Biden administration tells China not to overread likely U.S. visit by Taiwan’s president
The Globe and Mail – Aamer Madhani The Biden administration is putting out the word that an expected stopover in…
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New York City braces for Trump indictment after ex-president urges protests
The Daily Star – Reuters, New York Workers erected barricades around a Manhattan courthouse on Monday as New York City…
‘Dear friends’ Xi, Putin meet in Moscow
The Daily Star – Agencies Chinese President Xi Jinping met his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin in Moscow yesterday, seeking both…
Humanity on ‘thin ice’
The Daily Star – AFP, United Nations UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday called on wealthy countries to move up…
Russia opens probe into ICC
The Daily Star – AFP, Moscow Russia said yesterday that it had opened a criminal investigation into International Criminal Court…
Thai PM dissolves parliament, calls election
The Daily Star – AFP, Bangkok Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha dissolved the country’s parliament on Monday, setting up a…
North Korea’s Kim calls for nuclear attack readiness against US, South Korea
The Daily Star – Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the country to stand ready to conduct…
Putin makes first trip to occupied territory
The Daily Star – Agencies Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Mariupol, the Kremlin said yesterday, his…
Iran-Saudi Arabia Rapprochement Deal: Tehran proposes locations to Riyadh for ministerial talks
The Daily Star – Reuters, Dubai The Iranian government has proposed to Saudi Arabia three locations for a meeting at…
One man wounded in ‘shooting incident’ in West Bank flashpoint
The Daily Star – Reuters, Jerusalem Israel’s ambulance service said one man had been seriously wounded when his vehicle came…
Iraq, Iran sign deal to tighten border security
The Daily Star – Reuters, Baghdad Iraq and Iran signed a border security agreement yesterday, a move Iraqi officials said…
6.8 quake shakes Ecuador; 14 killed
The Daily Star – Reuters, Quito At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal…
Palestinian, Israeli officials meet in Egypt
The Daily Star – Reuters, Cairo Israeli and Palestinian officials were meeting in Egypt yesterday for talks aimed at calming…
Black Sea drones show US’s direct role
The Daily Star – Reuters US drone flights over the Baltic Sea are a sign of direct US involvement in…
Kuwait court nullifies 2022 parliamentary vote: state media
The Daily Star – Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait’s constitutional court on Sunday nullified last year’s legislative elections and ruled in…
Bird flu outbreak: Will it cause the next pandemic?
A new lineage of avian flu H5N1 is ripping through wild bird populations and also affecting mammals, such as minks,…
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile
The Daily Star – AFP, Seoul North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, the fourth…
100 killed this year
The Daily Star – AFP, Ramallah Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian Friday in what the army described as an…
Millions of dead fish clog Australian river
The Daily Star – AFP, Sydney Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near…
‘I’M BACK’
The Daily Star – AFP, Washington Former president Donald Trump wrote his first posts on his reinstated Facebook and YouTube…
Tony Blair: Putin can’t use Iraq as justification for Ukraine
The Daily Star – AFP, London Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he…