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Philippine Coast Guard slams 'dangerous' China helicopter manoeuvres
The Philippine Coast Guard condemned "dangerous" manoeuvres by a Chinese Navy helicopter Tuesday as it flew within three metres (10 feet) of a surveillance flight carrying a group of journalists over the contested Scarborough Shoal."Around 0839 hours, a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA-Navy) helicopter ... performed dangerous flight maneuvers towards the BFAR aircraft.
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Villagers in southern Lebanon prepare to return home as Israeli army withdraws under ceasefire deal
Israeli forces withdrew from border villages in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war. Lebanese soldiers moved into the areas from where the Israeli troops pulled out and began clearing roadblocks set up by Israeli forces and checking for unexploded ordnance. Many of their houses were demolished during the more than year-long conflict or in the two months after November’s ceasefire agreement when Israeli forces were still occupying the area.
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Asian markets mixed as traders pare Hong Kong tech rally
Asian markets were mixed Tuesday with Hong Kong resuming its tech-led rally after a meeting between President Xi Jinping and China's top business leaders fanned hopes that a long-running crackdown on the private sector is coming to an end."This was seen as a strong signal that his crackdown on the tech sector is over and with forthcoming pro-business policies to help revive the economy," said National Australia Bank head of market economics Tapas Strickland.
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US-Russia talks begin in Saudi, no seat for Ukraine
Top US and Russian diplomats were meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting their countries' fractured relations and making a tentative start on trying to end the Ukraine war.Reporters in Riyadh said the meeting between US and Russian diplomats began in the morning at the Saudi capital's Diriyah Palace.
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N.Y. Governor Says She May Remove Eric Adams as Mayor
Kathy Hochul said she will convene leaders Tuesday to discuss the path forward after four deputy mayors resigned.
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Analysis-Xi's new frontline corporate guard showcases his priorities, control
When President Xi Jinping hosted entrepreneurs at a rare meeting in Beijing in 2018, the executives granted coveted front-row seats came from industries ranging from high-tech to energy, and few were familiar names. Fast-forward seven years and that line-up has changed markedly as Beijing buckles down to navigate a deepening technology war with the United States and celebrate powerful Chinese firms that have triumphed in the face of U.S. pressure. On Monday, Xi mobilised to the frontlines a private sector battalion that included the founders of electric car maker BYD, tech giants Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi as well as AI start-up DeepSeek.
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Singapore will feel impact of rising global tensions, PM says
Singapore will feel the impact of increasing global tensions with economic growth set to slow this year, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in his budget speech in parliament on Tuesday. Wong, who is also finance minister, said the United States and China were locked in a contest for supremacy, and were prepared to take more assertive actions to advance their interests. Singapore's GDP accelerated to 4.4% in 2024 from a revised 1.8% in 2023, but the trade ministry expects growth in 2025 to moderate to 1.0% to 3.0%, a forecast Wong reiterated on Tuesday.
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Leader of cultlike group linked to multiple killings is arrested in Maryland
The leader of a cultlike group that has been linked to multiple killings, including the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol officer in Vermont last month, was arrested in Maryland on charges of trespassing and other crimes, authorities said Monday.
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Israel pulls out of Lebanon villages, but holds five positions
Israel's army has pulled out of southern Lebanese villages but remains in five positions, as a delayed withdrawal deadline expired Tuesday under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah.Lebanese authorities have rejected any further extension of the withdrawal period, urging sponsors of the deal to pressure Israel to pull out.
Time
How to Remove a New York Mayor—and What Comes Next
Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering an unprecedented move to address Eric Adams’ future.
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Senior Afghan Taliban officials in Japan for talks with Japanese officials
Japanese officials said senior Afghan Taliban officials were in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo's efforts to help Afghanistan build a more inclusive political system and protect human rights. It's their first known diplomatic trip outside the Central Asia-Middle East region since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021. The unidentified Taliban senior officials were invited by grant-making organization Nippon Zaidan and were also set to talk with Japanese Foreign Ministry officials, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters Monday.
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A Delta flight crashed while landing in Toronto with the plane flipped upside down on the runway. Here’s what we know
A Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis crashed and turned upside down on the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport while attempting to land on Monday, the latest in a string of passenger plane crashes since December.
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Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work. The first round of vaccines she and her colleagues made in Johannesburg had produced an immune response in rabbits, which was promising but not conclusive - so they tweaked the formula and sent off four new versions for pre-clinical tests. A trial of an earlier, separate vaccine candidate, which was about to be tested on humans in South Africa as well as Kenya and Uganda, is also on ice.
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Survivors of Delta plane crash in Toronto describe ‘hanging like bats’ and chaos inside the upside-down aircraft
Stiff winds blew over Canada’s Toronto Pearson Airport Monday afternoon as a slim aircraft and its 80 passengers and crew drifted toward the snowy tarmac, cleared by air traffic controllers to make a landing. But within moments, the plane had inexplicably overturned and crashed into the runway, sending fire crews scrambling to extinguish the rising flames.
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Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, sources say
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests to access Social Security recipient information, according to two people familiar with the official’s departure who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
AFP
Iran mulls moving capital to 'lost paradise' on southern coast
Faced with myriad problems including gridlocked traffic and a sinking earth surface in its current capital, Iran is considering a drastic solution -- moving it to an altogether different location on the Gulf of Oman.These include traffic snarls, water shortages, resource mismanagement, extreme air pollution, as well as subsidence -- the gradual sinking of land mass due to either natural processes or human activity.
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Tesla begins hiring in India after Musk and Modi meet
Electric vehicle maker Tesla has begun hiring in India, with the company of tycoon Elon Musk issuing advertisements days after US President Donald Trump's right-hand man met with India's premier.India has long had steep import taxes for electric vehicles -- Musk once complained they were among the "highest in the world" -- which had prevented Tesla from making inroads in the absence of local manufacturing.
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Myanmar detains 270 foreigners from scam compounds on Thai border
Myanmar authorities detained 273 foreigners from scam compounds along the border with Thailand on Monday, as a senior Chinese official visited frontier towns on both sides in a widening crackdown on illegal online operations. Hundreds of thousands of people trafficked by criminal gangs have been forced to work in scam compounds that have sprung up across Southeast Asia, including the border between Thailand and Myanmar, the United Nations says. Despite operating for years, the scam centres have only recently faced renewed scrutiny after the rescue and return to China of actor Wang Xing, abducted in Thailand after being lured there with the promise of a job.
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Duterte supporters take case against impeachment to Supreme Court
Lawyers supporting Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte filed the first legal challenge against her impeachment at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying it had been unconstitutionally rushed through without proper oversight.There was no proper discussion," lawyer Israelito Torreon, one of 29 petitioners, said outside a venue near the court.
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Top Russian and US officials meet for talks on Ukraine war without Kyiv
Senior officials from Russia and the U.S. met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to begin talks on improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. Delegations led by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met at the Diriyah Palace in Riyadh.

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