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Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader, dies aged 89

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first leader after the city returned to Chinese rule, has died at the age of 89.The former shipping scion took over the reins from the last British Governor Chris Patten in July 1997 when the...

US slaps import ban on Canadian alcohol and other goods

The US is banning Canadian products, including alcohol, dairy, and motor vehicles, as Canadian retaliatory tariffs on American goods come into force.In a series of executive orders on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump wrote that "Canada is discriminating in...

Canada imposes tariffs on U.S. dairy, steel, aluminum and appliances

Canadian tariffs took effect on about $20 billion worth of U.S. goods on Tuesday. It marked the latest escalation in a trade war with no clear end in sight. Nancy Cordes has more details. Source link

Meta continues to run ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India: report

Warning: This story contains descriptions of abuseMeta ran hundreds of paid ads with artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse imagery, including several in India, over the past 10 months, a new report by US-based campaigners has found.The report comes two...

Hegseth shakes up the Pentagon as US wages war – but at what cost?

But while the fallout from the Iran war has exacerbated Trump's irritation with Europe and accelerated some US military moves away from the region, it has not been to the immediate benefit of the US presence in the Pacific.In...

Paul Adams: British-Israeli relations at lowest ebb in decades

Israel's response to London's trade ban with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank shows how important this moment is. Source link

LIV Golf: Players free to leave after competition files for bankruptcy protection

The bankruptcy filing was made in the federal district court of New Jersey, where LIV Golf set up a subsidiary earlier in the summer.Chapter 11 protection postpones a US company's obligations to its creditors, giving it time to reorganise...

UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlements prompting furious Israeli response

The sanctions were launched alongside France and Canada, who in a joint statement with the UK said the action "marks a further turning point in our approach to protecting the two-state solution".Settlements are illegal under international law, and there...

Oxford University museum to return remains of 39 people taken during British colonial rule in India

An Oxford University museum has agreed to return the remains of 39 people who were taken during Britain's colonial rule in India.The university's Pitt Rivers Museum says it is preparing to repatriate the remains of...

Fourteen go on trial over deadliest Channel small boats disaster

Fourteen suspected people smugglers have gone on trial in Paris for their role in the worst ever small boats disaster in the English Channel.In November 2021, at least 30 men, women and children drowned when their motorised dinghy deflated...
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Disaster declared as heavy rains spark Bangkok flooding

Days of almost continuous heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in the Thai capital, with the city's governor declaring...
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