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Colosseum selfies, ‘Melody’ toffee and trade: Modi visits Rome
ROME, May 21 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met yesterday in talks to strengthen ties and boost trade, a day after a night-time […]
Israeli minister sparks outcry over video of bound flotilla activists
ASHDOD, May 21 — Israel’s far-right national security minister posted a video yesterday showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads on the ground, […]
Iran weighs US offer as Trump says peace talks on ‘borderline’
TEHRAN, May 21 — Iran said yesterday it was examining a new US proposal to end the Middle East war, as President Donald Trump described the talks as being on […]
US charges Raul Castro with murder, stoking speculation of tougher action against Cuba
MIAMI, May 21 — The United States yesterday indicted Cuba’s former leader Raul Castro on murder charges, fuelling speculation that President Donald Trump will try to topple the communist state. […]
‘One Palestinian minor killed every week’: Inside the rising toll on children in the West Bank
NABLUS, May 21 — Youssef Shtayyeh came home from school on an April afternoon, dropped his bag in the hallway and headed straight back out to join his friends. Minutes […]
Hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks expose gaps in global pandemic preparedness, expert says
GENEVA, May 20 — The deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks show that while the response to declared public health crises has improved, awareness of pandemic risks still lags, a leading […]
Cubans want change, but not at gunpoint
HAVANA, May 20 — Arminda de la Cruz has a mechanism for coping with both the endless blackouts in Cuba and the looming threat of a US invasion: reggaeton. “I […]
Spanish director Pedro Almodovar calls Trump, Netanyahu and Putin ‘monsters’ at Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, May 20 — Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar called Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin “monsters” today at the Cannes Film Festival where he is presenting his latest […]
India warns of ‘extreme’ heatwave risk as temperatures soar amid looming El Nino conditions
NEW DEHLI, May 20 — India’s weather agency warned on Wednesday of the risk of upcoming “extreme” heat made worse by the potentially powerful El Nino weather pattern, issuing […]
US doctor infected with Ebola in Congo admitted to isolation ward at Berlin hospital
BERLIN, May 20 — A US doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the current deadly outbreak has been admitted to an isolation ward in a […]