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Pentagon leaker Teixeira arraigned on military charges ahead of March trial

By Nate Raymond HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard accused of leaking classified U.S. national security documents online,

Tenzing Norgay’s Sherpa village in Everest region hit by major flooding after possible glacial lake outburst: Reports

Kathmandu, Aug 16 (PTI) The famous Sherpa village of Thame witnessed massive floods following a possible glacial lake outburst in the Everest region...

Dominican Republic’s Abinader names cabinet posts as leaders gather for inauguration

(Reuters) - Dominican Republic leader Luis Abinader prepared to assume his second four-year term as president at his inauguration on Friday, hosting global heads of state and other public figures such

EU public health body lifts mpox risk alert level

By Bhanvi Satija and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on Friday raised its risk level for mpox, a day after global health officials confirmed the first

Trump taps major donors to lead transition effort should he return to power

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign said on Friday two major donors would lead a transition team formed to help vet personnel and

Punjab’s former top prison official arrested for alleged links with ex-ISI chief Hameed

Lahore, Aug 16 (PTI) Law enforcement agencies on Friday arrested former Inspector General of Prisons of Punjab province Shahid Saleem Baig for his...

Experts say water safe at German army base after sabotage scare

BERLIN (Reuters) -Test results have shown that the tap water at a German military base in Cologne was not contaminated, a military spokesperson said on Friday, two days after authorities briefly

Tenzing Norgay’s Sherpa village in Everest region hit by major flooding after possible glacial lake outburst: Reports

Kathmandu, Aug 16 (PTI) The famous Sherpa village of Thame witnessed massive floods following a possible glacial lake outburst in the Everest region...

Russia readies for “decades” under Western sanctions

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Economic sanctions imposed by the West on Russia will remain in place for decades, even if there is a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, a senior Russian foreign ministry official said

Ukraine sends humanitarian aid to occupied part of Russia’s Kursk region

(Reuters) - Ukraine has set up storage facilities in its northern region of Sumy to hold and send humanitarian aid to Russian civilians in the Kyiv-held part of Russia's western region of Kursk, the

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Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?