Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy has evolved from a normative vision into an instrument of security statecraft. Through Official Security Assistance, defence reforms, and arms export changes, Tokyo increasingly operation…
Zelenskyy on Putin’s threats against Armenia: Europe cannot afford to lose a single country
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‘Timmy’ the humpback whale hauled ashore on Danish island
The carcass of a humpback whale that drew months of attention in Germany was pulled onto a Danish beach after being found dead in shallow waters. Experts hope an examination will reveal what caused its death.
22 killed as truck carrying refugees overturns in Afghanistan
22 people have been killed and 36 others injured when a truck carrying recently returned Afghan refugees overturned
Terrifying moment huge dust storm wall sweeps across city and plunges thousands into darkness
THIS is the moment a massive dust storm engulfed northwestern India, turning daylight into near-darkness. Footage shows a dense yellow cloud of dust advancing towards the city of Bikaner, in Rajasthan – just like a scene from The Mummy. Made up of fine…
Oscar-winning Star Wars editor Marcia Lucas dies aged 80
The film editor and ex-wife of director George Lucas was widely recognised as a pivotal creative force behind the original space trilogy.
China’s tech boom is creating a new kind of tech tourism where visitors pay for curated robotaxi rides and tours of EV factories and AI and robotics companies (Kinling Lo/Rest of World)
Kinling Lo / Rest of World:
China’s tech boom is creating a new kind of tech tourism where visitors pay for curated robotaxi rides and tours of EV factories and AI and robotics companies — Foreign visitors are flocking to China’s fa…
‘We’re with you’: WHO chief rushes to Congo as Ebola outbreak worsens
The WHO chief is urging greater international backing to combat a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in the DRC, highlighting delays and community mistrust as major hurdles. He stressed the need for local cooperation and urged countries to reconsider tr…
Trump attacks artists dropping out of US Freedom 250 concert and mulls appearing himself
Performers Young MC, Poison frontman Bret Michaels and country singer Martina McBride raised concerns the event will be political.
‘No-one feels safe now’: Residents of Romanian city hit by drone share fears
People have just begun returning to check on their homes in the block that was hit early on Friday morning.