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White House hopeful war with China over Taiwan ‘never comes to pass’: report
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday that he believes a war with China over Taiwan can be ...

4 out of 5 glaciers may be lost by 2100 if fossil fuel use continues unabated: Study
A majority of these lost glaciers are small (less than one sq km) by glacial standards, but their loss can ...

Russia’s assault on Ukraine being painted in ‘spiritual’ terms-
By AFP MOSCOW: Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, a powerful ally of President Vladimir Putin, is embracing the rhetoric of the ...

Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka from Dubai-
By PTI COLOMBO: Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted from power last year over his government’s mishandling of the ...

EXPLAINER | Is China sharing enough COVID-19 information?
By Associated Press TAIPEI: As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its ...

Pakistan PM Sharif holds talks with IMF chief to break deadlock over next tranche of assistance-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made a telephonic call to International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva to ...

Japan, US to hold security talks before Fumio Kishida meets Joe Biden-
By Associated Press TOKYO: Japan and the United States will hold security talks between their foreign and defence ministers in ...

China COVID crisis: Beijing hospital runs out of beds, families burn bodies in streets as deaths spike
A Beijing hospital has run out of beds, forcing patients to rest on stretchers or lay on the hallway floors ...

Rescued ‘IS bride’ gets bail from Australian court-
By AFP SYDNEY: An Australian woman rescued from a squalid Syrian detention camp faced court Friday on charges linked to ...

Why Indonesia is moving its capital from Jakarta to the rainforests of Borneo?-
By AFP Indonesia is relocating its capital city from Jakarta to a site more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) away ...