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Zelensky proposes face-to-face meeting with Putin in rare open letter
KYIV, June 5 — Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter to the Russian leader yesterday, shortly after the Kremlin chief had […]
Trump scraps concerts, announces ‘rally to end all rallies’ for US 250th birthday
WASHINGTON, June 5 — US President Donald Trump yesterday announced a mass rally in Washington on June 24 to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, saying he’d cancelled planned concerts after several […]
Cuba’s Raul Castro, wanted by the US, celebrates 95th birthday
HAVANA, June 4 — Cuba’s former leader Raul Castro turned 95 yesterday, though his whereabouts were still unknown two weeks after US authorities charged him with murder in connection with […]
Russia says energy crisis shows Europe cannot survive without its oil and gas
SAINT PETERSBURG, June 5 — The Kremlin’s economic envoy told AFP yesterday that Europe needed Russian oil and gas to “survive” the energy crisis triggered by the war in the […]
Vietnam says US forced labour findings fail to reflect its mitigation efforts
HANOI, June 5 — Vietnam’s foreign ministry said yesterday that the US Trade Representative’s conclusion that it had failed to curb trade in goods made with forced labour does not […]
Two men suspected to be from Thai separatist movement shot dead in Pattani
PATTANI, June 4 — Two men, believed to be members of the Patani Malay National Revolution Front (BRN) separatist group, were killed in a shootout with local authorities early this […]
Persepolis author and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi dies aged 56
PARIS, June 5 — Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film “Persepolis”, has died aged 56, AFP learned yesterday from a member […]
Chinese spies posing as job recruiters to coax state secrets, say western security agencies
LONDON, June 5 — Chinese spies are posing as job recruiters to trick staff in western governments into disclosing sensitive information, the Five Eyes alliance of security agencies has warned. […]
Fiji rejects Australian billionaire’s burning waste‑to‑energy plan, saying nation ‘must not become the Pacific’s ashtray’
SYDNEY, June 4 — Fiji’s environment ministry rejected today a plan by an Australian billionaire to burn rubbish for energy in the South Pacific nation after a backlash from traditional […]
Sri Lanka detains care home manager as investigators find more bodies, lifting fire toll to 12
COLOMBO, June 4 — The manager of a Sri Lankan care home was arrested today, a day after a fire killed 12 residents and injured six others, officials said. The […]