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Russia says it would consider United States President JOE BIDEN’s   proposed summit for President VLADIMIR PUTIN hours after the call. Kremlin spokesman DMITRY PESKOV said it is early to talk about the meeting in terms of specifics, but promised to study the idea. The White House said President BIDEN made the proposal on the phone […]

China has told the United States to stop playing with fire over Taiwan. China also lodged a complaint after Washington issued guidelines that will enable U.S. officials to meet more freely with officials from the island that China claims as its own. The U.S. State Department announced a decision to deepen relations with self-ruled Taiwan […]

Almost one million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled Islamist militant attacks. The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme, WFP, said this was because Islamic State-linked insurgents last month attacked Palma, a town in Cabo Delgado province next to gas projects under development by companies including […]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least 34 people have drowned after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti. According to the IOM the boat “operated by people smugglers” was carrying about 60 migrants escaping conflict in Yemen and who were on their way to Djibouti. It is not known what caused […]

United States authorities have arrested a man who allegedly plotted to bomb an Amazon data centre, which he believed would “kill off about 70% of the internet”. 28-year-old SETH AARON PENDLEY, was arrested after receiving a dud explosive device from an undercover FBI agent, and was charged with a malicious attempt to destroy a building […]

President JOE BIDEN intends to nominate Chris Magnus, the chief of police in Tucson, Arizona, to lead the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency. A White House official made the announcement after MAGNUS, a critic of former President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies, was among the new leaders being installed at the Department of Homeland […]

Tear gas has been fired and a curfew imposed amid angry protests after police fatally shot a black man in a traffic stop in the United States city of Brooklyn Center, just north of Minneapolis. The man has been identified by relatives as 20-year-old DAUNTE WRIGHT. Minnesota Governor TIM WALZ said he was “closely monitoring […]

Queen ELIZABETH the second’s husband, PRINCE PHILIP, has died at 99-year-old.  Buckingham Palace in a statement issued just after midday spoke of the QUEEN’S “deep sorrow” following his death at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Edinburgh, who was the longest-serving consort in British history, had returned to Windsor on 16 March after a month in […]

Iran has released a South Korean ship and its captain detained since January. This was after a South Korean official said the Far East country promised to try to secure the release of Iranian funds frozen in South Korean banks under United States sanctions. Meanwhile, Iranian news agency IRNA quoted its foreign ministry which noted […]