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Pope Leo XIV speaks at the meeting “At the Roots of Europe for Peace and Unity” in Metz, France, on September 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo XIV called for a more welcoming attitude towards migrants in Europe as he concluded a four-day visit to France. Speaking in Metz, once the home of…
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US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in tea with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, in the Red Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has justified the pending arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese…
The British police questioned five men on Monday (September 28, 2026) on suspicion of explosives-related and terrorism offences after they were detained near an air base that has been used by the U.S. to strike Iran. Officers detained the men in the early hours of Sunday (September 27, 2026) after they received a tip-off that…
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President Donald Trump points while boarding Air Force One at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Sunday, September 27, 2026, in Chicago. | Photo Credit: AP State media in Iran reported on Monday (September 28, 2026) that no new talks were planned with the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump told the media he expected more…
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Representational image of the United States and China flags. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto China is set to cut tariffs on a broad range of U.S. agricultural goods, from corn and wheat to meat and dairy, but top import item soybeans were excluded from a tariff-reduction list its Commerce Ministry issued on Monday (September 28,…
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The story so far: In addition to being a tax haven and celebrated for its chocolates, watches, and army knives, Switzerland is synonymous with neutrality, a policy that originated from the post-Napolean turbulence in Europe in the early 1800s. While the continent and the world went through several upheavals in the following decades. Switzerland held…
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. File | Photo Credit: AP South Korea’s presidential office has demanded an apology from Ukraine for denying an agreement to keep the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul confidential. The incident came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the United Nations that his country had…
Smoke rises over the headquarters of Kyivstar, one of Ukraine’s largest telecoms companies, hit by a Russian jet drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia hit the headquarters of Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile service provider on Sunday (September 27, 2026), the company told…
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As tech titans warned an AI-weary world that their own advanced systems could endanger humanity, the question emerged: What do they have to gain? The answer may lie in the companies’ efforts to score political goals ahead of the U.S. midterm elections and the money top artificial intelligence labs and their investors stand to make…
President Donald Trump, right, speaks with China’s President Xi Jinping on the steps of the National Archives Museum in Washington. File. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump has justified the pending U.S. arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the…
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