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H5 bird flu reaches Australia, completing spread across all continents
SYDNEY June 20 — Scientists have detected the H5 strain of bird flu in Australia for the first time, the country’s agriculture minister said on Saturday, meaning the highly contagious […]
Ulf Kristersson — Sweden’s ‘least corrupt’ PM keeps getting caught up in scandals
STOCKHOLM, June 20 — Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has been dogged by scandal throughout his four-year term, wriggling out each time with little consequence, and now faces new corruption […]
Private companies, foreign investment, commercial banking: Cuba’s stunning economic U-turn
HAVANA, June 20 — Cuban lawmakers on Thursday adopted nearly 200 free-market reforms in a desperate bid to end a severe crisis and secure the end of a crippling US […]
Will Cuba’s changes be enough to stave of Trump’s ‘friendly takeover’?
HAVANA, June 20 — Nearly 70 years after Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, communist-run Cuba has adopted a sweeping package of free-market reforms aimed at extricating the country from a deep […]
‘Qatar Force One’: US replaces presidential jet with controversial Gulf gift to Trump
WASHINGTON, June 20 — Is it goodbye Air Force One, hello Qatar Force One? White House officials bade farewell this week to one of the two jets that have been […]
Indonesia’s free meal programme hits roadblocks amid protests, food poisoning, and corruption
JAKARTA, June 19 — Indonesia will suspend its free meal scheme during holiday periods, after mass protests in the capital condemned wasteful spending and demanded that the government address worsening […]
Starmer vows to fight as Burnham secures UK parliamentary return in resounding win
LONDON, June 19 — Veteran UK Labour politician Andy Burnham won a crunch by-election on Friday, resoundingly securing a parliamentary seat and clearing the way for his expected bid to […]
Will the US-Iran deal survive? Escalating violence in Lebanon threatens fragile truce
BEIRUT, June 19 — Fighting ​escalated sharply between Israel and Hezbollah in south Lebanon overnight, with four Israeli soldiers killed in one of the deadliest attacks by the Iran-backed group […]
Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupts, spews ash 1,000m high and sends 4.5km pyroclastic flow
JAKARTA, June 19 — Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupted this morning, generating a pyroclastic flow that moved as far as 4.5 kilometres. The mountain’s Observation Post officer Mukdas Sofian said the […]
Cambodian court upholds political ban on Opposition politician
PHNOM PENH, June 19 — Cambodia’s top court suspended today a prison sentence handed to opposition politician Rong Chhun but upheld a ban on him running for office, his lawyer […]