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Zara owner Inditex to transfer Russian business to Lebanese retail

Zara owner Inditex has reached an agreement to sell its Russian business to a Lebanese retail and real estate conglomerate, the Spanish fashion giant said

US vows full range of military defence of allies against North Korea

US will make full use of its military capabilities to defend its allies Japan and South Korea, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said

Asian stocks market follow Wall Street up on hopes of rate hikes easing

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday as hopes rose that Federal Reserve might ease off plans for interest rate hikes and Britain installed its third prime minister this year

UN envoy: Myanmar crisis deepens, taking 'catastrophic toll on people'

UN special envoy for Myanmar warned Tuesday that political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation is deepening and taking a catastrophic toll on the people

Syria facing 'acute violence', worst economic crisis since war: UN

Syria is facing acute violence, the worst economic crisis since the war began in 2011, and a rapidly spreading cholera outbreak with more than 24,000 suspected cases throughout the country, UN said

For the first time, women outnumber men in New Zealand's parliament

For the first time in New Zealand's history, a majority of lawmakers are women

Russia, Belarus ambassadors barred from Nobel ceremony in Stockholm

The ambassadors of Russia and Belarus have been excluded from this year's Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm because of the war in Ukraine

Strong earthquake injures dozens in northern Philippines, shuts airport

A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Philippines, injuring at least 26 people and forcing closure of an international airport and evacuation of patients in a hospital

Biden gets updated Covid-19 booster shot; urges people to get vaccinated

President Joe Biden rolled up his sleeve and got his updated Covid-19 booster shot, as he urged millions of people who have yet to be boosted to do so by Halloween

Pakistan brings home body of journalist Arshad Sharif killed in Kenya

A plane carrying the body of an outspoken Pakistani journalist who was shot and killed by Nairobi police while living in hiding in Kenya touched down at an airport in Islamabad

Progressive Democrats retract letter on Ukraine to Biden after uproar

A group of progressive Democrats said it had retracted a letter to the White House urging Biden to engage in direct diplomatic talks with Russia after it triggered an uproar

Vladimir Putin scrambles to boost weapons production for Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing bureaucratic delays and mounting losses, urged his government to cut through bureaucracy to crank out enough weapons and supplies to feed the war in Ukraine

Fuel demand to far outstrip supply until 2025: Natural gas exporters

The leader of the coalition of gas-exporting countries said on Tuesday the group expects demand for the fuel to far outstrip supply until 2025 amid a global energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine

Hyundai breaks ground on $5.5 billion electric car plant in Georgia

Hyundai Motor Group broke ground on its first US plant dedicated to making electric vehicles

Ukraine alleges Russian dirty bomb deception at Europe's largest nuke plant

Ukraine's nuclear energy operator said that Russian forces were performing secret work at Europe's largest nuclear power plant

Russia at UNSC seeks probe of claims on Ukraine's biological labs

Russia is asking the UNSC to establish a commission to investigate its claims that the United States and Ukraine are violating the convention prohibiting the use of biological weapons

Chinese officers charged in plot to disrupt US Huawei probe by giving bribe

The defendants are accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars in digital currency, along with cash and jewellery, to a US official they thought they had recruited as an asset

Ukraine nuclear agency thickens alleged dirty bomb amid Russia's claims

Ukraine's nuclear energy operator Tuesday offered what it suggested were clues about what might be behind Russia's claims that Kyiv's forces are preparing a provocation involving a radioactive device

Adidas ends partnership with rapper Kanye West over antisemitic remarks

It comes after the German sportswear company faced pressure to cut ties with Ye, with celebrities and others on social media urging Adidas to act

US vows full military defence of allies against North Korea: Wendy Sherman

The United States will make full use of its military capabilities, including nuclear, conventional and missile defence," to defend its allies Japan and South Korea