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Philippine Navy soldiers transfer essential cargoes from Unaizah May 4 and BRP Cabra to the BRP Sierra Madre off Ayungin Shoal on March 23, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) maintained the Philippines has not made any deals with China concerning the Ayungin Shoal after Beijing claimed that Manila…

OTTAWA - India's Foreign Affairs Minister says Canada is his country's “biggest problem” when it comes to Sikh separatism. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar also accused Canada of welcoming criminals when asked about his reaction to developments in the case of a homicide that has roiled tensions between the two countries. RCMP…

Theater students from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) are traveling to Japan in June to stage a rare English-language kabuki production at a classic playhouse in Gifu Prefecture, as a homecoming for a kabuki tradition taken to the Pacific islands by Japanese immigrants in the 19th century.The show,…

Matthias Ecke, the top candidate for the German Social Democrats (SPD) in the state of Saxony was seriously injured while campaigning for the upcoming European parliamentary elections, the party said on Saturday. The 41-year-old politician was attacked by a small group of men who punched and kicked him on Friday evening in a well-heeled Dresden …

Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with .Greece's parliament has approved a bill allowing same-sex civil marriage.It is now one of the first Orthodox Christian countries to allow such unions.Supporters of marriage equality say it is a landmark victory in a country that is socially conservative.Nikos Nikolaidis was…

The University of Mississippi opened a conduct investigation Saturday into at least one student after a video went viral showing a group of students harassing a pro-Palestine protester on the campus last week. Chancellor Glenn Boyce said the counterprotesters’ chants and actions Thursday contained “hostility and racist overtones.” Video…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.ArcelorMittal has warned the UK government that one of its main divisions may be forced to leave the country if an application to redevelop a commercial port in south-east England is approved this week. The world’s…

The Amur River is the eighth or tenth longest river in the world. It flows through Siberia for about 4500 km, and for just over 1600 km it forms a densely fortified border between Russia and China The Amur River Between Russia and China Colin Thubron. Chatto & Windus, 291 pages. Colin Thubron writes fiction but is better known (to…

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