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FILE - Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko speaks in the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 8, 2025. Photo: AP

Zelenskyy appoints a new prime minister for a war-weary nation

Zelenskyy appoints a new prime minister for a war-weary nation

Fresh off securing a plan to receive more U.S. weaponry, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed a new prime minister – the key negotiator of his country's deal with the U.S. to partner on the development of minerals.
Fresh off securing a plan to receive more U.S. weaponry, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed a new prime minister – the key negotiator of his country's deal with the U.S. to partner on the development of minerals.
World 18 Jul, 2025
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, right, attend a signing ceremony following their talks in Wonsan, North Korea, on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP

Russia warns US, South Korea and Japan against forming security alliance targeting North Korea

Russia warns US, South Korea and Japan against forming security alliance targeting...

Russia's foreign minister warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea as he visited his country's ally for talks on further solidifying their booming military and other cooperation.
Russia's foreign minister warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea as he visited his country's ally for talks on further solidifying their booming military and other cooperation.
World 13 Jul, 2025
Bethiane Miller, left, of Kerrville, and her daughter Samantha visit a memorial for flood victims next to the Guadalupe River on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. Photo: AP

Mourning begins in Texas where more than 170 are still missing from flash floods

Mourning begins in Texas where more than 170 are still missing from flash floods

Shock has turned into grief across Texas where at least 120 people died from flash floods and more were missing as the search for victims moved methodically along endless miles of rivers and rubble Thursday.
Shock has turned into grief across Texas where at least 120 people died from flash floods and more were missing as the search for victims moved methodically along endless miles of rivers and rubble Thursday.
World 11 Jul, 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AP

Rubio says U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks

Rubio says U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia Thursday.
World 10 Jul, 2025
FILE - Army soldiers and rescuers evacuate patients and medical staff from a flooded hospital following landslides and flash flooding amid monsoon season in Imphal, India. Photo: AP

Climate change makes South Asia's monsoon season more prone to floods, landslides and heavy rains

Climate change makes South Asia's monsoon season more prone to floods, landslides and...

Climate experts say the high temperatures and heavy rain are also contributing to the melting of glaciers in the mountainous Himalayan region, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides.
Climate experts say the high temperatures and heavy rain are also contributing to the melting of glaciers in the mountainous Himalayan region, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides.
World 10 Jul, 2025
FILE - This colorized electron microscope image provided by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. Photo: Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer, Austin Athman/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH via AP

UN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by 2029

UN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by...

Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels seen in more than three decades, and provided life-saving medicines for some of the world's most vulnerable.
Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels seen in more than three decades, and provided life-saving medicines for some of the world's most vulnerable.
World 10 Jul, 2025

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