It was a humid morning in Hong Kong, the sky draped in soft grey clouds, with the harbor carrying its usual rhythm of motion and stillness. Inside the grand venue, the air was different , quiet, expectant. Delegates moved with purpose, hushed conversations floated through marble hallways, and you could sense that something important something overdue was about to begin. …
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People attend a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, March 18, 2025. — Reuters UNGA elects Bahrain, Colombia, DRC, Latvia, and Liberia to UNSC. These all countries elected in uncontested slates. Germany’s Annalena Baerbock elected UNGA president. The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, …
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This handout image released by the Ukrainian Security Service on June 3, 2025, allegedly shows people inspecting damage to the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea with Russia following a special operation carried out by the Ukrainian Security Service, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. — AFP Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Tuesday that it had hit the road and rail bridge …
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Matthew Miller, a senior official in former US president Joe Biden’s administration has told Sky News that he has no doubt that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza. Speaking to the Trump 100 podcast, Matthew Miller, who, as a state department spokesman, was the voice and face of the US government’s foreign policy under Mr Biden, revealed disagreements, tensions …
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Supporters of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of South Korea’s Democratic Party, cheer during an election campaign rally in Seoul, South Korea, June 2, 2025. — Reuters South Koreans began voting Tuesday for a new president, capping six months of political upheaval following ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s disastrous declaration of martial law. A handful of elderly voters lined up at …
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Demonstrators hold up signs of support outside of the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, on April 2, 2025. — Reuters Donald Trump’s administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to halt a judicial order blocking mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, part of the Republican president’s campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government, Reuters reported. The Justice Department’s …
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This undated photo shows a person hold a copy of the Holy Quran in his and during a protest demonstration against the desecration of the holy book. — AFP/File A Turkish-born man who desecrated the holy Quran in London was on Monday found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence, in a case taken up by free-speech campaigners. Hamit …
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Greenpeace environmental activists set up a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron — they say they stole earlier at the Grevin Museum — during an action against France’s gas and fertiliser imports from Russia, outside the Russian Embassy in Paris on June 2, 2025 — AFP Greenpeace activists on Monday stole a wax figure of President Emmanuel Macron from …
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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit to the BAE Systems’ Govan facility, in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, June 2, 2025. — Reuters Britain on Monday announced that it would build 12 new attack submarines as it launched a major defence review to move the country to “war-fighting readiness” in the face of “Russian aggression” and the …
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Russian delegation, led by presidential adviser, Vladimir Medinsky, Chief of the Turkish General Staff, Metin Gurak, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, Ukrainian delegation led by Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, attend a meeting at Ciragan Palace on the day of the second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 2, …
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