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Seven people, including three children, have been killed in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv in a new wave of Russian attacks, the mayor said. The strike came as Ukraine continues to grapple with the deaths of at least 50 people at a military facility in the central city of Poltava on Tuesday. Lviv Mayor […]

(Bloomberg) — Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has announced her new cabinet formation, retaining Pichai Chunhavajira as finance minister, a sign of policy continuity as she faces the task of strengthening Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. Most read from Bloomberg Pichai, a former chairman of the Thai stock exchange, was appointed finance minister and most members

As floods inundated several provinces in Thailand, a video of submerged homes in Russia was widely shared by social media users, who mistakenly claimed it showed a northern province after a dam burst upstream in China. The video was filmed in a Russian village in April 2024. The Thai government said reports of a Chinese

BEIJING (Reuters) – China is seeking to address the risks of fragmentation and imbalances as it builds new infrastructure to modernise its manufacturing sector, the government said on Wednesday. China has built the world’s largest 5G network and fiber-optic broadband infrastructure, with growing capabilities in artificial intelligence, according to a statement from state agencies including

EL PLATEADO, Colombia (AP) – El Plateado in the rugged mountains of the southwest Colombia may seem like a typical rural community until you hear the sounds of machine gun fire and mortar shells in the distance. The remote town of 12,000 is located in the Micay Canyon, where rebel groups have been holed up

Starlink, Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite internet service, said Tuesday that it will block Musk’s social media platform X in Brazil, complying with a recent ruling by the country’s Supreme Court that blocked the platform from operating in the South American country. “The Starlink team is committed to keeping you connected,” the company said. wrote on

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday called on Indonesia to fulfill his pledge of “harmony in diversity” and combat religious intolerance, as he set a strict pace for an 11-day, four-country trip through tropical Southeast Asia and Oceania, which will test his stamina and health. Francis had a busy first full day in

KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been a staple food for Maasai herders in Kenyaperhaps the most recognizable community in the country. But climate change is forcing the Maasai to consider a very different dish: fish. A recent Years of drought in Kenya millions of cattle killed. While

KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been a staple food for Maasai herders in Kenyaperhaps the most recognizable community in the country. But climate change is forcing the Maasai to consider a very different dish: fish. A recent Years of drought in Kenya millions of cattle killed. While

(Bloomberg) — A private survey showed China’s services sector grew less than expected, adding to concerns about the health of the economy. Most read from Bloomberg The Caixin China Services Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 51.6 in August from 52.1 in the previous month, according to a joint statement from Caixin and S&P Global issued