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At least five people have been killed and 19 injured in a huge chemical plant explosion in eastern China, according to state media reports. Six people were still missing following the explosion at the plant operated by Shandong Youdao Chemical in the city of Weifang in Shandong province late on Tuesday morning, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV and…

EMMANUEL Macron and his wife Brigitte have put on a united front for the world’s cameras a day after the shocking face slap drama. Viral footage that has overshadowed the start of the couple’s Southeast Asia tour shows the French leader’s wife shoving him in the mouth and jaw after landing in Vietnam. Furious Macron attempted to…

North Korea slammed on Tuesday (May 27) United States President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile shield plan as a “very dangerous” threat that could spark nuclear war in space, state media said. Trump announced new details and initial funding for the missile shield system last week, calling it “very important for the success and even survival of…

A 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city’s Premier League championship Monday, injuring more than 45 people as shouts of joy turned into shrieks of terror. The driver arrested was believed to be the only one involved and the crash was not being investigated as an…

NORTH Korea has arrested three shipyard bosses after a humiliating warship launch flop that Kim Jong-un called a “criminal act”. The 5,000-tonne destroyer – hailed as a symbol of military might – ended up crushed and listing in the harbour during a high-profile launch in the port city of Chongjin last Wednesday. State media on Sunday said…

US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he was suspending planned 50% tariffs on the European Union until July 9. He made the announcement on his Truth Social network. That agreement came after a call Sunday with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission. “Good call with @POTUS,” Von der Leyen wrote on…

Myanmar is caught in a scramble for minerals. Their exploitation is causing deaths and environmental harm in the country’s Kachin State, activists tell DW. Can the region’s independence movement make a difference? Lahtaw Kai draws an imaginary mountain into the air with her hands and uses her fingers to dot it with holes. “At the top of…

Gaza’s civil defense agency said an Israeli strike in the southern city of Khan Younis on Friday killed nine of the 10 children of a married doctor couple. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said Saturday that civil defense “crews transported the bodies of nine child martyrs, some of them charred, from the home of Dr. Hamdi al-Najjar and…

At least 60 people were killed by the latest Israeli strikes across Gaza in a 24-hour period, Gaza’s health ministry said Friday. Israeli MP Ayman Odeh was forcibly removed from the podium in the parliament after he denounced Israel’s war in Gaza amid the rising death toll. “After a year and a half in which you killed…

A US judge on Friday (May 23) suspended the Trump administration’s move to block Harvard from enrolling and hosting foreign students after the prestigious university sued, calling the action unconstitutional. The order provides temporary relief to thousands of international students who were faced with being forced to transfer under a policy that the university called a “blatant…

The limited amount of food that trickled into Gaza after an Israeli blockade was partly lifted has sparked chaotic scenes, as hunger continues to spread. Bakeries distributing food were overwhelmed by crowds and forced to close on Thursday, and armed looters attacked an aid convoy overnight – sparking a firefight with Hamas security officials who, witnesses say,…

The US Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday that it revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. Trump has expressed his anger over Harvard’s rejection of his demand that it submit to admissions and hiring oversight after he alleged the university was a center of antisemitism and “woke” ideology. “Effective immediately, Harvard University’s Student and…

TWO people have died after a plane slammed into a neighborhood in San Diego in a fiery crash that set 15 homes and several cars ablaze. Eight others were injured when the plane plunged from the sky and crashed into military housing in heavy fog. The small plane crashed in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood, near Tierrasanta, before…

Israel allowed 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, as UN officials reported that distribution issues had meant that no aid had so far reached people in need. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would be open to a temporary ceasefire to enable the…

DONALD Trump has unveiled plans for a high-tech “Golden Dome” missile defence system, which the president claims should be operational by the end of his term in office. The futuristic concept announced by Trump would see American weapons put in space for the first time ever. Trump had already signalled his intent to set up a Golden…

Repeating his claim on Wednesday, he said, “Somebody had to be the last one to shoot. But the shooting was getting worse and worse, bigger and bigger, deeper and deeper into the countries. And we spoke to them, and I think we, you know, I hate to say we got it settled, and then two days later,…

AN OMINOUS cryptic message was broadcast from Russia’s mysterious “doomsday radio station” around the time of Vladimir Putin’s telephone call with Donald Trump yesterday. It marks the second time year that the Soviet-era relic creaked into action during a conversation between the two presidents. Just ahead of the White House’s call to Putin, the UVB-76 radio station…