World
NATO military chiefs were set Wednesday to discuss the details of eventual security guarantees for Ukraine, pushing ahead the flurry of global diplomacy aiming to broker an end to Russia's war.But even as diplomatic efforts continued Wednesday, Russian forces claimed fresh advances on the ground...
Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky looked set for a peace summit after fast-moving talks Monday between Donald Trump and European leaders that focused on the key issue of long-term security guarantees for Kyiv.Hopes of a breakthrough rose after Trump said he had s...
French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Geneva could play host to a peace summit between Russian and Ukrainian leaders Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, who look set to meet after separate talks with US President Donald Trump.Speaking after he and other European leaders joined the Ukrainian ...
In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after massive rocks crashed down on a remote Pakistani village following a cloudburst.Using hammers, shovels, and in many cases their bare hands to clear the ru...
With great fanfare, a historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings is to be moved Tuesday from its longtime home in the Arctic town of Kiruna to allow the expansion of Europe's biggest underground mine.Kiruna Kyrka, a Swedish Lutheran church, dates from 1912...
A Hamas source told AFP on Monday that the Palestinian militants had agreed to a new proposal from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the Islamist group and Israel."Hamas has delivered its response to the mediators, confirming that Hamas and the ...
Raging wildfires tore through an additional 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of western Spain in less than 24 hours, satellite data showed Tuesday, but cooler temperatures have raised hopes of containment.Some 373,000 hectares (922,000 acres) have been scorched in Spain this year as of 0700 GMT Tuesda...
Myanmar and Thailand's busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day on Tuesday after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets funding armed opposition groups ahead of a disputed December election.The military, which seized power in a 2021 coup, controls the Myawaddy bridge that...
Sports,Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz won the ATP Cincinnati Open title on Monday after defending champion Jannik Sinner retired due to illness during the first set. Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek defeated Jasmine Paolini in straight sets to lift the WTA Cincinnati Open women's crown for the first time on Monday. Ai...
Sports
Two boxers in Japan have died from brain injuries they incurred in separate bouts during the same event in Tokyo, officials said.Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on August 2.Both were later rushed to...
Sports,Football
Liverpool sold striker Darwin Nunez to Saudi side Al-Hilal, both clubs confirmed on Saturday, in a move that could allow the Premier League champions to make a fresh bid for Newcastle's Alexander Isak.Nunez joined the Reds for an initial 75 million euros ($87 million, o65 million) from Benf...
European leaders urged more "pressure" on Russia overnight Saturday, after the announcement of a Trump-Putin summit to end the war in Ukraine raised concern that an agreement would require Kyiv to cede swathes of territory.Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the US stat...
More than 600 pilgrims in Iraq were briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station, authorities said Sunday.The incident took place overnight on the route between the two Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, located in ...
The world's largest underground copper mine was set to resume operating on Sunday, after a deadly cave-in suspended work for more than a week.Chile's Mining Ministry ordered El Teniente to halt activity on August 1 to allow rescuers to search for five miners trapped after a "seismic eve...
Ukraine won't surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the US state of Alaska next Friday, to try to resolve the three-y...
Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in southern France but local officials warned on Sunday that scorching heat and dry conditions could reignite the blaze, as parts of the Mediterranean region face a heatwave.The fire has ravaged a vast area of France's southern Aude department at th...
The Lebanese army said a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border killed six soldiers on Saturday, with a military source saying the troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility.Under the truce that ended last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanese troops have been...
A Colombian presidential candidate shot at a campaign event in June has deteriorated to critical condition due to a new cerebral hemorrhage, doctors treating him said Saturday.Conservative Senator Miguel Uribe, 39, was speaking to supporters in the capital, Bogota, when a gunman shot him twice in th...
Israel's military will "take control" of Gaza City under a new plan approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet, touching off a wave of criticism Friday from both inside and outside the country.Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, Netanyahu faces mounting pre...
A fire broke out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba on Friday but the monument was saved as firefighters quickly contained and then extinguished it, the Spanish city's mayor said.Widely shared videos had shown flames and smoke billowing from inside the major tourist attraction, v...
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