US lawmakers affirm support for Taiwan against China's 'aggression'
A senior US lawmaker affirmed on Monday Washington's support for Taiwan against Chinese "aggression", on the first congressional visit to the self-ruled island since it swore in a new president.
Read moreIndian police arrest hospital boss after six babies die in fire
Indian police said Monday they had arrested a doctor and the owner of an unlicensed hospital where six newborn babies died in a fire on a crowded ward without fire exits.
Read moreEasyjet, eyeing record summer, boosts nerve centre with AI
A cutting-edge facility featuring artificial intelligence (AI) -- Easyjet's new control centre is tasked with handling about 2,000 mostly-European flights per day as the British airline eyes high summer demand.
Read moreUkrainians risk lives to flee draft via icy Romanian pass
High in the snowy mountains of northern Romania, rescuers heard the trembling voice of a young Ukrainian man -- one in a flood of fugitives now swelled by stricter conscription rules in the war-stricken country.
Read more'Huge change': Mexico expected to elect first woman president
Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality.
Read moreA young Russian's life transformed by Ukraine conflict
Two years ago, Anastasia was working for a spa in Moscow and "life was good".
Read moreMedia watchdog files ICC case over journalists' deaths in Gaza
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Monday it had filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court over Palestinian journalists killed or injured in Gaza.
Read moreSouth Korea, China, Japan vow to ramp up cooperation in rare summit
Top leaders from South Korea, China and Japan discussed regional stability in their first meeting in five years on Monday, as they vowed to ramp up three-way cooperation.
Read moreStarc fit and ready for T20 World Cup after heatwave-hit IPL
Mitchell Starc dismissed fears the intense Indian heat might have drained him during his IPL-winning exploits, with the Australian declaring Monday he was fit and ready for the T20 World Cup.
Read moreWorld's island states meet to confront climate, fiscal challenges
Extremely vulnerable to climate change, not rich enough to stop it on their own, and not poor enough to depend on aid and development financing: the world's small island countries are bracing for both fiscal and climate shocks.
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