President Donald Trump has said he is “committed to buying and owning” the Gaza Strip and relocating the two million Palestinians living there, despite global condemnation of the plan he…
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Ecuador: Presidential election ends in a ‘tie’ prompting run-off
Ecuador’s presidential election will go to a second round after a closely contested first-round result failed to produce an outright winner. The electoral authorities called it a “technical tie” after…
Norway: Oil giant Equinor cuts green investment in half
Norwegian energy giant Equinor is halving investment in renewable energy over the next two years while increasing oil and gas production. Chief executive Anders Opedal said that the transition to…
China: Beijing’s tit-for-tat tariffs on US set to take effect
China’s tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods are set to come into effect on Monday as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates and US President…
India: Security forces kill 31 Maoist rebels
Indian security forces have killed 31 Maoist rebels in the forests of Chhattisgarh state. Two Indian commandos were also killed in the battle, and two other security force members were…
Lebanon: Israeli air strike kills six in eastern Lebanon amid fragile ceasefire
An Israeli air raid has killed six people and wounded two in eastern Lebanon amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that a drone targeted the…
Palestine: Israel kills eight-month-pregnant woman in occupied West Bank raid
The Israeli military has expanded its assaults in the occupied West Bank, killing an eight-month-pregnant woman during a raid at the Palestinian territory’s Nur Shams refugee camp. The troops opened…
Kosovo: PM Albin Kurti’s leadership to be evaluated in parliamentary elections
À have opened in Kosovo’s parliamentary election, seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who has been at odds with his Western allies over relations with neighbouring Serbia. Voting…
Australia: Woman deepfake betrayal by close friend
It was a warm February night when an ominous message popped into Hannah Grundy’s inbox in Sydney. “I will just keep emailing because I think this is worthy of your…
USA: Trump administration to cut billions from overheads in biomedical research
President Donald Trump’s administration has announced it will slash billions of dollars from overheads in grants for biomedical research as a part of broader cost-saving measures, a move some scientists…