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China’s Xi Courts Southeast Asia As Trump Tariffs Bite
Chinese President Xi Jinping will kick off a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour on Monday as Beijing seeks to tighten regional trade ties and offset the impact of huge...
Gaza Hospital Hit As Israel Intensifies Assault
An Israeli air strike early Sunday heavily damaged one of the few functioning hospitals in Gaza, as the Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas "command and control centre"...
Myanmar Quake Victims Mark New Year Camped In Ruins
Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the...
Bernie Sanders Fights Apathy On American Left
Bernie Sanders is emerging as one of the most vocal opponents to US President Donald Trump, with the 83-year-old senator drawing tens of thousands of people to his "fighting...
Bernie Sanders Thrills Coachella Crowd With Surprise Appearance
US senator Bernie Sanders became one of Coachella's top cameos so far, drawing a massive crowd on Saturday as he made a pitstop at the premier music festival.Screaming fans...
Bulgarian Border City Hails Schengen Tourism Boom
There always used to be a long line of traffic waiting to cross the steel truss Danube Bridge over the river between Giurgiu in Romania and the Bulgarian city...
Algeria Protests After Consular Official Indicted In France
Algeria protested strongly Saturday after French prosecutors indicted one of its consular officials on suspicion of involvement in the April 2024 abduction of an Algerian influencer in a Paris...
Indonesia Palm Oil Firms Eye New Markets As US Trade War Casts Shadow
Indonesian palm oil companies are seeking new markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as they try to protect themselves from the impact of Donald Trump's trade war,...
Indonesia’s Horror Movie Industry Rises From The Grave
Crunching popcorn and screaming, Indonesians are flocking to watch homegrown horror films in cinemas that draw on the country's penchant for ghost and monster stories.The genre now dominates Indonesia's...
Myanmar Marks New Year Festival Mourning Quake Losses
Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the...
Death Toll In Dominican Nightclub Roof Collapse Hits 226
The death toll in a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic rose to 226 on Saturday, as authorities said they had returned all victims' bodies to their loved...
Ecuador Votes In Razor-close Presidential Runoff
Ecuadorans vote Sunday in a too-close-to-call presidential election pitting the incumbent, security hawk Daniel Noboa, against a charismatic leftist challenger.The 37-year-old president narrowly won February's first round, but not...