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US military holds rapid-response drill at reopened Venezuelan embassy

Two Marine Corps Osprey aircraft, which have characteristics of both a helicopter and a fixed-wing airplane, flew over the recently reopened US Embassy in Caracas

Gas explosion at coal mine in China kills 82 workers, dozens still trapped

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an all-out effort to rescue the missing and an investigation of the accident's cause while holding those responsible accountable

Trump critics sue to block payouts from $1.8 bn 'Anti-Weaponisation Fund'

Plaintiffs' attorneys from the legal advocacy group Democracy Forward are seeking a court order halting the fund's implementation and preventing the Trump administration from disbursing any payouts

SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on test flight

The redesigned mega rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he's taking the company public

WHO chief Adhanom says Ebola outbreak in Congo is 'spreading rapidly'

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom said Friday the UN health agency was revising upward to "very high" its assessment of the risk within Congo, which had previously been deemed as high

Towering statue of Pele unveiled in Guadalajara ahead of FIFA World Cup

A large statue of soccer great Pele was unveiled Thursday in the Mexican city of Guadalajara to commemorate his achievements with the Brazilian national team.

Cristiano Ronaldo ends Saudi trophy drought as Al-Nassr clinch league title

Cristiano Ronaldo has finally won a major trophy with Al-Nassr.

Asian markets rise, oil prices stay elevated amid Iran war uncertainty

Asian shares advanced Friday following modest gains on Wall Street, while oil prices rose as efforts to end the Iran war yielded limited results.

Rubio embarks on mission to ease tensions with allies during Nato meeting

Rubio will attend a Nato foreign ministers' meeting in Sweden on Friday

Republicans pull vote on Iran war resolution that was on verge of passing

The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, that would rein in Trump's military campaign

Trump announces 5,000 additional US troops to Poland, sparks confusion

Trump and the Pentagon have said in recent weeks that they were drawing down at least 5,000 troops in Germany after Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the US was being humiliated by the Iranian leadership

SpaceX halts Starship test flight launch less than a minute before liftoff

The 407-foot (124-metre) rocket was poised to begin a space-skimming journey from Texas extending halfway around the world

Gunmen open fire, killing at least 25 people in twin attacks in Honduras

First incident took place at a plantation in the municipality of Trujillo in northern Honduras, where at least 19 workers were shot and killed, according to Public Prosecutor's Office spokesperson

Despite 'good signs' in Iran talks, 'other options' remain on table: Rubio

US Secretary of State added that there were 'good signs' in the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran despite weeks of back-and-forth on a sustainable end to the war

US charges former Cuban President Raul Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown

The indictment was related to Castro's alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue

Australian court penalises X Corp $465K for breach of online safety rules

The ruling ends a three-year legal battle in which X had argued it was not obliged to answer eSafety's questions

Asian shares rally after oil prices slip, Wall Street resumes its AI rally

South Korea's Kospi soared 8 per cent to 7,787.74, helped by strong buying of technology shares such as Samsung Electronics, which gained 7.5 per cent

Nvidia Q1 result beats Wall Street estimates on massive AI chip demand

Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia earned $58.32 billion, or $2.39 per share, in the February-April period, up from $18.78 billion, or 76 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier

Harvard tightens grading norms making it harder for undergrads to earn A's

They said the reform would ensure that 'a Harvard A grade will now tell students, as well as employers and graduate schools, something real about what a student has achieved'

Samsung faces major strike after wage talks with union fall apart

After the latest round of talks ended without a breakthrough on Wednesday, union leader Choi Seung-ho told reporters that unionized workers will begin an 18-day strike from Thursday