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Qantas passengers bound for Singapore to stay night in Azerbaijan after flight from London diverted
A medical emergency on a Qantas flight from London to Sydney, via Singapore, forced an urgent landing in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, early on June 9, according to Australian media reports. […]
Canada promises to boost defense spending, meet NATO target much earlier
TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada’s Liberal government will pour extra billions into its armed forces and hit NATO’s 2% military spending target this fiscal year, five years earlier than promised, Prime Minister […]
Japan and South Korea agree to deal with geopolitical crises under three-way cooperation with the US
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to address geopolitical crises under the framework of trilateral cooperation with the United States. Read full story Date: […]
Colombia’s Uribe shows little response to treatment after shooting, hospital says
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, is in critical condition and has shown little response to treatment after being shot in Bogota on Saturday, the hospital […]
Russia and Ukraine exchange group of younger prisoners of war, Moscow says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine have carried out a prisoner of war exchange involving POWs under the age of 25, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Monday, saying the swap was […]
Russia launches biggest drone attack on Ukraine, targets military airfield, Kyiv says
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia hit Ukraine overnight with its largest drone attack since the start of the war, causing some damage at a military airfield in the west of the country […]
Poland’s new president hopes for good relations with Hungary’s Orban
WARSAW (Reuters) -Hungary is an important partner for Poland, newly elected Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, told a Hungarian magazine in his first foreign interview, adding he would be building cooperation […]
Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures four Japanese soldiers
An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a US military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not life-threatening, […]
Explosions, fires on cargo ship off India’s Kerala coast
KOCHI, India (Reuters) -Multiple explosions and fires erupted on a cargo ship bound for India’s financial capital Mumbai on Monday, causing 40 containers to fall into the Arabian Sea and […]
Low turnout set to thwart moves to ease Italian citizenship rules
ROME (Reuters) -Voting resumed on Monday for Italy’s two-day referendum on proposals to make it easier to obtain Italian citizenship and strengthen labour rights, but low turnout looked set to […]