Police officers walk outside a courthouse on the day of the trial of former political figures and officials of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, accused of various charges, including genocide and war crimes, in Baku, Azerbaijan January 17, 2025. — Reuters Armenia, Azerbaijan say they have finalised text of treaty. The two have been locked in conflict for almost 40 …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia agreed with US proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine but any truce would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict and that many crucial details needed to be sorted out. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 has left hundreds of thousands of dead and injured, displaced millions …
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visits a command centre of the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia, March 12, 2025, in this still image taken from video. — Reuters President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide said on Thursday a 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States to pause the war in Ukraine …
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Waiters serve customers at a Haidilao hotpot restaurant in Beijing, China October 11, 2021. — Reuters SHANGHAI: One of China’s biggest restaurant chains has promised to refund thousands of customers after footage of a patron urinating into a simmering hotpot went viral online, triggering a public outcry. The clip, filmed last month, appeared to show a young man standing on a …
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This representational image shows the facade of the University of Tokyo, in Bunkyo, Japan. — Reuters/File A couple who both worked at a Japanese university have sued the institution, a court said on Thursday, for reportedly allowing only the husband to keep an academic position after they were married. Despite its highly educated female population, Japan is ranked 118th out of …
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Russia pushed Ukrainian forces out of most of the territory they controlled in the Russian region of Kursk during the past week, raising questions about whether a weeklong US intelligence cutoff materially helped the Russian counterattack. The US said it had restored intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine on Tuesday night, after Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire plan discussed …
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People walk through the atrium of the British Museum in London, Britain, September 28, 2023. — Reuters Some British lawmakers, non-governmental organisations (NGO) and researchers have called on the government to fix what they have described as a “legislative vacuum” that allows museums and other institutions to hold and display African ancestral remains taken during the colonial era. For centuries, …
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This representational image shows a tunnel. — Unsplash Europe is working on an ambitious undersea tunnel project,the Fehmarnbelt, on the shores of the Baltic Sea that will revolutionise European transportation. According to CNN, this project set to connect Denmark and Germany with a two-lane highway and two electrified rail lines, all under one of the busiest shipping lanes in the …
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Israel’s total blockade of the Gaza Strip enters its 12th day, with no food, fuel or medicine allowed in, as mediated talks with Hamas continue in the Qatari capital, Doha. The Israeli negotiation team, that were likely to leave Qatar today, will remain in Doha as ceasefire talks continue, Arab media reported citing a report by the Times of Israel …
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US President Donald Trump reacts as he meets with Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheal Martin (not pictured), in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 12, 2025. — Reuters Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg have been among hardest hit. Investors revel in promise of lower taxes after election. S&P 500 surge to record highs, Tesla’s market value …
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