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Defense
US asks Germany to spend more on defense
The comments by Richard Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany, signal Trump’s impatience with Merkel’s failure to raise defence spending…
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Politics
Republicans ready to impose gun background checks: Trump
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Friday that fellow Republicans will set aside resistance to restricting access to firearms by…
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Politics
Biden says Trump’s ‘toxic tongue’ linked to US mass shootings
Democratic presidential front-runner and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accused President Donald Trump of fuelling the white supremacy that’s…
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Environment
Can we eat meat and still tame global warming?
Not everyone needs to become a vegetarian, much less vegan, to keep the planet from overheating, but it would surely…
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Asia
US upgrades Hong Kong travel warning as airport protest planned
The financial hub has been rocked by two months of unrest, initially triggered by opposition to a planned law that…
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Diplomacy
Pentagon says Turkish attack on Kurds will be ‘unacceptable’
On Sunday, President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey, which already has a foothold in northwest Syria, will carry out a military…
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Environment
Quarter of the world’s population facing extreme water stress
The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas of World Resources Institute (WRI) ranked water stress, drought risk and riverine flood risk using…
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Featured
Iran claims to seize another oil tanker in the Gulf
DUBAI: Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf which they said was smuggling fuel and detained…
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Diplomacy
Allies wary of joining US-led coalition amid Hormuz tension
The United States is struggling to piece together an international coalition to protect cargo ships travelling through the Strait of…
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Featured
Egypt’s Sissi calls deadly Cairo car blast a terror attack
CAIRO, Egypt — A huge explosion caused by a speeding car in central Cairo overnight, killing at least 20 people, was a…
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