The UK government Tuesday said it will invest billions of pounds in the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant as it strives to meet its net zero and energy security targets. The £14.2 billion ($19 billion) investment will end “years of delay and uncertainty”, the UK Treasury said in a press release, adding it would unlock a “golden age” of …
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Israel said campaigner Greta Thunberg left the country on a flight to Sweden via France on Tuesday, after she was detained along with other activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid boat. Of the 12 people on board the Madleen carrying food and supplies for Gaza, five French activists were taken into custody after they refused to leave Israel voluntarily. Israeli forces …
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Ambulance vehicles arrive at the scene of a school shooting in Graz, Austria on June 10, 2025. — AFP At least nine people were reported killed and a number of others injured in a shooting at a school in the southern Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, the city’s mayor said. Graz Mayor Elke Kahr, quoted by Austrian news agency …
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US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 30, 2025. — Reuters No intention of repairing ties with Musk, says President Trump. Musk’s opposition complicates efforts to pass bill in Congress. Tesla CEO deletes some social media posts critical of Trump. President Donald Trump …
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Demonstrators raise their hands in front of police officers outside the Federal Building, during protests against immigration sweeps, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 9, 2025. — Reuters LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON: The US military will temporarily deploy around 700 Marines to Los Angeles until more National Guard troops can arrive, marking another escalation in President Donald Trump’s response to street protests …
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China and the United States began a new round of trade talks in London on Monday, Beijing’s state media reported, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to shore up a shaky truce after bruising tit-for-tat tariffs. The two sides are meeting in the historic Lancaster House, run by the UK Foreign Office, following a first round of talks in …
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UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres addresses the opening session of the third United Nations Ocean Conference in the French city of Nice, on June 9, 2025.— AFP NICE: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world could not let the deepest oceans “become the wild west,” at the start in France of a global summit on the …
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Iranian and US flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. — Reuters DUBAI: Iran will soon hand a counter-proposal for a nuclear deal to the United States via Oman, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday, in response to a US offer that Tehran deems “unacceptable”. Reuters previously reported that Tehran was …
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A Boeing 737 MAX 8, the second jet intended for use by a Chinese airline to be returned to its manufacturer, lands at Boeing Field, as trade tensions escalate over US tariffs with China, in Seattle, Washington, US April 22, 2025. — Reuters SEOUL: A new Boeing MAX landed back in China on Monday, flight tracking data showed, a sign …
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US President Donald Trump’s order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States goes into effect at 12:01am ET (0401GMT) on Monday, a move the president promulgated to protect the country from “foreign terrorists. “The countries affected by the latest travel ban are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan …
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