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Taiwan has quietly acknowledged donating a coastguard vessel to the Philippines, potentially adding to Manila’s maritime patrol capacity amid its long-running stand-off with Beijing in the South China Sea. Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration said on Wednesday that “this case” was being handled in line with previous transfers of vessels to the Marshall Islands, Palau and Tuvalu. Unlike those three ...
Chinese technology giant Huawei has launched new chip technologies as it challenges leading global companies such as Nvidia
Abu Bilal built a secret wall in his home to protect his books from Syria’s former Assad regime.
Israeli prime minister pledges to advance two bills aimed at addressing the 'immense damage' done to Israeli soldiers.
French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Paris for talks focused on Lebanon's security and wider Middle East tensions, with Jordan's King Abdullah II also taking part in the meeting. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago and Kethevane Gorjestani have the analysis from Paris.
Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim explains how Palestinians use local radio to navigate Israel's occupation and settler pogroms.
India is one of the world's largest sugar consumers, but usually produces much more.
The Conservatives want to brand Burnham’s administration as a ‘traditional tax and spend socialist government’This is from Torsten Bell, a Treasury minister, on Kemi Badenoch’s attack on Paul Nowak getting a post as a non-executive director on the Bank of England’s court.Two Conservative Chancellors appointed Frances O’Grady - then TUC general secretary - to two terms on the Court of the Bank in t...
Senior Baltic European Commissioners tell Euronews they are supportive of Ursula von der Leyen’s bold plans to turbocharge European defence, from a "painful" anti-hybrid warfare playbook to a new political security group.
Archaeologists have uncovered the burial site of Sekhentyu-Ptah in the Saqqara necropolis, marking a significant find in ancient Egyptian history. With inscriptions indicating his prominent roles, the site boasts a funerary chapel and sealed sarcophagi, alongside complex burial shafts and a variety of artifacts. These elements suggest a sprawling burial network, and ongoing explorations will furth...
Flooding has caused widespread disruption across Valencia and Catalonia in north-east Spain.
Colorado’s lesser prairie-chicken population has fallen from more than 80,000 birds in 1975 to only 89 breeding males in 2024. The Southern Plains Land Trust has acquired nearly 2,100 acres for just under $2 million to restore grassland habitat. The property, near an active breeding site, will be restored with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to support the species’ recovery.
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reshuffled her Cabinet to boost her waning popularity while retaining key ministers
US president responds as Mark Carney seeks to move closer to Europe and diversify defence tiesDonald Trump has threatened the EU with “serious tariffs” and a halt to trade after the bloc proposed making Canada its first ever associate member – an idea he derided as “laughable”.The US president said that if the EU moved forward with the plan, Washington could impose “very serious tariffs or stop tr...
Under the plans, only children over 15 would be able to set up their own social media accounts.
Mustafa Suleyman says he believes rival AI firm Anthropic is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".
A diagnosed paedophile who sexually abused 11 girls over 33 years, with the acts ranging from molestation to rape, was sentenced by a Singapore court on Thursday to 21 years’ jail. The victims were as young as five, and included his daughter, granddaughters, nieces and students at an enrichment centre he ran with his wife. The judge noted that the jail term should not be crushing or amount to a li...
Real Madrid stars Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior and Ibrahima Konaté have sparked controversy in Spain after partially covering a pro-Ceuta solidarity message on their pre-match T-shirts. The incident has reignited debate over migration, Ceuta's recent migrant crisis and Spain's relationship with Morocco, with politicians and football figures divided over the players' actions.
Mohamed Bakkali, convicted for coordinating logistics for the 2015 Paris attacks, could be granted parole in Belgium despite receiving a 30-year sentence in France with a 20-year minimum term. Belgian authorities will decide on September 29 whether to release him under electronic monitoring, a prospect that has sparked anger among victims and families, while prosecutors oppose his release.
The bodies of nine women have been found in South Africa in just two months - sparking a major police investigation into whether the deaths are linked.
Real Madrid's striker has for the first time explained why he, Vinícius Jr and Ibrahima Konaté partly covered up a message on a t-shirt backing Ceuta.
This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce says Labor is copying and pasting One Nation’s homework because the measures we know so far around blocking the families of international students and preventing visa hopping have some similarity to what Pauline Hanson is suggesting.Speaking to the Today show a little earlier, Joyce says Burke’s last mi...
US President Donald Trump has urged Beijing to take “more aggressive action” to curb the export of drug precursor chemicals, noting to the US Congress that he had raised the issue “directly” with his Chinese counterpart. Trump’s call comes just days ahead of a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and just a week after security agencies from the two countries praised progress in cooper...
US President Donald Trump has urged Beijing to take “more aggressive action” to curb the export of drug precursor chemicals, days ahead of his planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It also comes a week after security agencies from the two countries hailed progress in bilateral cooperation on counternarcotics law enforcement. On Wednesday, while releasing the latest annual list of desig...
Emmanuel Macron is hosting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Jordan's King Abdullah II in Paris for talks on Lebanon's security and international support for the Lebanese army. The meeting comes as concerns grow over Israel's continued strikes in southern Lebanon and the possible end of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission, with France seeking a "clear, credible and realistic" plan to back Lebanon thr...
The Conservatives want to brand Burnham’s administration as a ‘traditional tax and spend socialist government’Good morning. With less than six weeks so go until the budget, economics is rising up the agenda at Westminster. The Bank of England is announcing its latest interest rate decision later – Graeme Wearden will have all the details on his business live blog – and Andrew Griffith is giving hi...
The Trump administration is reportedly preparing a $2.8 billion arms package for Israel, including 40,000 bombs, as Israel continues strikes in Gaza despite last October's ceasefire. The proposed deal would further strengthen Israel's military capabilities and revive deliveries of 2,000-pound bombs that had previously been paused over concerns about civilian casualties.
European stock markets opened in positive territory on Thursday morning, shrugging off Wall Street's decline after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years and signalled that further hikes are likely.
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce says Labor is copying and pasting One Nation’s homework because the measures we know so far around blocking the families of international students and preventing visa hopping have some similarity to what Pauline Hanson is suggesting.Speaking to the Today show a little earlier, Joyce says Burke’s last...
