WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China,…
Category: 4. World
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US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee on gender affirming care for children in setback for trans rights
The decision comes as the Trump administration continues its push to regulate the lives of transgender people, including restricting access to sports competitions and dictating which public spaces they can use.
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Here’s how the West made Israel-Iran war possible — Russia in Global Affairs
Israel’s attack on Iran, which began last Friday, is the culmination of nearly 25 years of relentless transformation across West Asia. This war was not born overnight, nor can it be explained by simplistic moral binaries. What we see now is the natural outcome of a…
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Israeli president denies pursuing regime change in Iran
BERLIN, GERMANY – MAY 12: Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during a press conference with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (not pictured) at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace on May 12, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
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Trump Approves Iran War Plans, Waits to Pull Trigger: Report
President Donald Trump has privately approved war plans against Iran as the country is lobbing attacks back and forth with Israel, The Wall Street Journal reported. But the president is holding off on…
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Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, top scientists warn
Mark PoyntingClimate reporter, BBC News
EPAThe Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions.
That’s the stark warning from more than 60 of the world’s…
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Israel-Iran War Live Updates: Iran fires at Israel, IDF strikes Tehran
Hearing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei give his proud, bombastic, and threatening speech on Wednesday, many global listeners might have had a double take about how the “supreme leader” could try to sound like he is an equal to Israel militarily, and…
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US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged as it awaits the impacts of Trump's global tariffs
Trump has slammed the US Federal Reserve Board chief Jerome Powell, calling him “stupid”, as the federal agency holds off on interest rate changes as it anticipates economic decline in the wake of the US president’s global tariff policies.
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