Biden, Yoon signal expanded military drills due to N. Korea 'threat'
US President Joe Biden and South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol signalled Saturday an expanded military presence in response to the "threat" from North Korea, while also offering to help the isolated regime face a Covid-19 outbreak.
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Ukraine warns only talks can end war as Russia cuts Finland gas
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday that only a diplomatic breakthrough rather than an outright military victory could end Russia's war on his country, as Moscow cut gas supplies to Finland.
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Counting begins in Australia's nail-biter election
The first polls closed and counting was under way on Saturday in Australia's fiercely fought national election that could end a decade of unbroken conservative rule.
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Bangladesh must defy injuries to win decisive Sri Lanka Test
Hosts Bangladesh hope that team spirit will propel them to victory in the series-deciding second Test against Sri Lanka from Monday with their four frontline bowlers all out injured.
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Biden, Yoon consider ramping up military drills in response to N. Korea threat
US President Joe Biden and South Korea's newly sworn-in President Yoon Suk-yeol said Saturday they will consider stepping up joint military exercises in response to the "threat" from North Korea, while also offering to help the isolated dictatorship face down a Covid-19 outbreak.
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Sicily judge to weigh trial of migrant rescue NGOs
Charities running migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean face a pre-trial hearing in Sicily Saturday over alleged collusion with people traffickers after a controversial probe that involved mass wiretapping.
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Graffiti brings Benin's walls alive with treasures from past
On a blue and yellow background, the graffiti artist retouches a spray-painted image of the half-man, half-shark statue of King Behanzin, one of the stolen treasures returned to Benin by France late last year.
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Biden, Yoon meet in shadow of North Korean nuclear sabre rattling
US President Joe Biden and South Korea's newly sworn-in President Yoon Suk-yeol met Saturday in Seoul to discuss fears of a nuclear weapon test by North Korea, even as the secretive dictatorship battles a raging Covid outbreak.
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Russia targets Ukraine's last link to besieged east
The wounded coal miner peered through his shrapnel-splayed windshield and tried to ignore the flopping noises coming from his blown tyres as he drove along Ukraine’s last link with the besieged east.
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Malaysia sounds alarm over lowest SEA Games ranking in 40 years
A government minister says that "all Malaysians are disappointed" with what is threatening to be the country's lowest placing at the SEA Games in nearly 40 years.
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