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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi health worsening in military custody, son says
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from worsening heart problems and needs urgent medical attention, her son said on Friday, in an appeal for her immediate release from “cruel and life-threatening” custody. Kim Aris told Reuters that his 80-year-old mother, in military custody since a 2021 coup that deposed her government, had asked to see a…
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UK Deputy PM Angela Rayner resigns, throwing embattled Labour government into more disarray
UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has resigned following a scandal over her failure to pay the correct amount of property tax, adding to the woes of the country’s struggling center-left government. Her departure is another headache for the United Kingdom’s increasingly unpopular leader, Keir Starmer, and deprives his cabinet of one of its brightest political stars. In a letter…
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Trump pushes Europe to stop buying Russian oil and up pressure on China in effort to end Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump told a meeting of world leaders Thursday that Europe must stop purchasing Russian oil and put economic pressure on China to try to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine, a White House official told CNN, as the administration seemed to put the onus on its allies to get more involved in stopping the…
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Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani dies aged 91
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91, the Armani Group announced on Thursday. The designer is credited over his decades of practice with curating a quintessentially Italian aesthetic in his clothes, as well as taking Hollywood’s red carpets to new heights. “Il Signor Armani, as he was always respectfully and admiringly called by employees and…
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Putin invites Zelenskyy to a meeting in Moscow for security talks as he bombs Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday claimed he “never refused” a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and invited him to come to Moscow, according to Russian state-owned news outlet Tass. “If Zelenskyy is ready for a meeting, let him come to Moscow,” Putin said, according to a translation of the remarks issued from China, where he met with Chinese…
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Xi and Putin overheard talking about immortality and organ transplants
Chinese leader Xi Jinping was caught chatting about the possibility of living to 150 in a hot-mic moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday. The conversation between China’s 72-year-old leader and his Russian and North Korean counterparts was picked up on a live video feed as they walked side by side toward…
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‘Foreign students overstaying visas will be deported’ – UK warns
The United Kingdom has issued a stern warning to international students, telling them to leave once their visas expire or face deportation. As part of a new campaign, the Home Office has begun sending direct messages by text and email to foreign students — the first time such an approach has been used. The BBC reports that about 10,000 students…
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Leaders of China, Russia, North Korea and Iran gather in Beijing for huge military parade in challenge to the West
For the last three days, Xi Jinping has played host in one of China’s busiest port cities, welcoming leaders from across Asia and the Middle East for a carefully choreographed summit designed to showcase his vision of a new world order. Now, the Chinese leader is set to exhibit a very different image with an ostentatious show of military might.…
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North Korea’s Kim leaves for China in armoured train
Kim can be seen here making a trip to Russia by train in 2023 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has left Pyongyang for China, where he will be attending a military parade in the capital Beijing, media reports say. The “Victory Day” parade, which takes place on Wednesday, will see Kim rub shoulders with China’s President Xi Jinping, Russia’s…
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President Mahama removes Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo from office
President John Dramani Mahama has removed the Chief Justice of Ghana, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkonoo, from office with immediate effect. The decision, announced on Monday, September 1, 2025, was made in line with Article 146(9) of the 1992 Constitution, which requires the President to act in accordance with the recommendations of a committee set up under…
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