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Trading Avocadoes for Political Influence Trump demands Iran pay compensation as hopes fade for Hormuz agreement
US President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Iran compensate the victims of attacks, conflicts and domestic repression he blamed on Tehran, adding a new…
Samantha Johnson
Ketamine Trafficking Expands Across Latin America
Ketamine Trafficking Expands Across Latin America
More and more countries across Latin America and the Caribbean are reporting cases of ketamine trafficking, reflecting a shift in…
Nvidia to team with Wall Street on US$500 billion package for AI infrastructure projects
A group of US investment giants are partnering with Nvidia on US$500 billion in funding for AI infrastructure projects, the Financial Times reported.
Apollo Global Management,…
Russia bars anti-war party from parliamentary election
Russia’s Supreme Court barred the liberal Yabloko party on Monday from contesting September’s parliamentary elections, sidelining the only officially registered party that opposes Moscow’s war…
Drought declared in ‘almost three-quarters’ of England, government says
Some 71.3 per cent of England is in drought, the UK government said on Monday, after the nation experienced its driest July on record, with…
China’s Long March 7A rocket explodes after launch, satellite lost
China has suffered a rare failure of one of its newer-generation Long March rockets, losing a communications satellite after the launcher exploded shortly after take-off…