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Zelensky said he has 'few answers' about a possible European troop deployment

Putin Calls To Remove Zelensky, 'Finish Off' Ukrainian Troops

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Friday for a "transitional administration" to be put in place in Ukraine and vowed his army would "finish off" Ukrainian troops, in hardline remarks as US President Donald Trump pushes for a ceasefire.

Mar 28, 2025

A 7.7-magnitude tremor hit northwest of the Myanmar city of Sagaing on Friday afternoon at a shallow depth, the United States Geological Survey said

First Deaths Confirmed As 'Mass Casualty' Quake Hits Myanmar, Thailand

A massive earthquake Friday turned a major hospital in Myanmar's capital into a "mass casualty area", while at least three people were killed and dozens trapped in neighbouring Thailand when a skyscraper collapsed.

Mar 28, 2025

China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with a group of foreign executives at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 28, 2025.

China's Xi Warns Foreign Executives Of 'Severe' Trade Headwinds

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday warned of "severe challenges" to global trade, vowing to open the country's door "wider and wider" to foreign firms as Beijing faces down a mounting trade war with the United States.

Mar 28, 2025

Rodrigo Duterte will mark his 80th birthday inside the United Nations' Scheveningen prison in The Hague

Duterte Supporters Rally As Ex-Philippine Leader Marks 80th In Jail

Family and supporters of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte rallied Friday to mark his 80th birthday and protest against his detention in The Hague on a charge of crimes against humanity.

Mar 28, 2025

Trump's effort to reshape the US government has increasingly extended to cultural issues, where he is seeking to stamp his conservative mark

Trump Order Targets 'Improper Ideology' At Famed US Museums

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to remove "improper ideology" from the famed Smithsonian Museums -- and the National Zoo -- expanding his conservative clampdown on cultural institutions.

Mar 28, 2025

As the world warms, melting sea ice has made Greenland's location strategically significant

Vance Due In Greenland As Anger Mounts Over Trump Takeover Bid

US Vice President JD Vance is on Friday due to tour a US military base in Greenland, a visit viewed by Copenhagen and Nuuk as a provocation amid President Donald Trump's bid to annex the strategically-placed, resource-rich Danish territory.

Mar 28, 2025

Israelis rally outside the parliament in Jerusalem on March 26, 2025, calling for an end to the war in Gaza, the return of all the hostages held by Hamas and against judicial reforms

Israel Parliament Passes Law Enabling Political Control Over Judicial Appointments

Israel's parliament on Thursday passed a law expanding elected officials' power to appoint judges, defying a years-long movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial reforms that saw massive street protests.

Mar 27, 2025

US President Donald Trump told journalists that he would extend the deadline for Bytedance to divest TikTok if a deal to sell the popular video snippet sharing app is not done in time

China Rebuffs Trump Offer Of Tariff Concessions If Beijing Agrees TikTok Deal

China rebuffed on Thursday a suggestion from US President Donald Trump that he might offer to reduce tariffs on the country to get Beijing's approval for the sale of popular social media platform TikTok.

Mar 27, 2025

Japanese automakers account for around 16 percent of car imports into the United States

Japan Warns Of 'Significant Impact' From US Tariffs

Japan's government warned Thursday of a "significant impact" on its economic ties with the United States and on global trade, after President Donald Trump announced import tariffs on cars.

Mar 27, 2025

South Korea's military says North Korea has sent an additional 3,000 troops to Russia this year for Moscow's war in Ukraine

North Korea Sent 3,000 More Soldiers To Russia This Year: Seoul

North Korea sent an additional 3,000 troops to Russia this year and is still supplying missiles, artillery and ammunition to help Moscow fight Kyiv, Seoul's military said on Thursday.

Mar 27, 2025

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot makes his first visit to China, where he met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi

French FM Says China Can Help Bring Russia To Ukraine Negotiating Table

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot urged Beijing on Thursday to help bring Russia to talks over ending its war in Ukraine as he met Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. France and China have sought to boost ties in recent years, but Paris has also pressed Beijing on its relations with Moscow, which have strengthened since the invasion of Ukraine.

Mar 27, 2025

Tech giants have been loathe to discuss the potential for new uses of AI to destroy jobs

AI's Impact On Jobs, Tech's Touchy Topic

"Stop Hiring Humans" read a provocative sign at an AI conference in Las Vegas, where the impact of new artificial intelligence models on the world of work had sparked some unease.

Mar 27, 2025

Ada Hegerberg came on as a substitute and scored the final goal in Lyon's 4-1 home win over Bayern Munich

Arsenal Stun Madrid, Lyon Thrash Bayern In Women's Champions League Quarters

Arsenal's women produced a thrilling fightback from a 2-0 first leg defeat to beat Real Madrid 3-0 on Wednesday and set up a Champions League semi-final with eight-time winners Lyon.

Mar 27, 2025

Beijing's "coercive pressure" against Taiwan and "wide-ranging cyber operations against US targets" were indicators of its growing threat to US national security, said the Annual Threat Assessment by the intelligence community

China Poses Biggest Military Threat To US: Intel Report

China poses the top threat to American interests and security globally and is making "steady" progress towards having the ability to seize the self-ruled island of Taiwan, an annual US intelligence report warned Tuesday.

