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May 1, 2025 - World

The South African armed forces say they have begun withdrawing their peacekeeping troops from rebel-controlled eastern Congo

May 1, 2025 - World

Motorist held in Osaka on suspicion of attempted murder after seven children injured, according to local mediaPolice in the Japanese city of Osaka have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after he drove his car into seven schoolchildren, according to local media.The children were walking home from school when the suspect appeared to deliberately drive the car at them on a quiet residential street at about 1.30pm local time, the public broadcaster NHK reported. Continue reading...

May 1, 2025 - World

Fast-fashion giants Shein and Temu are raising prices as a key U.S. trade exemption expires Friday, and shoppers have already felt the impact.

May 1, 2025 - World

Prosecutors in Thailand say they don't intend to press charges against an American academic arrested for royal defamation

May 1, 2025 - World

Witnesses tell of ‘walls of flame’ surging across woodland, while high winds disrupt Independence Day eventsWildfires continued to threaten swaths of forest and fields in Israel on Thursday, though firefighters successfully reopened the main road linking the country’s two principal cities.Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, declared a national emergency after the fires broke out on Wednesday along the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, prompting police to shut the route and evacuate thousands of people from nearby communities. Continue reading...