In eastern and north-eastern Ukraine, Russian troops have pushed Ukrainian forces back from several towns and villages along the frontline, while…
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The transformation of naval warfare by unmanned seaborne drones, primally driven by new technology and the advent of artificial intelligence, is a…
On 25 October 1976, US businessman Charles Abrams travelled to New York City’s South Street Seaport to welcome a ship loaded with Chinese vodka. This…
As discussions on Iran's future swirled in the wake of President Ebrahim Raisi's death in a fatal helicopter crash last month, I remembered an…
Syria's child workers, North Korea missiles, and Egypt's salt lake
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A boy sips a cup of tea during a break from work in an aluminium cookware manufacturing factory in Al-Bab, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on June 2, 2024.
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The test-firing of 600mm super-large rocket artillery at an unconfirmed location in North Korea on May 31, 2024.
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This aerial view, taken from a commercial plane, shows salt evaporation ponds near the Manzala salt lake in Egypt's northern province of Daqahliya on June 3, 2024.
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Nomads from the Gujjar tribe attempt to prevent a cow carrying luggage from jumping into a river in Chamba, in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, India, June 2, 2024.
Guillermo Arias / AFP
Hugo Tapia (C), with his dog Trait, queues to cast his vote at a special polling station in Centro Cultural Tijuana in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, during the general election on June 2, 2024.
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Italy's Jannik Sinner and France's Corentin Moutet play their men's singles round of sixteen match on day eight of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros Complex in Paris on June 2, 2024.
Aditya Irawan / AFP
A worker walks as they harvest salt from seawater in a greenhouse, which allows year-round salt production and produces higher quality without dust and rainwater inclusions, in Bungko, West Java, Indonesia, on June 1, 2024.
CARL DE SOUZA / AFP
Women ride a motorcycle past a mural depicting Mexican women in the Iztapalapa delegation, Mexico City, a day before the country holds its general elections on June 1, 2024.
JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP
A view of two crocodiles rescued after a raid at "El Infiernito" prison in Escuintla, Guatemala, on June 2, 2024.
MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP
An Indigenous Guna woman waits on the dock for her transfer from Carti Sugtupu island to the mainland, in Guna Yala Comarca, on the Caribbean coast in Panama, on June 3, 2024.
Indian voters have dealt a crushing blow to the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) dream of dominating parliament and passing laws…
When an air strike killed dozens of civilians sheltering in a refugee camp in Rafah, the horrific scenes sparked an international outcry, but not…
The ongoing conflict in Syria since 2011 has triggered the largest refugee and displacement crisis of our time. Syrian refugees have sought asylum in…
North Korea’s rulers have always had strong views on art. Kim Il Sung, the regime’s founding despot, said artists should “arouse burning hatred for…
Recent history shows that major wars usually end with talks establishing agreements and settlements to end the conflict, with one side typically…
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Canada welcomes EU proposal to be 'associate member'
