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Australia to slash migration in bid to ease housing crisis
SYDNEY, Sept 17 — Australia will reduce migration by curbing “visa hopping”, tightening rules on students and working holiday makers as well as cracking down on overstayers, its interior […]
Trump-Xi talks — Big optics, high stakes but few expected breakthroughs
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 — The US military honour guard has been rehearsing and the new White House helipad is ready. But will Xi Jinping and Donald Trump achieve lift-off at […]
US bars Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas from attending UN general assembly in New York
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 — The United States has denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas an entry visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week, a source familiar […]
Jimmy Lai’s son makes emotional plea for his release ahead of Xi Jinping’s Washington visit
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 — The son of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai called for his release on Wednesday ahead of a visit to Washington by Chinese President […]
Trump threatens ‘very heavy tariffs’ after EU proposes Canada as first associate member
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 — US President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to cut trade with the European Union after the bloc proposed to make Canada its first ever associate member. […]
Saudi accuses Houthis of ‘cowardly’ drone attack on Mecca, launches airstrikes at Yemen
RIYADH, Sept 17 — Yemen’s Houthis reported fresh Saudi airstrikes on Wednesday, as Riyadh accused the group of launching a “cowardly” attack targeting Islam’s holy city of Mecca. The Houthis […]
Peace is a ‘dangerous’ word in Russian city heading to polls as residents reel from deadly Ukrainian drone strikes
TAMBOV (Russia), Sept 17 — “Terrified” by escalating Ukrainian drone attacks, locals in the Russian city of Tambov head to parliamentary elections this weekend under no illusions that the pro-peace […]
Dead animals, barren fields and hunger as strongest‑in‑decades El Nino chokes Central America
SAN LORENZO (Honduras), Sept 17 — Animals are dropping dead amid the worst drought in living memory for many Central Americans, who are grappling with the unforgiving effects of the […]
More countries move to ban social media for children, with restrictions spreading worldwide
PARIS, Sept 17 — The European Union is to unveil proposals yesterday aimed at curbing addictive features of social media for minors, as a growing number of countries look to […]
‘I voted to leave the UK’: Tiny English village ‘secedes’ in protest over asylum centre plan
LONDON, Sept 16 — An English village of around 350 people announced today that a vast majority of residents had voted yes in an “independence referendum” staged to protest plans […]