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Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
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Read full story →China said it had carried out a scientific expedition in Scarborough Shoal, amid renewed confrontation with the Philippines over the disputed South China Sea atoll. The research mission – which began on May 20 – involved deploying a floating platform for environmental monitoring and sampling, the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ South China Sea Institute of Oceanology said in a statement on Wednesday. It came after Manila lodged a formal diplomatic protest on Tuesday against what it called the...
Read full story →Climate change-induced weather events are pushing orangutan populations to extinction, says a study.
Read full story →The Hong Kong government should expand its planned mandate for driver-monitoring systems on public buses to other modes of transport and upgrade road infrastructure as part of a multipronged strategy to reduce traffic accidents, industry leaders have said. The remarks followed authorities revealing in the Legislative Council on Wednesday that they planned to leverage technology to boost road safety. The Transport Department is set to study the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of extending...
Read full story →URUMQI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A regional cooperation platform launched by northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has expanded its circle of participants, bringing in representatives from Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan for the first time.The 2026 International Conference for Trans-Altai Subregional Cooperation opened on Wednesday in Altay, Xinjiang, with government and business representatives from China,
Read full story →URUMQI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A regional cooperation platform launched by northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has expanded its circle of participants, bringing in representatives from Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan for the first time.The 2026 International Conference for Trans-Altai Subregional Cooperation opened on Wednesday in Altay, Xinjiang, with government and business representatives from China,
Read full story →URUMQI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A regional cooperation platform launched by northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has expanded its circle of participants, bringing in representatives from Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan for the first time.The 2026 International Conference for Trans-Altai Subregional Cooperation opened on Wednesday in Altay, Xinjiang, with government and business representatives from China,
Read full story →South Korea imposed on Thursday a record US$409 million fine on e-commerce giant Coupang over a leak that exposed the data of more than 30 million customers, provoking ire from US lawmakers. The move caps a months-long probe into the country’s largest online retail platform, which is incorporated in the United States. Allegations of a massive data leak first surfaced in November, becoming an unexpected source of friction between Seoul and Washington. “We have decided to impose a total of 624.68...
Read full story →Lankaran [Azerbaijan], June 11 (ANI): As part of his visit to southern Azerbaijan, Ambassador Abhay Kumar undertook a series of engagements in the Lankaran and Lerik regions aimed at strengthening cultural, wellness, agricultural, and environmental ties between India and Azerbaijan, the statement by the Embassy of India in Azerbaijan said. The statement noted that in Lankaran, Ambassador Kumar visited the Lankar
Read full story →Lankaran [Azerbaijan], June 11 (ANI): As part of his visit to southern Azerbaijan, Ambassador Abhay Kumar undertook a series of engagements in the Lankaran and Lerik regions aimed at strengthening cultural, wellness, agricultural, and environmental ties between India and Azerbaijan, the statement by the Embassy of India in Azerbaijan said. The statement noted that in Lankaran, Ambassador Kumar visited the Lankar
Read full story →Lankaran [Azerbaijan], June 11 (ANI): As part of his visit to southern Azerbaijan, Ambassador Abhay Kumar undertook a series of engagements in the Lankaran and Lerik regions aimed at strengthening cultural, wellness, agricultural, and environmental ties between India and Azerbaijan, the statement by the Embassy of India in Azerbaijan said. The statement noted that in Lankaran, Ambassador Kumar visited the Lankar
Read full story →India is taking unprecedented measures to restore confidence in its national student examination system after a series of scandals fuelled angry protests from young people and put pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Last month, authorities took the extraordinary step of cancelling the medical entrance exam results of more than 2 million students after allegations of widespread leaking of the papers. For the retest on June 21, the government will deploy the Indian Air Force...
Read full story →Singapore police said arrest warrants for fugitive financier Jho Low remain active, even as the Malaysian continues efforts to seek clemency from US President Donald Trump. “Warrants of arrest and Interpol red notices for both Tan Kim Loong and Low Taek Jho are still in effect,” the police said in a statement on Wednesday. Tan is a known associate of Low and is also implicated in Malaysia’s multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Low is accused by US and Malaysian authorities of masterminding the 1MDB...
Read full story →International sporting events are often presented as celebrations of our shared humanity. They are meant to transcend borders, politics, religion, and conflict. For a few weeks, the world gathers around a common language of play, where talent, effort, and teamwork are supposed to matter more than nationality, wealth, or power.Yet sometimes these events reveal more about who we are than the values they claim to e
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