Lightning strike triggers oil inferno
Multiple firefighters feared dead after another blasts rocks a burning Cuban oil depot The Cuban government has pleaded for help from “friendly countries” as firefighters are struggling to contain a …
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Israel blames Gaza rocket misfire for child deaths
The IDF accuses Palestinian militants of using civilians as “human shields” The death toll in the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s ongoing ‘Operation Breaking Dawn’ has grown to 24, including six …
Biden remains isolated despite negative Covid test
The US leader will abide by the “strict isolation measures” until a second negative result, his doctor said President Joe Biden tested negative for Covid-19 on Saturday, but “in an …
Erdogan’s diplomacy with Russia alarms West – FT
While Turkey is a NATO member, its president has walked a middle path on Ukraine Western officials are “increasingly alarmed” that Turkey, a NATO ally and prospective EU member, is …
White House condemns ‘devastating’ abortion ban
Indiana’s near-total ban is the first enacted since Roe v. Wade was overturned The White House on Saturday described a new ban on almost all abortions in Indiana as “devastating,” …
IAEA ‘alarmed’ over shelling at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant
A potential nuclear disaster at the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye could threaten public health in Ukraine and beyond, the IAEA has said The International Atomic Energy Agency said on …
Ukraine thanks North Macedonia for tanks and planes
The warplanes were originally bought from Kiev, local media has claimed Ukraine will soon receive a new batch of military aid, this time from North Macedonia, President Vladimir Zelensky’s aide, …
Sanctions on Russia ‘irresponsible’, adviser to Brazil’s Lula says
Russia’s economy is too “big and strategic” to isolate, Celso Amorim told Bloomberg Celso Amorim, Brazil’s former foreign minister and current foreign policy adviser to presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula …
Protesters heckle Liz Truss on cost of living and climate
The foreign secretary responded by saying she’d ban such protests if made prime minister UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, one of the final two candidates to replace Boris Johnson as …
US military exercise to take place near Chinese border – media
The joint drills with India are said to focus on high-altitude warfare, and come amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing The American and Indian militaries will hold joint exercises …