Swiss cabinet to hold emergency meeting after U.S. tariffs hit exports
Switzerland will hold an emergency cabinet meeting in Bern on Thursday afternoon after President Karin Keller-Sutter returned from Washington without ...
Russian forces have seized four villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region as part of efforts to establish a "buffer zone," the regional governor said Monday.
Oleh Hryhorov announced on Facebook that the villages, located near the Russian border, are now under Russian control. He noted that residents had been evacuated earlier.
"The enemy continues its attempts to advance in order to create a so-called 'buffer zone'," Hryhorov wrote.
Earlier in the day, Russia’s Defense Ministry also claimed control over two other villages in the area, separate from those listed by Ukrainian officials.
Ukraine's military has denied Russian claims of entering Yunakivka village in Sumy Oblast, calling them false, according to public broadcaster Suspilne. Russia's state-run TASS reported the alleged advance, but Ukrainian officials confirmed no Russian presence in the area. Monitoring group DeepState noted that several nearby villages including Novenke, Zhuravka, Veselivka, and Basivka remain in the "gray zone," with unclear or contested control.
The world’s biggest dance music festival faces an unexpected setback as a fire destroys its main stage, prompting a last-minute response from organisers determined to keep the party alive in Boom, Belgium.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
Australian researchers have created a groundbreaking “biological AI” platform that could revolutionise drug discovery by rapidly evolving molecules within mammalian cells.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will send an upgraded ‘version 3.0’ free-trade agreement to their heads of government for approval in October, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday after regional talks in Kuala Lumpur.
A series of earthquakes have struck Guatemala on Tuesday afternoon, leading authorities to advise residents to evacuate from buildings as a precaution against possible aftershocks.
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Switzerland will hold an emergency cabinet meeting in Bern on Thursday afternoon after President Karin Keller-Sutter returned from Washington without a deal to halt a 39% U.S. tariff, now in effect and threatening major damage to Swiss exports.
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Cambodia and Thailand’s senior defence leaders are meeting in Malaysia on Thursday (7 August) again for talks aimed at securing a lasting end to hostilities following a violent and deadly five-day border conflict in late July. The two sides have agreed to ASEAN monitoring and open talks.
Aerial footage has captured the dramatic eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, with lava spewing across its summit as scientists rushed to collect samples.
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