Mar 26, 2025

An estimate by environmental conservation nonprofit Oceana found that Coca-Cola's plastic use is projected to exceed 4.13 million metric tons (9.12 billion pounds) annually by 2030

Over A Billion Pounds Of Coke Plastic Waste To Enter Waterways: Study

By 2030, Coca-Cola products will account for an estimated 1.33 billion pounds (602,000 metric tons) of plastic waste entering the world's oceans and waterways each year, according to a stark new analysis published Wednesday by the nonprofit Oceana.

Mar 26, 2025

Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver her Spring Statement

UK Set To Cut Public Spending By Billions Of Pounds

Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves is set to detail billions of pounds of spending cuts in her Spring Statement on Wednesday to address the country's ailing public finances.

Mar 26, 2025

The United States added dozens of entities to a trade blacklist, in part to disrupt Beijing's artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities

US Imposes Trade Restrictions On Dozens Of Entities With Eye On China

The United States added dozens of entities to a trade blacklist Tuesday, its Commerce Department said, in part to disrupt Beijing's artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities.

Mar 26, 2025

Washington has vowed to use overwhelming force until the Iran-backed Huthis stop firing on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Houthis Say US Warplanes Carried Out 17 Strikes In Yemen

Houthi media in Yemen reported Wednesday at least 17 strikes in Saada and Amran, blaming the United States for the attacks.

Mar 26, 2025

Members of the Gyeongbuk Seobu Cultural Heritage Care Center wrap a Buddha statue with cotton cloth and a fire-retardant blanket after evacuating all other items from the Gounsa Temple in Uiseong

South Korea Says 19 Dead In Raging Wildfires

At least 19 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple raging blazes causing "unprecedented damage", the acting president said Wednesday.

Mar 26, 2025

A June 23 trial date has been set for a criminal case against aviation giant Boeing over two deadly 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019

US Judge Sets June 23 Trial Date Over Boeing Crashes

A US federal judge on Tuesday set a trial date of June 23 in the Justice Department's criminal case against aircraft manufacturer Boeing over two deadly 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019.

Mar 26, 2025

US Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance are traveling to Greenland this week

US VP To Visit Greenland As Trump Ups Pressure

Vice President JD Vance will visit a US military base in Greenland on Friday, adding to pressure on the autonomous Danish territory that Donald Trump wants to take over.

Mar 26, 2025

Trump still has confidence in his national security team despite the chat leak, the White House said

Trump Downplays Firestorm Over Leaked Yemen Air Strike Chat

US President Donald Trump downplayed a growing scandal Tuesday after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat about air strikes on Yemen, denying any classified information was shared and defending a top aide over the breach.

Mar 26, 2025

Sebastian Coe, pictured after he finished third in the election to be International Olympic Committee president last week, said the swab test was an important way of protecting the female category

World Athletics Approves Swab Test To Determine Female Gender

World Athletics said on Tuesday it had approved the introduction of a cheek swab test to determine if an athlete is biologically female.

Mar 26, 2025

Amy Pascal She is no stranger to the Bond franchise. During her tenure, Sony Pictures released 007 films 'Casino Royale,' 'Quantum of Solace' and 'Skyfall'

'Spider-Man,' 'Harry Potter' Producers Hired For New 007 Film

The producers behind the "Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter" film franchises will oversee the next James Bond movie, Amazon MGM Studios announced Tuesday.

Mar 26, 2025

Ukrainian emergency service workers help an injured woman evacuate a residential building following a missile attack in Sumy

US, Ukraine Officials In New Saudi Talks, No Breakthrough With Russia

Washington and Kyiv held brief talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a day after hours of US-Russia negotiations on halting the fighting in Ukraine ended without any breakthroughs announced.

Mar 25, 2025

Buyer's regret? A Tesla driver in Denmark put this sticker on his car, a trend seen elsewhere in the United States and Europe

Tesla Sales Sink By Nearly Half In Europe

Tesla sales plunged in the European Union in the first two months of the year, auto industry figures showed Tuesday, as Elon Musk's politics and ageing models may be turning consumers away.

Mar 25, 2025

Gum gets some of its chewiness from polymers similar to those used in car tyres

Chewing Gum Releases Microplastics Into Mouth: Researchers

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet.

Mar 25, 2025

Han Jong-hee, who has died at the age of 63, joined Samsung in 1988 and was seen as having played a key role in getting its high-end TV sets noticed worldwide

Samsung TV Pioneer Han Jong-hee Dead At 63

Samsung Electronics co-CEO Han Jong-hee, credited with boosting the South Korean tech giant's television business on the global stage, died of a heart attack Tuesday aged 63, the company said. "He died from cardiac arrest today," a Samsung spokesperson said, adding that Han was survived by his wife and three children.

Mar 25, 2025

Fireworks filled the sky over Brisbane when the city was named host of the 2032 Olympics in July 2021

Australia To Build New 2032 Olympics Stadium, Gabba To Be Scrapped

Australia will build a 63,000-seat stadium and an indoor swimming venue for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, officials said Tuesday after shelving contentious earlier plans, with The Gabba to be demolished after the Games.

Mar 25, 2025

The level of damage would make the fires collectively the third-largest in South Korea's history

Temple Burned, UNESCO-site Evacuated As South Korea Wildfires Spread

A historic Buddhist temple burned to the ground and a UNESCO-listed village was ordered to evacuate as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening wildfires, which are tearing across the country's southeast.

Mar 25, 2025