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Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising “hints” of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism. There has been vigorous debate in scientific circles about whether the planet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away in the Leo constellation, could be an ocean world capable […]

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A top Pentagon official has been placed on leave pending investigation, a US defense official said Wednesday, amid a probe into leaks in the Defense Department that was launched last month. Deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick is the second top Defense Department official — along with Dan Caldwell, another senior advisor to Pentagon chief […]

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Singapore “cannot rule out” a recession this year because of the global uncertainty caused by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, its trade minister said Wednesday. “Given potential downside risks, we cannot rule out the possibility of a recession this year,” Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister Gan Kim Yong said at a news conference. On […]

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Iran must completely halt its uranium enrichment as part of any nuclear deal, US envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday, after suggesting it could continue doing so at a low level. “Any final arrangement must set a framework for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Middle East — meaning that Iran must stop and eliminate its […]

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Donald Trump believes it is up to China, not the United States, to come to the negotiating table on trade, the White House said Tuesday, after the US president accused Beijing of reneging on a major Boeing deal. “The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don’t have […]

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A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust that closed airports and put more than 3,700 people in hospital with breathing difficulties, the health ministry said Tuesday. Visibility fell to less than one kilometre (barely half a mile) in central and southern cities as the storm cloaked the region in an eerie […]

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US music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty Monday to two new charges added to the criminal racketeering and sex trafficking case against him, which is expected to go to trial next month. The superseding indictment includes an additional charge of sex trafficking and one of transportation to engage in prostitution, relating to a […]

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that she opposed a ban on songs glorifying drug traffickers, after violence erupted at a concert by an artist famous for singing “narcocorridos.” Luis R. Conriquez was forced to flee a stage over the weekend when fans rioted in response to his announcement that he was not allowed to […]

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Social media juggernaut Meta stands trial on Monday facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors. By moving forward, the trial in a Washington federal court dashes the hopes of Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg that the return of Donald Trump to the […]

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged US counterpart Donald Trump on Sunday to visit his country to better understand the devastation wrought by Russia’s invasion. “Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead,” he said according to a transcript of […]

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