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Russia fires 30 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets; Ukraine says 29 were shot down
Russia fired 30 cruise missiles against different parts of Ukraine early Thursday in the latest nighttime test of Ukrainian air defenses, which shot down 29 of them, officials said.
One person was killed and two were wounded by a Russian…
China says Ukraine envoy met with Zelensky during talks in Kyiv
China said Thursday its special envoy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during talks in Kyiv earlier this week.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the meeting came amid discussions between envoy Li Hui and…
Joe Biden to consult with Japan’s Kishida ahead of G7 summit
President Joe Biden arrived in Japan Thursday with plans to meet privately with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of the larger Group of Seven summit — a sign of how the economic and national security alliance between the two…
Chinese envoy asks Australia to increase search for 39 aboard capsized fishing boat in Indian Ocean
A Chinese envoy asked Australian authorities Thursday to increase efforts to find survivors in an Indian Ocean search for 39 crew members missing from a capsized Chinese fishing boat.
Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said the Australian…
Nepali mountaineer climbs Everest for record 27th time
Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for the 27th time on Wednesday, reclaiming the record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain.
“He successfully reached the summit this morning guiding a…
Singapore hangs second citizen for trafficking cannabis despite calls to halt executions
Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to halt drug-related executions.
The 37-year-old man was…
European leaders meet in Iceland to count cost of Russia’s war
European leaders on Tuesday pledged to hold Russia to account for its war against Ukraine and unveiled a mechanism to track the losses and damage inflicted by Moscow’s forces, convening in Iceland for a two-day summit.
German Chancellor…
Chinese warships return to West Pacific for live-fire drills
Two Chinese warships have ventured into the Western Pacific for live-fire exercises, the military said on Tuesday, shortly after one of China’s two aircraft carriers returned from a patrol, in its latest projection of force into more…
US special counsel slams FBI probe of Trump-Russia collusion
The FBI investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was based on flimsy evidence and seriously flawed, an independent US prosecutor said in a report published Monday.
Special Counsel…
Macron says France to train Ukrainian fighter pilots
France’s President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that his country had “opened the door” to training Ukrainian fighter pilots, even if he excluded sending any war planes to Kyiv.
Macron spoke a day after Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky…