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UK faces climate rethink after summer of extreme heat and drought
Long accustomed to preparing for cold and wet weather, the United Kingdom is confronting a very different challenge: How to cope with increasingly hot and dry conditions.
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Australia races to shield little penguins from H5N1 bird flu
SYDNEY: Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza.Hundreds of thousands of tourist
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Iran goes on offensive as diplomacy with US stalls
Tehran appears to have concluded that “if confrontation becomes unavoidable, Iran should escalate earlier and more forcefully rather than wait for the United States or Israel to define the terms of the conflict”, says one analyst.
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US provides US$206 million for Gaza force despite deadlocked peace plan
The State Department informed Congress it will provide US$200 million for the International Stabilization Force’s equipment, infrastructure, vehicles and operational costs, with an additional US$6 million to repurpose US armoured vehicles to support the force.
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Trump threatens economic punishment on ‘any country’ helping Iran
President Trump did not specify what punishment countries would face.
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US national debt exceeds US$40 trillion for first time
WASHINGTON: The US gross national debt has surged past US$40 trillion for the first time, government data showed on Wednesday (Aug 19), outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fuelled in part by President Donald Trump’s invalidated tariffs.The uptick in borrowing comes as longer-term US obligations linked to
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Stocks waver, dollar drops as US Treasury moves to lower bond yields
NEW YORK: Stock markets mostly rose on Wednesday (Aug 19) and the dollar fell sharply after the US Treasury signalled action to push down government bond yields, easing fears that higher borrowing costs would weigh on economic growth worldwide.Oil prices again moved higher on doubts of any quick deal to
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US and Canada say they are close to final trade deal
The United States and Canada said they were close to finalising a trade deal after US President Donald Trump delayed new 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.
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Kyiv’s ex-defence chief makes risky bet by venturing into electoral grounds
Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has entered politics and called for wartime elections.
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Trump says will meet North Korea’s Kim later this year
The meeting would be the first between the two leaders since Trump began his second term.
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