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EU seeks to boost defence two years after Russia’s Ukraine invasion
An overall aim is to make up lost ground and see Europe's defence industry become as competitive as that of the US.
No Indian troops to remain in Maldives, not even in civilian clothing: President Muizzu
Muizzu rode to power last year on an anti-India stance and demanded India to remove its personnel from the strategically located archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
China boosts defence spending as regional disputes heat up
China has the world's second-largest defence budget behind the United States, even though the country surpasses the US military by number of personnel.
India’s envoy at UN urges ‘immediate’ increase in Gaza aid, says humanitarian…
Noting that the conflict has resulted in an "alarming" humanitarian crisis, Amb. Kamboj said that humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza must be scaled up to avert further deterioration in situation.
WHO launches universal newborn screening implementation guidance in Southeast Asia Region
The Region, which includes India, has witnessed a 45% decline in under-five mortality rate between 2010 and 2021, the steepest among all WHO Regions and against the global reduction of 26%.
China sets an economic growth target of around 5% but acknowledges it will not be easy to achieve
Li said the government plans a "new development model" for housing market, including building government-subsidized housing, in a bid to ease a prolonged real estate slump that has hit the economy.
US elections: McConnell weighs endorsing Trump in a stark turnaround since Jan 6 Capitol riot
In the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, key Republicans, including McConnell, signalled unequivocally that they were done with Trump.
Ukraine says it has destroyed another Russian warship in the Black Sea
"One Russian ship has been upgraded to a submarine," Ukraine's defence ministry said in an ironic post on X.
47 women missing after Nigeria jihadist kidnapping: sources
Anti-jihadist militia leader Shehu Mada said women from displacement camps in Ngala near the Cameroon border were gathering firewood when they were "rounded up by ISWAP insurgents".
Goose intestines hidden under rattlesnakes & duck blood illegally imported from China, federal…
The complaint says 1,966 cartons of goose and duck intestines were shipped in August 2022 from China to the Port of Long Beach, where they were identified as nail clippers and other pet grooming products on customs forms.
Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says
The Gaza Health Ministry said Sunday that 15 children have starved to death at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza and another six were at risk of dying from malnutrition and dehydration.
International crew of four launches to Space Station amid delays and technical glitches
SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin.
Israel and UN trade allegations of ‘terrorism,’ torture
On Monday UNRWA said members of its own staff had been tortured by Israel, even as the Israeli military said the agency had employed more than 450 "terrorists."
Nine people are dead following a van crash in a largely Indigenous area on Mexico’s Caribbean…
Prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo said that the van carrying the victims apparently collided with a truck.
Former top Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than USD 128 million in…
“Musk doesn’t pay his bills, believes the rules don’t apply to him, and uses his wealth and power to run roughshod over anyone who disagrees with him," the lawsuit said.
Three Red Sea underwater data cables have been cut as Houthi attacks continue in the vital waterway
There has been concern about the cables being targeted in the Houthi campaign, which the rebels describe as an effort to pressure Israel to end its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Police in Pakistan’s Quetta raids house of opposition presidential candidate Mahmood Khan…
Authorities in Quetta said they had conducted the raid at Achakzai's residence on Sunday and reclaimed a piece of government-owned land "illegally occupied" by him.
43 countries demand international probe into Navalny’s death
Navalny, 47, who died in an Arctic prison colony, was laid to rest in Moscow on Friday, surrounded by crowds of defiant mourners who chanted his name.
Masked shooters kill four people and injure three at an outdoor party in California, police say
Several people were at the party outside a residence when three men with dark masks and clothes got out of a silver car and fired at the group.
France set to make abortion constitutional right
In January France's lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, overwhelmingly approved making abortion a "guaranteed freedom" in the constitution.