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Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has launched “counteroffensive actions” in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukrainian forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since World War II

Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region
Health|News|World

Red Cross staff members killed in Ukraine as country warned of severe winter health crisis

Three Red Cross staff members have been killed by artillery strikes in eastern Ukraine

Red Cross staff members killed in Ukraine as country warned of severe winter health crisis
Economy|News|World

Gaza economy shrinks to less than a sixth of its pre-war size, UN report says

Gaza's economy has shrunk to less than a sixth of its size when the Israel-Hamas war began nearly a year ago, while unemployment in the occupied

Gaza economy shrinks to less than a sixth of its pre-war size, UN report says
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Ukraine says Russia hit grain vessel near NATO member Romania

Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of using strategic bombers to strike a civilian grain vessel in a missile attack in Black Sea waters

Ukraine says Russia hit grain vessel near NATO member Romania
Europe|Political|World

East is East, West is West − and Turkey is looking to forge its own BRICS path between the two

NATO member Turkey’s intention to join the 9-member body that functions as an alternative to the Western-led order shows Ankara’s global ambitions.

East is East, West is West − and Turkey is looking to forge its own BRICS path between the two
Election|News|World

US auto safety regulator opens probe into some VinFast cars

The U.S.

US auto safety regulator opens probe into some VinFast cars
Europe|Health|News|Opinion|World

Britain's state-funded health system must 'reform or die,' prime minister says

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the country's much-loved but overstretched health system is in critical condition and must “reform or die.”

Britain's state-funded health system must 'reform or die,' prime minister says
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Russian shelling kills three Red Cross workers in eastern Ukraine

Russian shelling on Thursday killed three Ukrainians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and wounded two others in a village in the frontline Donetsk region,

Russian shelling kills three Red Cross workers in eastern Ukraine
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China's Xi urges efforts to achieve annual economic target

China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged authorities to strive to achieve the country's annual economic and social development goals, state media reported, amid expectations

China's Xi urges efforts to achieve annual economic target
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Zelenskiy says Kyiv anticipated Russian counterattack in Kursk

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had anticipated Moscow's counteroffensive in the Russian region of Kursk,

Zelenskiy says Kyiv anticipated Russian counterattack in Kursk
Science|World

A runaway penguin spent two weeks missing at sea. A typhoon may have saved her

A runaway penguin spent two weeks missing at sea. A typhoon may have saved her

A runaway penguin spent two weeks missing at sea. A typhoon may have saved her
Africa|Health|News|World

Rich nations have millions of mpox shots as Africa's outbreak spreads; Will they share?

Rich countries have several hundred million doses of vaccines that could help fight an mpox outbreak in Africa, where donated shots fall far short of

Rich nations have millions of mpox shots as Africa's outbreak spreads; Will they share?
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Gazans burn plastic waste to produce fuel

With Israel blocking the entry of almost all fuel into Gaza to prevent its use by Hamas militants, some Palestinians in the north of the shattered

Gazans burn plastic waste to produce fuel
Asia|News|World

Xi may meet Zelenskiy, Ukrainian attendee says, as Beijing defence forum opens

Chinese President Xi Jinping could meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy next month, a former Ukrainian official said in Beijing on Thursday at the

Xi may meet Zelenskiy, Ukrainian attendee says, as Beijing defence forum opens
World

Francine’s heavy rainfall forces dramatic water rescues as even more flooding is on the horizon

Francine’s heavy rainfall forces dramatic water rescues as even more flooding is on the horizon

Francine’s heavy rainfall forces dramatic water rescues as even more flooding is on the horizon
MidEast|News|World

Gazan child amputee dreams big after evacuation to Qatar

Evacuated to Qatar from the chaos of Gaza, nine-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Youssef Ajjour still dreams of becoming a pilot one day despite losing

Gazan child amputee dreams big after evacuation to Qatar
World

Israel-Hamas war latest: Blinken says US will keep pressing Israel to spare Gaza humanitarian sites

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States will continue to press Israel to do more to spare humanitarian sites in the Gaza Strip, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. school complex sheltering displaced Palestinians killed 14 people there, including six U.N. staffers

Israel-Hamas war latest: Blinken says US will keep pressing Israel to spare Gaza humanitarian sites
Crime|News|World

Austria carries out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists ahead of 9/11 anniversary

Austrian security forces carried out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists this week ahead of the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States

Austria carries out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists ahead of 9/11 anniversary
Asia|News|World

A record 9 lawmakers are vying to become Japan's leader, with pledges of change and stronger defense

A record nine Japanese lawmakers have formally entered the race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as head of the governing party and leader of the nation, hoping to regain public support for the party following corruption scandals

A record 9 lawmakers are vying to become Japan's leader, with pledges of change and stronger defense
Asia|News|World

Flooding in Thailand maroons thousands in northern province

Thailand deployed military special forces in the northern province of Chiang Rai on Thursday after flooding marooned thousands that

Flooding in Thailand maroons thousands in northern province
Europe|News|Political|World

Blinken wraps up Ukraine-focused Europe trip in Poland with arms requests on the table

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use Western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia

Blinken wraps up Ukraine-focused Europe trip in Poland with arms requests on the table
Crime|Europe|News|World

A trial begins for lawyers who once represented the Kremlin's late foe Alexei Navalny

Three lawyers who once represented the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny have gone on trial in Russia

A trial begins for lawyers who once represented the Kremlin's late foe Alexei Navalny
Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|World

US companies see record-low profits in China amid geopolitical tensions and slow growth, report says

A report by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has found that U.S. companies in China are seeing record-low profits, with business confidence at an all-time low amid U.S.-China tensions and a slowing Chinese economy

US companies see record-low profits in China amid geopolitical tensions and slow growth, report says
Europe|News|World

Greek PM says German border plan will be burden for Greece

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that a German plan to impose tighter checks at its land borders amounted to unilaterally scrapping Europe's open-border

Greek PM says German border plan will be burden for Greece
MidEast|News|World

Hundreds gather on a Seattle beach to remember an American activist killed by the Israeli military

Hundreds of people turned out at a beach in Washington for a vigil remembering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, the 26-year-old human rights activist from Seattle killed by the Israeli military during a protest in the occupied West Bank

Hundreds gather on a Seattle beach to remember an American activist killed by the Israeli military

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