Mon 14 July 2025: US president makes announcement amid growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin. United States President Donald Trump has said he will send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine as his administration signals growing disillusionment with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to negotiate an end to Moscow’s invasion. “We will send them […]
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Mon 14 July 2025: Nearly 70% of atomic bomb survivors in Japan believe nuclear weapons could be used again, citing growing global tensions, including Russia’s war in Ukraine and North Korea’s weapons development, a survey by Kyodo News Agency revealed Sunday, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombings. Around 1,500 survivors took […]
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Mon 14 July 2025: United States President Donald Trump has again expressed optimism about the possibility of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the coming days. “We are talking, and hopefully, we’re going to get that straightened out over the next week,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews, a military base in Maryland […]
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Mon 14 July 2025: Protectionist trade policies are weakening the US dollar’s position as the world’s dominant reserve currency, while de-dollarization efforts gather momentum amid growing calls for an alternative global monetary system. The US Dollar Index fell more than 11% in the first six months of the year to 97, marking its worst first-half […]
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Mon 14 July 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined the scope of a judicial commission of inquiry that will focus on investigating “allegations relating to the infiltration of law enforcement, intelligence and associated institutions within the criminal justice system by criminal syndicates”. The commission will be chaired by Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga. The […]
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Sun 13 July 2025: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his full support for their war in Ukraine during talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Pyongyang state media said Sunday. Lavrov’s visit to North Korea was the latest in a series of high-profile trips by top Moscow officials as both countries deepen military and political ties amid […]
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Sun 13 July 2025: The Pentagon is urging Japan and Australia to clarify what role they would play if the U.S. and China went to war over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Elbridge Colby, the U.S. under-secretary of defense for policy, has been pushing the matter during recent talks with defense officials of […]
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Sun 13 July 2025: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may now deport migrants to countries other than their own with as little as a six-hour notice, even without guarantees of safety from the receiving nations, media reports said Saturday. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons informed the media that a recent Supreme Court decision cleared […]
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Sun 13 July 2025: Israel is expected to present a new withdrawal map during ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, after talks stalled over Tel Aviv’s insistence on maintaining control of a large area along the Gaza Strip, media reports said Saturday. Israel’s Channel 12 said mediators are waiting for the new map to be submitted by […]
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Sat 12 July 2025: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced Friday that the US resumed military aid shipments to Ukraine. “We have received political signals at the highest level – good signals – including from the United States and from our European friends. According to all reports, aid shipments have been restored,” he said on Telegram. Ukrainian […]
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