”
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‘Heartbreaking’ floods swamp Australia’s cattle country
Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods seeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday as the
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SpaceX to launch private astronauts on first crewed polar orbit
SpaceX is set to launch the first human spaceflight directly over Earth’s polar regions on Monday — a days-long, privately
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Liberal PM Carney takes lead four weeks before Canada vote
Four weeks before Canadians vote in a general election where threats by US President Donald Trump have taken center stage,
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02:25
Morning-after pill to be made free in England pharmacies
Currently, women can get the pill for free from sexual health clinics run by the National Health Service (NHS) and
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Australian cop spared prison after fatal tasering of 95-year-old
An Australian judge sentenced a policeman who fatally tasered a “frail and confused” 95-year-old woman to do community service rather
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05:23
Finland launches two-year plan to boost youth fitness
HELSINKI: Finland said on Wednesday it has kicked off a two-year scheme to improve the fitness of conscription-age youths, warning
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Netanyahu blames opposition for ‘anarchy’ amid protests
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused the opposition of fuelling “anarchy” in Israel after mass anti-government protests in
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01:23
China achieves first pig-to-human liver transplant
PARIS: Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human
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Market tracker expects brands’ fear of Musk to boost X ad revenue
X's billionaire owner, the world's richest person, is a major financial backer of US President Donald Trump. The post Market
