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Zelensky vows ‘victory’ on frontline visit to liberated Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday promised "victory" on a visit to the strategic city…

All Shanghai passenger flights cancelled as typhoon nears

  Shanghai, China (AFP) All passenger flights at Shanghai's two international airports have been cancelled as Typhoon Muifa nears landfall…

DR Congo fishermen pin hopes on tourism as stocks dwindle

KISANGANI, DR Congo (AFP) - Fishermen perch precariously on wooden scaffolds stretching over turbulent rapids in northeastern Democratic Republic Congo,…

Ken Starr, who investigated Clinton, dead at 76

  by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Ken Starr, who headed the investigation that led…

Japan central bank conducts ‘rate check’ as yen sinks: reports

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Japan's central bank on Wednesday conducted an operation often seen as a precursor to currency intervention,…

Japan emperor, empress to attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, the Japanese government said…

Health groups calls for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

PARIS, France (AFP) - Around 200 health organizations and more than 1,400 health professionals on Wednesday called for governments to…

Uber pays $100 mn to New Jersey in driver status dispute

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Uber paid the US state of New Jersey $100 million in back taxes and…

Five dead, 14 injured in Jordan building collapse

AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) -- The bodies of five people were recovered after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Jordan's capital…

UN chief appeals for cooperation to address ‘world in peril’

  UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for solidarity and cooperation to address a…

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