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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Putin and North Korea's Kim forge closer ties amid shared isolation

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS
South Asia

Sri Lanka top court allows proceedings against former President Rajapaksa, others

Photo: Collected
USA

Biden pardons convicts of marijuana possession: 'Too many lives upended'

Twenty members of the 47-strong UNHRC voted in favour of the resolution on Sri Lanka. Photo: Collected
South Asia

India abstains on resolutions on Sri Lanka and Xinjiang at UNHRC

Rescue workers carry a coffin containing the body of a victim at Udon Thani hospital in Udon Thani province, following a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, around 500 km northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
World+Biz

'Little kids who were still sleeping' - Thailand mourns victims of mass killing

SEPTEMBER 19: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex as he joined the Procession following the State Hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II towards St George's Chapel on September 19, 2022 in Windsor, England. Justin Setterfield/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Prince Harry, Elton John and others sue UK paper group over privacy breaches

Commuters travel on an underground subway train, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and after Omicron has become the dominant coronavirus variant in Europe, in Barcelona, Spain January 12, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid wave looms in Europe as booster campaign makes slow start

Rescuers work at the site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid their attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
USA

Biden says Putin's nuclear threat biggest risk since Cuban Missile Crisis

The European Union flags flutter ahead of the gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Global Economy

EU leaders turn to gas price caps to end energy crunch

Members of Syrian Democratic Forces transport a suicide car bomb used by the Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Middle East

Rare US raid in Syrian gov't-held zone kills Islamic State arms smuggler

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives at the Informal EU 27 Summit and Meeting within the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, October 6, 2022. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Europe

Europe's new 44-nation club underlines Russia's isolation

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is anchored at a port in Busan, South Korea, September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Daewoung Kim/File Photo
World+Biz

South Korea, US stage drills with aircraft carrier after North Korean missile launches

A woman gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a nucleic acid testing site, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Shanghai, China, September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

As China party congress looms, signals sought on easing Covid policy