Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ defence plan includes space missiles, lasers: Report
Plans shared with contractors also show a new missile field in the US Midwest, according to report.
Taiwan braces as Typhoon Podul intensifies on approach
Schools and workplaces close, hundreds of flights cancelled and thousands evacuate as Typhoon Podul nears island.
‘Cryptocrash king’ Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud
The South Korean former tech executive co-founded Singapore-based cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs.
Southern Taiwan shuts down ahead of arrival of Typhoon Podul – Reuters
- Southern Taiwan shuts down ahead of arrival of Typhoon Podul Reuters
- Typhoon Podul blows through southern Taiwan leaving one person missing Reuters
- Typhoon Podul brings no major damage as it crosses Taiwan and heads for China AP News
- Taiwan announces service, activity suspensions due to Typhoon Podul Focus Taiwan
- Podul intensifies as it approaches: CWA Taipei Times
Frisco spine surgeon working in Gaza amid dire conditions, says patients face deadly risks at aid sites – WFAA
- Frisco spine surgeon working in Gaza amid dire conditions, says patients face deadly risks at aid sites WFAA
- Gaza doctor describes ‘daily patterns’ in Israeli maiming at GHF sites Al Jazeera
- Monday briefing: What a new investigation tells us about the shooting of Palestinians at Gaza aid sites The Guardian
- Doctors detail the daily deluge of Gazans shot while seeking food The Washington Post
- “This Is Orchestrated Killing”: MSF Condemns GHF Aid Sites, Saying They Were Set Up to Be Death Traps Democracy Now!
Will Trump’s India tariffs shut down world’s biggest cut diamond supplier?
Two million Indian workers supply 14 out of 15 cut diamonds globally. Trump’s 50 percent tariffs could disrupt that.
National Guard troops appear in Washington DC as mayor rejects ‘authoritarian push’
Armoured vehicles were spotted at urban centres and tourist sites around the US capital on Tuesday evening.
Putin lauds ‘heroism’ of North Koreans in liberating Kursk, Pyongyang says
Call between the two leaders comes days ahead of US President Donald Trump's summit with Putin in Alaska.
Trump admin orders Smithsonian museums to be reviewed for ‘Americanism’
White House says the review is in line with Trump's executive order on 'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History'.
UN chief warns Israel, Russia over reports of sexual abuse by armed forces
UN chief Antonio Guterres puts both countries 'on notice' over documented pattern of sexual violence.
Once shunned, Chinese brands take off in Singapore
Chinese firms are making major inroads in the Southeast Asian city-state as 'Made in China' stigma fades.
Netanyahu tells countries to take in Palestinians if they want to help: ‘open your doors’ – Haaretz
- Netanyahu tells countries to take in Palestinians if they want to help: 'open your doors' Haaretz
- Israel PM says ‘will allow’ Palestinians to leave Gaza Arab News
- Israel’s Netanyahu floats ‘allowing’ Palestinians out of Gaza South China Morning Post
- Israel issues forced displacement orders amid fears of full occupation in Gaza The Guardian
- Netanyahu floats 'allowing' Palestinians out of Gaza as mediators renew truce push Community Newspaper Group
Putin reaffirms ‘friendship’ with North Korea before Trump talks
Kim Jong Un provides Moscow with artillery, missiles - and as a BBC investigation shows, labourers working in 'slave-like' condition.
Putin reaffirms ‘friendship’ with North Korea ahead of Trump talks
Kim Jong Un provides Moscow with artillery, missiles - and as a BBC investigation shows, labourers working in 'slave-like' condition.
Human Rights Report Under Trump Blunts Language on Israel and El Salvador – The New York Times
- Human Rights Report Under Trump Blunts Language on Israel and El Salvador The New York Times
- State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights NPR
- Trump administration rewrites and scales back annual human rights report BBC
- State Department report condemns South Africa over 'extrajudicial killings' in annual human rights report Fox News
- State Department drops criticism of Israel and El Salvador in human rights report PBS
Wife of South Korea’s jailed ex-president arrested
This is the first time in the country's history that a former first couple is in jail at the same time.
Wife of South Korea’s jailed ex-president arrested
This is the first time in the country's history that a former first couple is in jail at the same time.
Kim Keon Hee: South Korea’s ex-first lady arrested in bribery probe – BBC
- Kim Keon Hee: South Korea's ex-first lady arrested in bribery probe BBC
- South Korea’s Ex-First Lady Kim Keon Hee Is Arrested on Corruption Charges The New York Times
- South Kore arrests wife of impeached former president Yoon DW
- South Korean court orders arrest of wife of jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol CNN
- South Korea's former first lady imprisoned after court issues warrant Reuters
Israel must give U.N. full access to Gaza to halt starvation, allies say – The Washington Post
- Israel must give U.N. full access to Gaza to halt starvation, allies say The Washington Post
- Who were the Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza? BBC
- ‘People were dying in front of us’: Daily Israeli gauntlet of death in Gaza Al Jazeera
- Middle East crisis: 25 foreign ministers issue joint call for ‘flood’ of aid into Gaza – as it happened The Guardian
- The arduous system for getting aid into Gaza : The Indicator from Planet Money NPR
China’s crackdown on lavish civil servant perks will ‘harm’ the economy, experts warn
Updated regulations ban the country’s 40 million civil servants from lavish banquets, and restrict them from overseas travel for ‘personal leisure’
Adjacent to a municipal government building in Beijing, a normally bustling restaurant is now eerily quiet, at lunchtime most of its seats are empty.
The recent crackdown on civil servants frequenting restaurants – part of a government austerity drive intended to crack down on corruption – has likely affected business and caused liquor sales to plummet, admits one waitress who works in the opulent establishment.
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