International

Climate resilience is no longer just an environmental concern but an economic imperative for Southeast Asia, experts said at a regional forum in Bangkok, warning that extreme weather, fragmented governance and outdated infrastructure are…
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Canada is set to announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after trade tensions escalated sharply, with President Donald Trump threatening additional tariffs and Prime Minister Mark Carney accusing Washington of…
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Two UN peacekeepers were killed and seven others wounded when armed men ambushed a patrol in South Sudan’s Jonglei state on Monday, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said. The patrol was travelling to the remote area of…
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An armed group has released a video showing what residents say are about 600 women, children and elderly people abducted during an attack on a mosque in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State last week. The video, posted on Facebook and…
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President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday said it plans to revoke the non-immigrant visas of foreign nationals who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum in the United States, in the latest move in its sweeping immigration…
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Taiwanese prosecutors on Monday indicted nine people, including employees of Nvidia and Super Micro, over the alleged illegal export of high-end artificial intelligence servers to China. Prosecutors in the port city of Keelung said eight…
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The Donald Trump administration has moved to formalise a more than $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposing a charge of $103,265. The proposed…
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Officials in Nevada urged residents to evacuate Sunday as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire approached Reno, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. Around 42,000 residents had evacuated and another 45,000 were told to…
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A landslide at a landfill in Guinea’s capital Conakry killed 30 people after heavy overnight rains caused a massive mound of waste to collapse onto nearby tents and makeshift homes, the government said Sunday. The landslide occurred around…
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The Trump administration on Sunday warned Canada that it would be “foolish” to believe it could win a trade war with the United States, predicting a “devastating” economic impact on its northern neighbour. The warning came after trade…
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