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Ukrainian drone hits Russian plant, sparks Ust-Luga fire

Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia on Sunday, forcing a sharp fall in the capacity of a reactor at one of Russia’s biggest nuclear power plants and sparking a huge blaze at the major Ust-Luga fuel export terminal, Russian officials said.

August 25, 2025 6:20 am
 

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Coca-Cola explores sale of Costa Coffee, source says

U.S. soft drinks company Coca-Cola (KO.N), opens new tab is working with investment bank Lazard to review options, including a potential sale, of British coffee chain Costa, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.

August 25, 2025 5:30 am
 

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Sri Lanka ex-President Wickremesinghe hospitalised after arrest

Sri Lanka’s jailed former president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was hospitalised on Saturday, local media reported, a day after his arrest on allegations that he misused public funds while in office.

August 24, 2025 5:56 pm
 

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Taiwan, China battle it out in competing World War Two narratives

Veteran Pan Cheng-fa says he clearly remembers fighting for China against the Japanese in World War Two, but gets agitated when asked about the role of communist forces who at the time were in an uneasy alliance with his republican government.

August 24, 2025 3:06 pm
 

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Chalmers has ‘no plans’ to alter tax-free retiree super

Hundreds of thousands of Australians are expected to march in a nationwide groundswell of support for the Palestinian cause, days after famine was declared in Gaza for the first time.

August 24, 2025 12:57 pm
 

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Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites

Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves to ice cream from food trucks on Thursday along Washington’s National Mall, one of the safest parts of America’s capital.

August 24, 2025 11:33 am
 

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Taiwan nuclear plant re-opening vote fails as approval threshold missed

A referendum to push for the re-opening of Taiwan’s last nuclear plant failed on Saturday to reach the legal threshold to be valid, though the president said the island could return to the technology in the future if safety standards improve.

August 24, 2025 9:04 am
 

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Syria delays parliamentary vote in Sweida after sectarian violence

Syria’s first parliamentary election under its new Islamist administration, scheduled for September, will not include the southern province of Sweida and two other provinces because of security concerns, the electoral commission said on Saturday.

August 24, 2025 7:39 am
 

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Brazil brushes off UN call for hotel subsidy in tense COP30 talks

Brazil’s government ruled out the idea of subsidizing all delegates’ hotel fares at the United Nations climate summit it will host in November, Brazilian officials said on Friday, after what they described as a tense meeting with U.N. officials.

August 23, 2025 12:17 pm
 

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With no Ukraine peace deal, Trump again threatens Russia sanctions

U.S. President Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia on Friday if there is no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine in two weeks, showing frustration at Moscow a week after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

August 23, 2025 11:12 am
 

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Gaza's hungry children slide towards starvation as emergency treatments dwindle

The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children into starvation, according to aid agencies, malnutrition experts and the United Nations.

August 23, 2025 9:35 am
 

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Tour bus causes multiple deaths

A tour bus carrying about 50 people rolled over when the driver lost control on a western New York highway, causing multiple fatalities and dozens of injuries, police said on Friday.

August 23, 2025 8:26 am

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