Category: International News

We’re desperate’: Mexico’s Acapulco relives hurricane nightmare
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We’re desperate’: Mexico’s Acapulco relives hurricane nightmare

Acapulco, Mexico Residents of Mexico’s beachside city of Acapulco were reeling Friday after a hurricane left at least five people dead and neighborhoods underwater in a region still recovering from a devastating storm last October. Clutching belongings, families waded down streets turned into muddy rivers, nearly a year after Hurricane Otis left a trail of destruction...

Blinken questions China peace push over Russia help
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Blinken questions China peace push over Russia help

New York, United States US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday questioned China’s sincerity in seeking peace in Ukraine as he directly pressed his counterpart over exports that boost Russia’s military. Blinken met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the latest talks as the two powers look to...

France proposes 21-day Lebanon ceasefire in UN push with US
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France proposes 21-day Lebanon ceasefire in UN push with US

United Nations, United States France on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon in UN diplomacy with the United States as the death toll mounted in deadly strikes by Israel against Hezbollah. Shortly after talks at the United Nations between Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron, France outlined the proposal at an emergency...

World leaders at UN warn against ‘full-scale war’ over Lebanon
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World leaders at UN warn against ‘full-scale war’ over Lebanon

United Nations, United States World leaders lined up at the United Nations on Tuesday to call on Israel to refrain from a full-scale war in Lebanon, with the organization’s chief warning the situation was on the “brink.” The UN General Assembly, the high point of the international diplomatic calendar, comes after Lebanese authorities said Israeli strikes...

Hamas weakened, not crushed a year into war with Israel
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Hamas weakened, not crushed a year into war with Israel

Cairo, Egypt Israel’s military campaign to eradicate Hamas in retaliation for the October 7 attack has weakened it by killing several of its leaders and thousands of fighters, and by reducing swaths of the territory it rules to rubble. But the Palestinian militant group has not been crushed outright, and a year on from its unprecedented...

Hundreds of thousands at risk in Sudan’s El-Fasher: UN
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Hundreds of thousands at risk in Sudan’s El-Fasher: UN

United Nations, United States Senior United Nations officials warned on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk in the besieged Sudanese town of El-Fasher, amid signs that the fighting could soon escalate. El-Fasher is one of five state capitals in Sudan’s western Darfur region and the only one not in the hands of the...

Hong Kong democracy tycoon’s son warns time running out
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Hong Kong democracy tycoon’s son warns time running out

Washington, United States US lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to keep up pressure to free Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, whose son warned that time was running out. Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered popular Chinese-language tabloid Apple Daily which supported mass pro-democracy protests, was detained in 2020 and is standing trial on charges including sedition...

Japan scrambles jets as Russia aircraft circle country
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Japan scrambles jets as Russia aircraft circle country

Tokyo, Japan Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian aircraft flew around the archipelago for the first time in five years, Tokyo said Friday. From Thursday morning to afternoon, the Russian Tu-142 aircraft flew from the sea between Japan and South Korea towards the southern Okinawa region, according to a defence ministry statement. They then went northwards...

Modi’s top rival Gandhi denounces ‘ideological war’ in India
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Modi’s top rival Gandhi denounces ‘ideological war’ in India

Washington, United States Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday denounced an “ideological war” in the South Asian country, ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party. Rahul Gandhi said there were “two completely different visions” between his Congress party and Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as he spoke to the National Press Club...