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Kim Jong Un lookalike disrupts Australian PM Morrison's election campaign

The impersonator, who later identified himself by the stage name Howard X, started talking to gathered media

Hyundai to set up $7 bn EV plant in US during Biden's Asia visit: Report

Hyundai is finalizing those plans as President Joe Biden is set to travel to South Korea next week as part of his first visit to Asia during his presidency

Tesla, Twitter shares drop on potential legal issues against Musk, coup bid

Of the two, Musk's electric vehicle company has fared worse, with its stock down almost 16% so far this week to $728.

Russian threats push Finland towards NATO alliance, Sweden likely to follow

Finland's president and prime minister announced that the Nordic country should apply right away for membership in NATO, the military defence pact founded in part to counter the Soviet Union

UNSC holds emergency meeting on Taliban crackdown on women rights

The Norwegian-drafted statement would also call for a reversal of policies that restrict the rights of women and girls

Joe Biden cancels offshore oil lease sales in Gulf of Mexico, Alaska

The lease cancellations come as gas prices have surged to a record $4.40 a gallon amid the war in Ukraine and other disruptions that have pushed prices $1.40 a gallon higher than a year ago

Spain debates if menstrual leave policy will help or hurt women at work

A leaked draft of new legislation proposed giving workers experiencing period pain three days of optional leave a month, with two additional days permitted in exceptional cases

Two top managers fired from Twitter amid Elon Musk's buyout turmoil

In a series of tweets Thursday, Kayvon Beykpour who is leaving after 7 years, said CEO Parag Agrawal asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un raises alarm after confirming first Covid-19 case

The Korean Central News Agency said Thursday tests from an unspecified number of people in the capital Pyongyang confirmed that they were infected with the Omicron variant

Mercedes recalls more than 292,000 vehicles to fix problem with brakes

The recall covers certain ML, GL and R-Class vehicles from the 2006 through 2012 model years

Ukraine conflict: Russia's Putin says sanctions triggering global crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western sanctions against Russia are provoking a global economic crisis.

Biden marks 1 mn US Covid-19 deaths, to co-host 2nd global summit today

President Joe Biden will appeal for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he convenes a second virtual summit on the pandemic and marks 1 million deaths in the United States.

Japan, EU agree to step up sanctions on Russia, seek to counter China

Security in Europe and in the Indo-Pacific are inseparable, said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

NATO membership would strengthen our security, say Finland's leaders

The announcement by President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin means Finland is virtually certain to seek NATO membership

Nepali Sherpa woman climbs Mt Everest for 10th time, breaks own record

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as the most successful female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday.

Biden co-hosts 2nd Covid virtual summit as world's resolve falters

Eight months after he used the first such summit to announce an ambitious pledge to donate 1.2 billion vaccine doses to the world, the urgency of the U.S. and other nations to respond has waned

Chinese govt fights economic slump, prioritises costly 'zero Covid'

China kept infection numbers low until early this year with a strategy that shut down cities, but entailed soaring costs

US spars with China, Russia over N Korea's nuclear programme sanctions

China and Russia both have veto power and say they want to see new talks and not more punishment for the North

Biden calls Trump 'great MAGA king', vows to push Democrats, GOP contrasts

Biden has in recent days begun decrying "ultra-MAGA" Republicans -- a reference to Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan

Donald Trump must pay $110K, meet conditions to end contempt: NY Judge

Engoron declared Trump in contempt on April 25 and fined him $10,000 per day for not complying with a subpoena in NY Attorney General Letitia James' long-running probe into Trump's business practices