International

A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance has been accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the US government and storing them at his home. David Rush was arrested last week and charged…
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In today’s rapidly evolving corporate environment, organisations are no longer measured only by balance sheets, infrastructure, or market valuation. Increasingly, the true strength of an organisation lies in its frequency — the invisible…
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Peru has launched a new initiative aimed at strengthening disaster risk management and climate resilience across its World Heritage sites, as growing environmental threats increasingly endanger the country’s cultural and natural heritage.…
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Facing backlash from critics and “extremists” on social media, the provincial government of Pakistan’s Punjab has deferred its decision to restore several pre-Partition Hindu and British-era names of roads and localities in Lahore,…
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In Mongbwalu, a gold-mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, residents are grappling with a fast-moving Ebola outbreak that has fuelled both fear and denial in one of the country’s most conflict-affected…
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The United States on Tuesday said it would move forward with Armenia on a planned transport corridor linking parts of Azerbaijan, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a brief stop in the South Caucasus during his return trip from India.…
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Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of violating its obligations as host of the UN after it allegedly denied a visa to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov, preventing him from…
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The US, India, Japan and Australia on Tuesday launched a new Indo-Pacific maritime surveillance initiative and unveiled a series of partnerships as foreign ministers from the four Quad nations met in New Delhi. The gathering of the Quad —…
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Unmarked tunnels, missing worker trackers and fake tunnel doors have emerged in an initial probe into China’s deadliest mining disaster in more than 15 years, with authorities pledging a thorough investigation, state media reported Tuesday.…
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Air pollution remains one of the world’s deadliest environmental risks, and new research suggests United States could face a sharp rise in unhealthy air days by the end of the century as climate change worsens air quality. Researchers…
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