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China Politburo member Ma Xingrui under investigation in graft crackdown
BEIJING, April 4 — Ma Xingrui, a member of China’s elite Politburo who had risen rapidly through the ranks after working as a rocket scientist, is under investigation over suspected […]
Back-to-back blasts leave Indonesian UN peacekeepers dead and wounded in Lebanon
JAKARTA, April 4 — The three United Nations peacekeepers wounded in a blast in southern Lebanon yesterday were from Indonesia, UN officials said, just days after three other Indonesians were […]
Japan PM Takaichi pivots to Australia as Tokyo looks beyond China for rare earths
TOKYO, April 4 — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning a visit to Australia, seeking to discuss supply chains for rare-earth elements and cooperation on safe navigation in the […]
Some pumps run dry, but Australia tells travellers: Carry on with Easter plans
SYDNEY, April 4 — Australians were urged to maintain their travel plans for Easter weekend although hundreds of petrol stations, mostly in rural areas, were without power today, as the […]
Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘Easter escalation’ as massive daytime attack kills two
KYIV, April 4 — A large-scale daytime Russian strike killed at least two people in Ukraine yesterday, officials said, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as an “Easter escalation,” as […]
Iran won’t ease Hormuz chokehold anytime soon — and that’s the point, US intelligence suggests
WASHINGTON, April 4 — Recent US intelligence reports warn that Iran is unlikely to open the Strait of Hormuz any time soon because its grip on the world’s most vital […]
Pope Leo warns world leaders will answer to God at Colosseum Good Friday service
ROME, April 4 — Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with thousands of Catholics inside Rome’s famed Colosseum yesterday evening that featured prayers for war orphans and deported immigrant children, […]
Three charged over arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances in London
LONDON, April 4 — Three young men have been charged with arson over the vandalising of four ambulances run by a Jewish charity in London, British police said yesterday. British […]
Israel hits Beirut after destroying key bridge to block Hezbollah reinforcements
BEIRUT, April 4 — The Israeli military said today it had begun striking “Hezbollah infrastructure” in Beirut after it destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon to prevent the Iran-backed group’s […]
Man turns himself in after lighting fire on Tokyo’s busy Shibuya Crossing (VIDEO)
TOKYO, April 4 — A man turned himself in at a police station in Tokyo on Friday, claiming responsibility for igniting a flammable liquid a short time earlier in the […]