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Hong Kong's No. 2 official resigns, announces leadership bid

His potential leadership of Hong Kong could signal a further tightening of Beijing's grip around the semi-autonomous Chinese city

Western nations set to toughen sanctions on Russia; Ukraine urges more

Western governments prepared to toughen sanctions against Russia and send more weapons to Ukraine, after Zelensky pointedly accused the world of failing to end Moscow's invasion of his country

US, UK to impose more sanctions on Russia after Bucha killings

Videos and images of bodies have unleashed a wave of indignation among Western allies, who have drawn up new sanctions as a response

World stocks sink amid worries over US rate hikes, Russia

Global stock markets and Wall Street futures after a Federal Reserve official's comments fuelled expectations of more aggressive U.S. rate hikes and the White House announced more sanctions on Russia.

Emmanuel Macron leads polls but turnout a big question in French vote

Macron is clear favourite in France's presidential race yet a big unknown factor may prove decisive, an unprecedented proportion of people say they are unsure who to vote for or don't intend to vote

Pope Francis kisses Ukrainian flag from Bucha, calls for end to war

He told the crowd: These children had to flee to arrive in a safe place. This is the fruit of war

Killings of Ukrainian civilians could bring more sanctions from West

Western governments were preparing on Wednesday to impose tougher sanctions against Russia, as Ukraine documents and investigates widespread killings of civilians and other alleged war crimes.

Car crashes into Russian Embassy gate in Romania, driver dead

Police in the Romanian capital say a car has crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy, bursting into flames and killing the driver.

Russian media campaign dismisses Bucha deaths as fakes after bodies found

As gruesome videos and photos of bodies emerge from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, Kremlin-backed media are denouncing them as an elaborate hoax

Joe Biden orders push on long Covid, pandemic's shadowy mystery

President Joe Biden has ordered a new national research push on long COVID, while also directing federal agencies to support patients dealing with the mysterious and debilitating condition.

US jury begins trial to consider Malaysia's 1MBD investment scandal

A jury began deliberations Tuesday at a US trial stemming from an audacious scheme involving former Goldman Sachs bankers to ransack a Malaysian state investment fund known as 1MBD.

General Motors, Honda plan to co-develop affordable electric vehicles

General Motors and Honda are planning to co-develop some affordable electric vehicles that will use next-generation Ultium battery technology, it said on Tuesday

US, European allies plan to impose ban on new investments in Russia

The official said they would further Russia's economic, financial and technological isolation from the rest of the world as a penalty for its attacks on civilians in Ukraine

Ukraine crisis: European Union expels 19 Russian diplomats from Belgium

The move comes amid blistering criticism of Russia's war in Ukraine and discussions on a new set of sanctions targeting the Kremlin for the Feb. 24 invasion of its neighbour

Covid outbreak 'extremely grim' in China as Shanghai extends lockdown

The Covid-19 outbreak in China's largest metropolis of Shanghai remains extremely grim amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday

Pope Francis to visit Lebanon in June during economic crisis

Francis' trip will be the first visit by a Pope to the Mediterranean nation since 2012, when Pope Benedict XVI paid a three-day visit to Lebanon

Australia, UK, US alliance 'AUKUS' to develop hypersonic missiles

The latest AUKUS plan was first reported by the Financial Times

Elon Musk, the new Twitter biggie, may have thoughts on edit button

Tesla CEO and Twitter's largest shareholder Musk launched a Twitter poll about whether they want an edit button, misspelling yes as yse and no as on, the poll closes Tuesday evening Eastern time

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at UN accuses Russian military of war crimes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the U.N. Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes.

Britain plans to regulate some cryptocurrencies amid global effort

There are also plans to explore the idea of using crypto technology to issue UK government debt