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US, Saudi forces strike Iran-backed groups in Iraq
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Indian hockey back on 'road to gold' after years in the wilderness
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US government bans humanoid robots manufactured abroad
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UN envoy to Syria warns conflict not over
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China says spying claims involving UK's Prince Andrew 'preposterous'
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China's foreign minister said Tuesday that Beijing and Washington can achieve "many great things" if they work together, ahead of next month's inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump.
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Embassy plans add to UK headaches in resetting China ties
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Election-bound Germany braces for Russian disinformation threat
As Germany heads for elections, its security services warn that Russia and its sympathisers may step up meddling and disinformation to boost extremist parties and sow doubt about the democratic process.
S. Korea's Yoon given until Saturday to appear for questioning: Yonhap
South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday told impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to appear by the weekend for questioning over his failed martial law bid or face possible arrest, the Yonhap news agency said.
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Trump calls rebel victory in Syria 'unfriendly takeover' by Turkey
President-elect Donald Trump characterized the rebel ouster of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad as an "unfriendly takeover" by US ally Turkey as he addressed the conflict at a news conference on Monday.
Trump vows to speak to Zelensky and Putin to end 'carnage' of war
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Trump touts $100 bn SoftBank investment, vowing 100,000 jobs
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Donald Trump defended his nomination of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy for health secretary as the US president elect offered up debunked data linking vaccines and autism in his first post-election news conference on Monday.
SoftBank pledges to invest $100 bn into US, creating 100,000 jobs
The Japanese tech titan SoftBank will invest $100 billion in the United States, creating at least 100,000 jobs, US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday, in a boost to his incoming administration.
Western powers resume contacts in Syria to prevent chaos
Western powers are looking to establish contact with Syria's new rulers, aiming to avoid Iraq- or Libya-style chaos after the fall of the Assad regime to Islamist-led rebels.
Friedrich Merz: German conservative gunning to become chancellor
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who promises a return to his CDU party's conservative roots as an alternative to the far right.
Germany's Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections
Germany's centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote on Monday after weeks of turmoil, setting Europe's biggest economy on the path to early elections on February 23.
SoftBank CEO set to announce $100 bn US investment
The head of Japan's SoftBank is set to announce plans on Monday to invest $100 billion in the United States over the next four years, a spokesperson for US President-elect Donald Trump's transition team told AFP.
EU sanctions Chinese firms, N. Korea minister over Ukraine war
The EU on Monday for the first time imposed fully-fledged sanctions, including asset freezes and visa bans, on Chinese firms for supplying Russia's military for the war on Ukraine.
Putin says troops have upper hand in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed his army's accelerating advance in Ukraine and praised 2024 as a "landmark" year in the course of Moscow's military offensive on its Western-backed neighbour.
US stocks mostly rise, bitcoin hits new record
Wall Street shares mostly rose Monday ahead of an expected US interest-rate cut later this week while concerns over political battles in Europe and China's struggling economy sent other world markets lower.
Rival football fans show diversity of Georgia's pro-EU protest movement
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Assad says Syria in hands of 'terrorists'
Ousted president Bashar al-Assad broke his silence Monday after fleeing Syria, saying in a statement that he only left once Damascus had fallen and denounced the country's new leaders as "terrorists".