World

Iran says it has developed long-range cruise missile

Iran has developed a cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km (1,025 miles) a top Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday, in a move likely to raise Western concerns after Russia’s use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war.

February 25, 2023 4:47 pm
 

World

One year into invasion, Ukraine mourns dead and vows victory

Ukraine honored its dead and vowed to keep fighting on Friday while Russia told the world to accept “the realities” of its war but faced new Western sanctions on the invasion’s anniversary.

February 25, 2023 4:46 pm
 

World

G20 tussles over Ukraine war as West steps up sanctions

Finance leaders of the world’s top economies sought on Friday to bridge differences over how to deal with Russia following its invasion of Ukraine a year ago, as the West stepped up sanctions against Moscow.

February 25, 2023 2:37 pm
 

World

US nominee for top World Bank job gets positive reviews at G20 meeting

The U.S. nominee to lead the World Bank, ex-Mastercard Chief Executive Ajay Banga, gained traction with leading members on Friday, a sign that he will likely have a smooth ride to confirmation by the global lender’s executive board.

February 25, 2023 1:25 pm
 

World

Earthquake death toll surpasses 50,000 in Turkey and Syria

The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that struck on Feb. 6 surpassed 50,000 on Friday after Turkey declared more than 44,000 people died.

February 25, 2023 12:26 pm
 

World

China coal mine death toll rises to six, 47 missing

China’s Inner Mongolia region ordered inspections at all of its open-pit mines, after at least six people were killed in a landslide at a coal mine, with 47 others still missing.

February 25, 2023 11:03 am
 

World

Ukraine sees some merit in Chinese peace plan

China called for a comprehensive ceasefire in Ukraine on Friday and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was open to considering parts of a 12-point peace plan put forward by Beijing.

February 25, 2023 9:33 am
 

World

U.S. prosecutors seize properties, charge Russian on Ukraine invasion anniversary

U.S. prosecutors on Friday said they were seeking to forfeit six properties in New York and Florida allegedly belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch, and separately charged a Russian national with illegally exporting counterintelligence equipment.

February 25, 2023 8:05 am
 

New Zealand

New Zealand police still seeking 23 people after Cyclone Gabrielle

The number of people still “uncontactable” in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle that lashed New Zealand two weeks ago has dropped to 23, New Zealand police said on Friday.

February 25, 2023 7:56 am
 

World

Russia warns West over threatening its troops in breakaway Moldovan region

Russia told the West on Friday that it would view as an attack on itself any actions that threatened Russian peacekeepers in Moldova’s breakaway Transdniestria region, one day after Moscow accused Ukraine of planning an invasion.

February 25, 2023 7:43 am
 

World

Bird flu situation 'worrying'; WHO working with Cambodia

The World Health Organization is working with Cambodian authorities after two confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu were found among one family in the country.

February 25, 2023 7:08 am
 

World

Seven shot in Philadelphia, including 2-year-old and four teens

Seven people, including a 2-year-old child and four teenagers, were shot and wounded at a Philadelphia street corner, the city’s police chief said on Thursday.

February 24, 2023 5:54 pm

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