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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Conducts Takeoffs and Landings Near Disputed Islands in the East China Sea
Japan must step up its response level to avoid becoming a βboiled frog.β
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Nomura hails progress in weaning staff off smoking
Japanβs biggest bank says it has cut proportion of smokers to just under 15%
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Prez. Boakai Safe After Near-Miss Landing At Ria
[Liberian Observer] A private jet that brought in President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and his delegation from the 50th anniversary celebration of ECOWAS suffered a frightening near-crash landing at Roberts International Airport (RIA) on Thursday, prompting widespread flight cancellations and throwing the airport into operational disarray.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:U.S.-China talks 'a bit stalled' and need Trump and Xi to weigh in, Treasury Secretary Bessent says
U.S.-China trade talks are "a bit stalled," requiring the two countries' leaders to speak directly, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Luis Montenegro Becomes Prime Minister of Portugal
The social democratic leader was asked to form a government after the Democratic Alliance won the snap elections. On Thursday, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa nominated Luis Montenegro as prime minister, following legislative elections and consultations with parliamentary parties. RELATED: First Polling Stations Close in Portugalβs Legislative Elections Montenegro, leader of the Democratic Alliance [β¦]
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Post-War Pakistan Is All About the βIslamic Touchβ
Following the recent conflict with India, Pakistan's liberals seem to have resigned themselves to the reality that overt Islamic rhetoric will continue to dominate mainstream political and media discourse.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Nvidia results spark global chip rally
Nvidia has been seen by investors as a bellwether for the broader semiconductor industry and artificial intelligence-related stocks.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Indiaβs GDP growth outpaces forecasts, easing pressure on Modi
Economy expanded by 7.4% in the three months to March
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Paint, parades and power: Africa's top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Mauritania: Can Mauritania Avoid Another Fruitless Dialogue?
[ISS] Without guarantees, President Ghazouani's dialogue - the country's sixth - could widen the political divisions that threaten stability.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Death toll from major floods passes 100
Torrential rains in central Nigeria on Wednesday triggered flooding and widespread damage. Rescuers say the death toll has surpassed 100 people.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Governments are chasing the wrong rainbows
Opportunity and upward mobility are more important than GDP growth
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Troops Repel Attack On Borno Military Base, Kill 60 Insurgents - Official
[Premium Times] The Nigeria Army disclosed this in an X post Friday morning.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Ukraine slams Russia for stalling peace talks ahead of planned second meeting
Kyiv insists on seeing the Kremlin's peace memorandum before the suggested session in Istanbul on Monday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:βThis is not just iceβ: Glaciers support human livelihoods, UN deputy chief says
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for urgent action to protect water-related ecosystems in remarks to the International Conference on Glaciersβ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Friday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:UNβs lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid in Mozambique to maternal health services in Afghanistan, critical programmes are on the brink of collapse unless urgent funding is secured.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more hurricanes ahead for Haiti
In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying conflict, intercommunal violence and mass displacement are forcing hundreds of thousands of children out of school.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Gaza is the βhungriest place on earthβ, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:βJustice is long overdueβ: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism
Secretary-General AntΓ³nio Guterres renewed his calls for Member States and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans and the diaspora in a speech in New York on Friday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Songs of hope rise from Gazaβs ruins
In Al-Jundi Al-Majhool Square β once the bustling heart of Gaza City β music now floats among the tents. The square, transformed into a sprawling displacement camp, shelters hundreds of families driven from their homes by more than 19 months of war.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns
For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the drug is a flavoured product β making it easier, and more appealing, to try.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:SpaceX rocket fails pile on Muskβs Tesla troubles
What goes up must come down, and earlier this week yet another of SpaceXβs Starships, the biggest and most powerful type of rocket ever built, came back down to Earth in spectacular fashion. In the sky above the Indian Ocean, it exploded. This was the ninth test flight for the rocket, and the third catastrophic [β¦] The post SpaceX rocket fails pile on Muskβs Tesla troubles appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Salvadoran Human Rights Group Reports at Least 415 Deaths in Custody Under State of Exception
The βState of Exceptionβs purpose is to exert control over all voices that do not align with the official narrative, said attorney Ortiz. On Thursday, the human rights organization Tutela Legal βMaria Julia Hernandezβ (TLMJH) denounced that at least 415 people have died in Salvadoran prisons while in state custody since the beginning of the [β¦]
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:DeBriefed 30 May 2025: Earth eyes 2C; Why net-zero is not behind UK bill hikes; US academics stage climate science βfire hoseβ
Welcome to Carbon Briefβs DeBriefed.An essential guide to the weekβs key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 30 May 2025: Earth eyes 2C; Why net-zero is not behind UK bill hikes; US academics stage climate science βfire hoseβ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:White House blames 'formatting issues' in health report that cited non-existent studies
The White House said it will fix errors in a much-anticipated federal government report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which decried America's food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Big Tobaccoβs profit addiction needs a quit plan
New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly produc
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Angola faces pressure from oil-rich Cabinda exclave
Tensions in Angola's Cabinda exclave are mounting, as clashes between the government and separatist groups intensify. Each side has accused the other of standing in the way of peace.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Universities seek to lure U.S.-bound students amid Trump crackdown
Universities around the world are seeking to offer refuge for students impacted by U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on academic institutions, targeting top talent and a slice of the billions of dollars in academic revenue in the United States.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Mali: "The Democratic Ideal is Alive and Well and No One Can Govern for Long without Credible Elections"
[Civicus] CIVICUS speaks with two representatives of Malian civil society - Modibo Diakite, president of the Association for the Socio-Economic and Technological Development of Youth (ADEJ-Mali), and Fakassi Fofana, coordinator of a partner humanitarian organisation - about the likely consequences of a draft law to tax civil society organisations (CSOs).
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: "The New NGO Law is a Political Weapon Targeting Civil and Political Rights Work"
[Civicus] CIVICUS discusses restrictions on civil society with Glanis Changachirere, founding director of the Institute for Young Women Development, a Zimbabwean civil society organisation (CSO) working for women's rights and against structural inequalities.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:India's economy grew by faster-than-expected 7.4% in the March quarter
Growth outlook in Asia's third-largest economy has remained relatively robust.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Indonesia: Several killed in quarry collapse
The mine has been closed following the incident, with the local governor blaming a lack of safety standards. Mine collapses are a common occurrence in Indonesia.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Kyrgyzstan: Whistleblower Convicted for Exposing Corruption in Court System
Click to expand Image The Kyrgyzstan flag is raised at Ala-Too Square, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on March 3, 2022. 2022 Vladimir Voronin / AP (Bishkek, May 30, 2025) β AKyrgyz court onMay 27, 2025, convicted former National Academy of Sciences researcher and whistleblower,Zhoomart Karabaev, of βincitement of mass disorderβ and calling for disobedience to authorities, sentencing him to three yearsβ probation, Human...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:DA renews bid to control policing in Western Cape
The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupertβs remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africaβs violent crime problem
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:U.S. proposes 60-day ceasefire for Gaza and hostage-prisoner swap, plan shows
A U.S. plan for Gaza proposes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli hostages alive and dead in the first week, in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians.
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