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China has halted cooperation with the United States in a number of areas, including dialogue between senior-level military commanders and climate talks, in retaliation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.…

Two people were killed and two more were in critical condition on Friday after a lightning strike near the White House the night before, police in the US capital said. The lightning hit Lafayette…

Three more ships loaded with grain sailed from Ukraine on Friday under a UN-backed deal lifting Russia’s blockade of the Black Sea, Turkey’s defence ministry said. The Panama-flagged Navistar left Odessa for…

Popular American musician, John Legend, has opened up about the strains in his relationship with Rapper Kanye West and why it ended. In an interview with CNN’s David Axelrod on ‘The Axe Files’ podcast,…

Malaysia’s Court of Appeal on Friday overturned a landmark ruling that had enabled mothers with foreign spouses to automatically pass on their nationality to children born overseas. A Malaysian woman…

China’s foreign ministry announced sanctions against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday following her visit to Taiwan this week which prompted outrage from Beijing. The ministry said Ms Pelosi was “seriously interfering in China’s…

British Queen Elizabeth is mourning again, this time the loss of her childhood friend Lady Myra Butter, who died 29 July. She was 97. Since she mounted the throne for a historic 70 years, the Queen had…

The United States Government on Thursday declared a state of emergency over Monkeypox raging in the country. Monkeypox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus. It is a viral zoonotic infection,…

Pope Francis said his advancing age and his difficulty walking have ushered in a new, slower phase of his papacy and repeated that he would be ready to resign one day if serious health problems…

The Bank of England, on Thursday, raised its interest rates from 1.25…

… says $9bn needed to rebuild schools Almost 700,000 students and over 25,000 educators have been displaced since the outbreak of the Russian/Ukrainian war, the World Bank has said. Also, over…

Italy’s tax police have seized assets worth over €141 million from an architect, Lanfranco Cirillo, who designed a luxury estate on the Black Sea, dubbed “Putin’s palace” by opponents of the Russian…

The Biden administration has imposed fresh economic sanctions on pro-Kremlin oligarchs and on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s purported girlfriend. “As innocent people suffer from Russia’s illegal…

India has confirmed its first monkeypox death, a young man in the southern state of Kerala, in what is only the fourth known death from the disease in the current outbreak. The death, reported on Monday, is…

Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives Speaker is set to hit Taiwan later today, amidst rising tension between the United States and China. China had warned of the danger of Pelosi visiting Taiwan at…

Sri Lanka issued an urgent appeal on Monday to tackle rapidly spreading malnutrition among children as its economic crisis leaves nine out of 10 people dependent on state handouts. The Ministry for…

The largest fire in California this year has forced thousands of people to evacuate as it wrecks homes and rips through the western US state’s dry terrain. The McKinney fire was completely uncontained as it burned in Klamath National…

The first shipment of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odessa on Monday under a deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis following Russia’s invasion of its neighbour, the Turkish defence ministry…

Heavy Russian strikes hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv overnight and early on Sunday, killing the owner of one of the country’s largest grain producing and exporting companies, the local…

New Zealand’s borders fully re-opened to visitors from around the world on Monday, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic closed them in March 2020. New Zealand’s borders started reopening in…

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has kicked off her tour of Asian countries despite several warnings from China. She is set to arrive in Singapore on Monday amid intense…

Prince Charles accepted a £1 million payment from the family of Osama bin Laden, according to a report by the UK Sunday Times. The Prince of Wales secured the money from Bakr bin Laden, the…

United States President, Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again, according to presidential physician. The president, who was brought down by the deadly disease last week tested negative…

Someone in the state of Illinois in the United States has won the whopping $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot, drawn Friday night. The closely-watched jackpot is the second-largest in…