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Russia will spare the lives of Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region if Kyiv tells them to surrender, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged him to avoid a “horrible massacre” there. Ukraine denied its men were encircled, describing that as a Russian fabrication, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the situation…

CHILLING pictures showing China’s giant D-Day style invasion barges have fuelled fears that they are preparing to invade Taiwan. The giant troop-carrying barges are capable of delivering fleets of tanks and thousands of troops directly onto Taiwanese roads. China is building at least five of the giant troop-carrying barges, according to satellite imagery and military sources. The…

Stargazers in North and South America will be able to view a red-colored “blood moon” starting Thursday night in the first total lunar eclipse visible on the continents since 2022. The celestial event, observable with the naked eye, will have more than an hour of totality and can additionally be seen in parts of western Europe and…

NASA and SpaceX on Monday postponed the launch of the Crew-10 Mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch was scheduled for Wednesday after US President Donald Trump urged SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to rescue the stranded astronauts – Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and SpaceX on Monday postponed…

Pakistani security forces stormed a train on Wednesday that had been hijacked by separatist militants, killing all 33 attackers and ending a day-long standoff involving hundreds of hostages, the military said. Separatist Baloch militants on Tuesday blew up the railway track and hurled rockets at the Jaffar Express when it was on its way to Peshawar in…

Greenland’s centre-right opposition has won a surprise general election victory – in a vote dominated by independence and US President Donald Trump’s pledge to take over the semi-autonomous territory. The Democratic party, which favours a gradual approach to independence from Denmark – achieved around 30% of the vote, near-complete results show. “Greenland needs us to stand together…

Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog would only get harder after the United States shut down its global monitoring efforts. Chad and Bangladesh were the world’s most polluted countries in 2024, with average smog levels more than 15…

The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Kenya’s capital Nairobi has been rationing supplies of antiretrovirals to one-month refills since the U.S. government froze foreign aid. On the outskirts of the city, meanwhile, millions of life-saving doses sit on the shelves of a warehouse, unused and unreachable. The clinic is a half hour’s…

Indian Americans are increasingly optimistic about India’s future, but hold deep concerns about US-India relations under a second Donald Trump administration, a new survey finds. The 2024 Indian-American Survey, conducted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and YouGov in October, examined Indian-American political attitudes. Two pivotal elections happened in India and the US last year, amid…

A crew member remains missing after an oil tanker and cargo ship collided in the North Sea off the coast of East Yorkshire. Dozens of people abandoned the vessels after the crash just before 9.50am, with the Coastguard rescuing 36 people. All 23 on board the oil tanker Stena Immaculate are accounted for – but one of…

These criminals reportedly swipe online money to help fund Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear programme. The Lazarus Group’s latest hit was orchestrating the world’s largest heist in crypto history two weeks ago. Fraudsters were able to access the £1.5billion wallet and transfer the contents to an unidentified address. Authorities have attempted to track the digital coins and stop criminals…

DONALD Trump has warned “monster” nuclear weapons could “end the world” as he sounded the alarm over atomic armageddon. The President issued the stark warning in a TV interview on Sunday morning after he floated new arms controls with Russia and China. In an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on her show Sunday Morning Futures, Trump…

In normal times, this election probably wouldn’t be of too much interest to the rest of the world. Around 40,000 voters will choose just 31 parliamentarians, and it will all take place on an island that isn’t even fully autonomous. But these are not normal times and this election is in Greenland on March 11, which means…