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US to release emergency aid for Ukraine energy infrastructure
The United States is expected to announce “substantial” financial aid to Ukraine on Tuesday to help it deal with the…
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Canada to summon Russian envoy over ‘hateful’ LGBTQ tweets
Canada’s foreign minister on Monday ordered her officials to summon Russia’s ambassador in Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, over a series of…
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Japan PM wants defence budget to reach 2% of GDP by 2027
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told his cabinet to increase defence spending to two percent of GDP by 2027,…
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China arrests BBC journalist covering Covid protests
The BBC reported on Sunday that one of its staff members had been arrested and beaten up by police in…
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Protests across China as anger mounts over zero-Covid policy
Hundreds of people took to the streets in China’s major cities on Sunday to protest against the country’s zero-Covid policy,…
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Canada unveils new Asia-Pacific strategy with eye on China
Canada on Sunday unveiled its new economic and diplomatic strategy for the Asia-Pacific region, allocating 2.3 billion Canadian dollars (US$1.7…
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Little by little’: Ukraine grinds away on the northeastern front
The motivation to keep fighting the Russians is simple for Viking, a Ukrainian soldier near the northeastern frontlines as cold…
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Kim vows North Korea to have world’s most powerful nuclear force
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country aimed to have the world’s most powerful nuclear force as he…
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Imran Khan calls off march to avert ‘havoc’
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his first public appearance since being wounded in a gun attack earlier this…
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Iran’s Khamenei says negotiating with US won’t end recent ‘troubles’
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that negotiating with the United States would not put an end to…
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