Authorities in Chile have arrested a firefighter and a forestry official on suspicion of starting a blaze that killed 137 people in the resort city of Vina del Mar in…
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A former CIA agent pleaded guilty Friday to spying for China, the US Department of Justice announced. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, a native of Hong Kong who became a…
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President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia regularly carries out nuclear exercises and its latest drills this week are not an escalation. Putin said the only difference this time…
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US Defense Secretary Austin expected to meet with Chinese counterpart in Singapore
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskUS Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun, at a major defense conference in Singapore next week, the Pentagon announced Friday. It…
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UK police arrest 16 at Oxford University Gaza war protest
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskUK police have arrested 16 people at a protest organised by a pro-Palestinian student group at Oxford University, in the latest flare-up on a prestigious campus over the war in…
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Fire at chemical factory in India kills at least 9, with searchers looking for more victims
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskRescuers combed through piles of debris and wreckage Friday searching for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and…
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Police shoot man in New Caledonia after protesters attack
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskA police officer and his colleague were “physically attacked by a group of around fifteen individuals” in Dumbea just outside the capital Noumea, forcing him to draw his weapon, said…
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UN’s top court orders Israel to immediately halt Rafah offensive
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskThe UN’s top court has ordered Israel to halt its assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah in a ruling that will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly…
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More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that leveled a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, local media reported on Saturday. Hundreds…
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election for July 4 Wednesday, saying Britons would be able to choose their future in a vote his Conservatives are widely expected…