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Pirates seize another vessel off Somali coast as threat level increased
The UK's maritime monitor reports at least four suspected piracy incidents in the past week off the coast of Somalia.
Kim Jong Un opens memorial for N Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine war
Kim Jong Un and Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov unveiled the memorial in Pyongyang.
French teen who licked vending machine straw faces jail in Singapore
The teen, who posted on social media a video of himself licking the straw, could be jailed for more than two years.
Record bear sightings in Japan cause alarm as hibernation ends
Woman’s body found in Iwate prefecture last week, soon after a police officer was injured in bear attack nearbyRested but famished bears emerging from hibernation in Japan are already coming...
Deadly Israeli attacks worsen Gaza’s water shortage crisis
Engineer and two drivers killed in recent weeks as scarcity of clean water fuels spread of preventable diseasesIsraeli forces in Gaza killed a water engineer and two drivers who transported...
US strike kills three on alleged narco boat as campaign death toll hits 185
Military video shows boat moving swiftly in water before explosion leaves it in flamesThe US military said on Sunday three men were killed when it struck a boat it claimed...
Missing 5-year-old girl likely abducted from Outback home, police say
Police are searching for a man recently released from prison over her disappearance.
Did Trump save eight Iranian women from execution?
The US president says he saved eight Iranian women from execution, but Iran says otherwise.
The fashion influencer speaking truth to Putin
A viral Instagram video brings Russians’ wider grumbling into the open
San Francisco, AI capital of the world, is an economic laggard
Artificial intelligence is booming. Its heartland is not
Will Kevin Warsh Trumpify the Federal Reserve?
The incoming Fed chair says he wants regime change. But a revolution is unlikely
Making India’s numbers count again
India is restoring the credibility of its statistics. Will it last?