Factories are slumping, many businesses are paralyzed, global growth is sputtering and the world’s two mightiest economies are in the grip of a dangerous trade war.
South Korea Exits Japanese Intel-Sharing Agreement
Asian allies exposed to greater risk from North Korean missiles
Outrage as New York Times political editor’s decade-old ‘racist, sexist and anti-Semitic’ tweets are unearthed
A NEW York Times editor has sparked outrage after a series of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic tweets were unearthed and published this week. Tom Wright-Piersanti, senior political editor of the renowned US newspaper, posted comments ridiculing Jews, Mohawk Indians and the Amish more than a decade ago. At least two Republican congressmen have called for […]
Six EU states to take in Ocean Viking migrants: Commission
The European Union’s top migration official said on Friday six countries in the bloc would take in migrants from the Ocean Viking rescue vessel.
France Set to Deliver First of 36 Rafale Fighter Jets to India in September
New Delhi (Sputnik): India and France have reiterated that their defence cooperation is one of the strongest pillars of their bilateral relationship, and they are making substantial progress in this sector.
Pakistan Supreme Court orders action against judge in ex-PM case
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered disciplinary action against a judge who convicted former premier Nawaz Sharif, effectively giving a boost to Sharif’s appeal against a seven-year jail term for corruption.
Macron posts Amazon fire photo that’s not from this year, gets torched by Brazil’s Bolsonaro
Across social media, people are sharing images of fires raging through the Amazon rainforest accompanied by cries for immediate action from world leaders. Emmanuel Macron answered, but with a misleading, old photo.
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Putin orders 'symmetric' measures after US missile test
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to find a quid pro quo response after the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty. In Sunday’s test, a modified ground-launched version of a Navy Tomahawk cruise missi…
Brit tourist ‘choked to death in Thai hotel after telling rowdy guest to keep the noise down’
A BRITISH tourist has been choked to death in a hotel fight after allegedly telling a fellow guest to keep the noise down. Amitpal Singh Bajaj, 34, complained after hearing rowdy noises coming from the room next door while he and his wife and young child were trying to sleep in in Phuket, Thailand. The […]
Russia floating nuclear power station to set sail across Arctic
The world’s first such facility faces a long voyage across the Arctic ocean to Russia’s far east.