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In international news, Russian authorities said four people died and over a hundred were wounded in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks. In Saudi Arabia more than a thousand people died during Haj thi...

24 Juni 20242min

Within less than a decade, despite the repeated warnings of climate scientists, global warming has exceeded the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold committed to in the 2015 Paris Agreement. What is the impac...

23 Juni 202428min

Israel said it was establishing a new safe corridor to deliver aid, but days later, this “tactical pause” has brought little relief to desperate Palestinians; a months-long heat wave across swathes of...

21 Juni 20242min

Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly; Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Kore...

20 Juni 20242min

A bulk carrier sank days after an attack by Houthis believed to have killed one mariner on board, the second such ship to be sunk in the rebel campaign; Thailand's Senate passed the final reading of a...

19 Juni 20242min

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the influential war Cabinet that has overseen the fighting in Gaza; Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for supporting his actions ...

18 Juni 20242min

US President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodimir Zelensky have signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement; a military history buff in China picked up four discarded books at a recycling stati...

14 Juni 20242min

US President Joe Biden will sign a new security agreement with Ukraine. In Asia, China’s Premier Li Qiang landed in New Zealand today ahead of three days of meetings and events. Singapore and Malaysia...

13 Juni 20242min