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China has ended two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw jets loaded with live munitions and warships practise seizing and isolating the self-ruled island.The exercises simulated strikes targeting Taiwan's leaders as well as its ports and airports to "cut off the island's 'blood vessels'", Chinese military analysts told state…

Nice, France - The leader of a pro-independence party in New Caledonia on Saturday called on supporters to “remain mobilized” across the French Pacific archipelago and “maintain resistance” against the Paris government's efforts to impose electoral reforms that the Indigenous Kanak people fear would further marginalize…

To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browserVideo caption, Watch: BBC's Jeremy Bowen on what new Russian strikes mean for UkraineArticle informationAuthor, Ido VockRole, BBC News25 May 2024, 15:58 BSTUpdated 25 minutes agoAt least two people have been killed and 35 others wounded after Russian forces hit a…

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen speaks while presiding over a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council at the Treasury Department on May 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Getty ImagesU.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters that European banks face growing risks operating in Russia and the U.S. is…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a Muslim house of prayer, despite criticism from neighboring Greece.Turkey formally converted The Church of St.…

Vatican Pool/Getty Images Cardinals, bishops, friars and priests attend the beatification ceremony of Carlo Acutis in October 2020.…

CNN  —  Three missionaries, including a married couple from the US, were killed in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday evening. Davy and Natalie Lloyd “were attacked by gangs this evening and were both killed,” Natalie Lloyd’s father, Missouri…

Chelsea Manalo was crowned as Miss Universe Philippines on May 22, 2024. Empire TV Philippines/ Filipino American Chelsea Manalo made history on Wednesday by becoming the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Philippines.  Born to a…

Image source, NHLI via Getty ImagesArticle informationAuthor, Nadine YousifRole, BBC News, Toronto1 hour agoThe lorry driver behind a 2018 fatal crash with a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team has been ordered deported from Canada.Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, who is originally from India, was released on full parole last year after being sentenced…

Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors have begun two days of meetings in northern Italy. Officials are expected to discuss the status of the global economy and risks to it, including persistent inflation in the United States. They will also exchange opinions on the impacts of…