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(From left to right) This collage shows US President Donald Trump, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. — Reuters/File      Trump “exaggerated” impact of US strikes, says Khamenei. Says US was dealt “slap” after striking Iranian nuclear sites. No known intelligence that Iran moved uranium, says Pentagon. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei …

Jeff Bezos gestures as he leaves Aman Venice hotel, ahead of their expected wedding, in Venice, Italy, June 25, 2025. — Reuters VIPs whizzed by speed boat through Venice on Thursday as the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez kicked off and protesters demonstrated in St Mark’s Square. US reality TV personalities Kim and Khloe …

The face of the man who attacked toddler at Moscow airport is blurred in this still taken from an undated video. — X/@KabulFrontline A one-and-a-half-year-old Iranian boy is fighting for his life in a coma after a tourist violently assaulted him at a Moscow-area airport, sparking shock and outrage across the globe after the video of the incident made rounds …

India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attends the SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Qingdao, Shandong province, China June 26, 2025. — Reuters SCO joint statement document fails to mention Pahalgam incident. Forum decides against issuing joint statement post India’s refusal. New Delhi urges member states to take principled stance on terror. India on Thursday, as reported by local media, refused to …

A general view of a power plant north of Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, near the town of Obilic, Kosovo, on October 27, 2021. — Reuters Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector hit a record high for the fourth year running last year as fossil fuel use kept rising even as renewable energy reached a record high, the Energy Institute’s …

In this picture taken on May 20, 2025, Kate Harwitz displays her matcha beverage at Kettl Tea in the Los Feliz neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California. — AFP  SAYAMA: Matcha is the new drink of choice at hip cafes worldwide, but Japanese producers are struggling to keep up with soaring demand for the powdered green tea. Here’s what you need …

Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun (centre) and his counterparts pose for a group photo before the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Qingdao, Shandong province, China June 26, 2025. — Reuters Beijing presents SCO as counterweight to world in “chaos, instability” Defence chiefs of Pakistan, Belarus, and elsewhere attend meeting. “Unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise,” says Dong …

A general view shows the United Nations Security Council meeting on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, on March 14, 2022. — Reuters Eighty years ago on Thursday, 50 countries came together in the ashes of World War II to sign the United Nations’ founding …

Jeff Bezos at Aman Venice hotel, June 25. — Reuters VENICE: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his journalist fiancee Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday ahead of three days of lavish VIP parties in the romantic lagoon city to celebrate their wedding, despite protests from locals. Around 90 private jets are set to land in local airports this week, …

 President Donald Trump talks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting where Trump announced nuclear talks with Iran, Washington, U.S., April 7, 2025.  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or cancel his corruption trial, saying the United States would save him, just as it had saved his country. …