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Hand in hand: Biden, Harris hit campaign trail
US President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaigned together for the first time Monday, in a public display of teamwork after she replaced him as candidate and revived Democratic election hopes
3 September 2024, 02:58 AM
Elite defections surge 2.5 times under Kim Jong-un
In North Korea, high-ranking officials in the party, government, and military, as well as diplomats and overseas representatives, make up the core elite supporting the regime
2 September 2024, 19:28 PM
More than 400 people executed in Iran this year: UN experts
UN experts voiced alarm Monday at a surge in executions in Iran last month that pushed the total in the country so far this year to over 400
2 September 2024, 19:00 PM
I had ‘every right’ to interfere in last polls: Trump
Former US President Donald Trump, who faces federal and state charges for allegedly trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden, insists he had “every right” to interfere in the election.
2 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel rocked by protests; strikes kill dozens in Gaza
Israeli forces killed at least 48 Palestinians in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip as they battled Hamas-led militants, Palestinian officials said yesterday, while medics conducted a second day of polio vaccinations for children in the enclave.
2 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Six killed, 13 wounded in Kabul suicide bombing
A suicide bomber detonated explosives in the Afghan capital yesterday, police said, killing six people and wounding 13 more.
2 September 2024, 18:00 PM
West should permit Ukraine to launch long-range attacks
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday said Ukraine’s Western allies should not only allow their weapons to be used for strikes deep inside Russia, but also supply Kyiv with more of the arms themselves.
2 September 2024, 18:00 PM
No TV or screens for toddlers, Sweden tells parents
Children under the age of two should be kept away from digital media and television completely, the country's Public Health Agency said
2 September 2024, 12:40 PM
Massive protests hit Israel after six hostages killed in Gaza
Crowds estimated by Israeli media to number up to 500,000 demonstrated, demanding Netanyahu do more to bring home the remaining 101 hostages
2 September 2024, 03:54 AM
'North Korea must either open up transparently or collapse'
Ri Il-gyu, a former political counselor at the North Korean embassy in Cuba who defected last year, said in an interview with the Chosun Ilbo on July 14, “Kim Jong-un must have felt a great shock and betrayal about the diplomatic relations between South Korea and Cuba (earlier this year).
1 September 2024, 20:06 PM
Outcry in West after deaths of Israeli hostages in Gaza
Israel yesterday announced its troops had found six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel, as Israeli police said a “shooting attack” in the occupied West Bank killed three officers.
1 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia ‘thwarts drone attack from Ukraine’
Russia yesterday said that it had thwarted a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack by downing 158 drones across 15 regions, including two over the capital Moscow.
1 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Algeria joins BRICS Bank
Algeria has been approved for membership in the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), the country’s finance ministry has announced.
1 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Mothers’ fight to expose CIA’s brainwash programme
A group of Indigenous women are hoping to stop the bulldozers at a former Montreal hospital which they believe could hold the truth about children still missing from a grisly half-century-old CIA experiment.
1 September 2024, 18:00 PM
German far right set for wins in key elections after attack
Voters in two former East German states yesterday began casting ballots in elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government and deliver big gains for the far-right AfD.
1 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Raisi chopper crash caused by weather: Iran
Iran’s final investigation into the May helicopter crash that killed president Ebrahim Raisi has found it was caused by bad weather, the body investigating the case said yesterday.
1 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza: health official
A polio vaccination campaign officially began Sunday in the Gaza Strip where the United Nations has announced "humanitarian pauses" to allow for large-scale innoculation, a health official told AFP
1 September 2024, 09:17 AM
Trump signals support for recreational marijuana in Florida
Donald Trump on Saturday signaled his backing for a ballot initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida, where he resides
1 September 2024, 02:31 AM
‘North Koreans reject Kim Jong-un, claim life is harder than under Japanese rule’
Former North Korean diplomat Ri Il-gyu exposes country's human rights abuses
31 August 2024, 20:19 PM
China, the Philippines trade blame in latest South China Sea clash
China and the Philippines accused each other on Saturday of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea, the latest in a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks.
31 August 2024, 18:00 PM