Hundreds of South Koreans will cheer for a North Korean women’s football team when it makes a rare trip across the border for a continental semi-final this month. North Korea’s Naegohyang Women’s FC will play the South’s Suwon FC Women on May 20 in the Asian Champions League. It will be the first time that...
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Pentagon Says Iran War Cost Nears $29 Billion
The Pentagon said on Tuesday the cost of the war with Iran had risen to nearly $29 billion, as President Donald Trump faced growing criticism over the conflict’s financial burden and its effect on U.S. military readiness. The updated figure, disclosed during a Capitol Hill budget hearing, was roughly $4 billion higher than the Pentagon’s...
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Starmer Faces Mounting Pressure After Labour Election Losses
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday vowed to prove his critics wrong after heavy losses for his ruling Labour Party in local and regional elections triggered growing calls for him to resign. More than 50 Labour lawmakers, including three government aides who quit their posts, urged Starmer to step down, questioning his ability to...
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Luftansa Places Order For Aircrafts
German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it had placed an order for 10 Airbus and 10 Boeing long-haul aircraft worth a total of $7.7 billion at list prices. Chief executive Carsten Spohr said in a statement that the order of the A350-900s and Boeing 787-9s aircraft “is a clear commitment to a modern fleet, to...
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Four Miners Killed In Colombia Coal Mine Explosion
Four miners were found dead after an explosion at an underground coal mine in central Colombia. The explosion took place Saturday at the Las Quintas mine in Pueblo Viejo, a village in Cucunuba municipality, said Jorge Emilio Rey, the governor of Cundinamarca department. “The four miners who were trapped in the #LasQuintas mine” were found...
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China Trade Growth Beats Forecast Despite Middle East War
China’s trade growth accelerated sharply in April, official data showed on Saturday, defying pressure from the Middle East conflict and reversing a recent decline in exports to the United States. Exports from the world’s second-largest economy rose 14.1% year-on-year in April, according to data from China’s General Administration of Customs, far exceeding a Bloomberg forecast...
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Police In Thailand Investigate Weapons Cache Found At Chinese Man’s Home
Thai police are investigating a vast arsenal of military-grade weapons which includes assault rifles, explosives, grenades and anti-personnel mines found at the home of a Chinese man. Authorities said on Saturday that Two M16 assault rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, Russian landmines, projectiles, gasoline and nearly five kilos (11 pounds) of explosives were found...
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Explosives-Packed Drone Discovered Near Bogota Airport, Military Base
Report says an explosives-laden drone was discovered near El Dorado International Airport and an adjacent military base. Authorities reportedly found the fibre-optic drone on Wednesday about 5.4 km (3 miles) from the military air base, which borders Bogota’s main international airport. CliqMetro gathered that the discovery comes amid a surge in attacks by left-wing guerrilla...
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French Court Revives Investigation Into Rwanda Ex-first Lady Genocide Role
France’s judiciary has ordered the resumption of an investigation into allegations that Agathe Habyarimana was involved in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Investigating magistrates had dismissed the case in 2025, citing insufficient evidence to pursue charges of complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity. The latest ruling overturns that decision and directs that the probe...
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Ted Turner, Trailblazer Of Cable TV News And Founder Of CNN, Dies At 87
Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87. The Ohio-born Atlanta businessman, nicknamed “The Mouth of the South” for his outspoken nature, built a media empire that...