Lesotho, Africa’s ‘kingdom in the sky’ jolted by Trump
US President Donald Trump in March ridiculed Lesotho as a place “nobody has ever heard of” and then this week
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22:20
‘Everyone worried’ by Trump tariffs in France’s champagne region
With the United States the largest export market for champagne, producers of France’s leading sparkling wine had little to celebrate
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22:19
UK avoids worst US tariffs post-Brexit, but no celebrations
More than four years after the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union became effective, Britain has escaped harsher US tariffs,
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18:23
Israel PM drops security chief nominee under fire from Trump ally
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Tuesday he had reversed a decision to appoint former navy commander Vice Admiral
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16:23
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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16:22
‘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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08:29
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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05:23
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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14:24
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
