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Argentina asks to join Nato as Prez Milei seeks to boost ties with the West

The request came as NATO's Deputy General Secretary Mircea Geoana held talks in Brussels on regional security challenges with visiting Argentine Defense Minister Luis Petri

India opens market to US farming industry in 12 categories: Katherine Tai

Trade should work for all Americans. Our goal is to stop pitting Americans against each other in our trade policy and this is why we are taking unprecedented steps to incorporate more voices

Rocket assault on Israeli military site by Lebanon's Hezbollah wounds six

The assault, which Hezbollah said was a response to Israel killing a number of its fighters, comes as the Jewish state weighs a response to Iran's missile and drone strikes on Saturday night

100 scientists spend two years renaming viruses after Covid mistakes

Airborne viruses will be called "pathogens that transmit through the air" under new terminology the World Health Organization hopes will end a scientific rift that hampered early response to Covid 19

IMF revises down West Asia growth outlook on war, trade disruptions

The downward revision was driven by conflicts in Sudan, the West Bank and Gaza, as well as oil production cuts by Gulf countries weighing on activity

Ukraine PM Shmyhal warns of 'Third World War' if it loses against Russia

"Or, there will be many conflicts, many such kinds of wars, and in the end of the day, it could lead to the third world war," he added

Global meteorologists meet to save radio frequency bands for observations

The data generated through such observations from each country is fed to the global forecasting models which, in turn, gives way to regional models

Google fires 28 employees protesting against $1.2 bn Israeli contract

Google told the affected employees that it's keeping this matter as confidential as possible, only disclosing information on a need to know basis

US, Israel to hold virtual meeting Thu on Rafah, NSA Sullivan to lead talks

Washington is trying to dissuade the Israelis from retaliatory strikes to avoid inflaming an already tense situation, a second U.S. official said

Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial loses two jurors, five remain

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and denies any such encounter with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford

IMF's Georgieva warns of global economic concerns including inflation, debt

She said countries could help their economies by slashing bureaucratic red tape and getting more women into the job market

US, UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to weekend attack on Israel

We will continue to deploy our sanctions authority to counter Iran with further actions in the days and weeks ahead," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement

US weekly unemployment claims remain unchanged at low level of 212,000

The U.S. central bank has kept its policy rate in the 5.25%-5.50% range since July. It has raised the benchmark overnight interest rate by 525 basis points since March of 2022

Global warming of 3 degrees Celsius may result in 10% GDP loss: ETH study

It also found that poorer, tropical countries could see the worst effects -- up to 17 per cent GDP loss

Prince William returns to duties for 1st time since Kate's cancer diagnosis

In a video message released that day, Kate asked for time, space and privacy as she and her family adjusted to her diagnosis

Prince Harry declares US as his new home, renounces British residency

According to documents obtained by Page Six, the Duke of Sussex listed the US as his "new country/state usually resident," a notable change from his previous ties to the UK

G7 foreign ministers seek urgent defence support for desperate Ukraine

G7 ministers kicked off a second day of talks on the Italian island of Capri by discussing the Middle East crisis and will turn their attention to Ukraine in the afternoon

Fed Chair Powell's US rates warning means headache for rest of the world

China doesn't have such inflation worries, but rise in the premium of US 10-year government bond yields over their Chinese equivalents to a record high has sparked concerns over depreciation of yuan

Climate change to cause $38 trn yearly damage to global economy by 2049

The paper uses data from more than 1,600 regions worldwide over the past 40 years to assess future impacts of a warmer planet on economic growth

Indonesia under tsunami alert as country witnesses big volcanic eruptions

Indonesia, an archipelago of 270 million people, has 120 active volcanoes