Jose Antonio Kast Wins Chile’s 2025 Presidential Election Far-right Republican Party candidate Jose Antonio Kast has won Chile’s presidential run-off election, defeating centre-left candidate Jeannette Jara with 58 percent of the vote. The election marks the return of a conservative government to Chile for the first time since the end of the Pinochet dictatorship in

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Jimmy Lai Found Guilty in Landmark Hong Kong National Security Trial A Hong Kong court has convicted prominent pro-democracy activist and media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai on multiple conspiracy charges linked to China’s national security law, marking a pivotal moment in the territory’s ongoing crackdown on dissent. On Monday, a panel of judges at Hong Kong’s

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Alang, India – A Giant Industry Falls Silent Along the blustery shores of the Arabian Sea in India’s western state of Gujarat, the beach at Alang stretches endlessly into the distance. Once crowded with towering steel hulls awaiting dismantling, the coastline today looks eerily bare. “For years, ships stood here one after another, like animals

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Australia is facing renewed scrutiny over gun control and rising anti-Semitism after a deadly shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, which targeted a Hanukkah celebration and left at least 15 people dead, including a 10-year-old child. The attack, which occurred on Sunday, has prompted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to pledge a review of Australia’s gun

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Tensions between Israel and Hamas have intensified as both sides accuse each other of obstructing the second phase of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement in Gaza, raising fresh doubts over the durability of the fragile truce. The exchange of blame came on Sunday, a day after the killing of Raed Saad, a senior Hamas commander, in

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At least 37 people have lost their lives after severe flash floods struck the Moroccan coastal province of Safi, following an intense burst of torrential rain that overwhelmed the historic city in just one hour, according to local authorities. The deadly flooding occurred on Sunday, when unusually heavy rainfall caused streets to turn into fast-moving

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South Korean prosecutors have formally indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection, accusing him of orchestrating a long-running plot to provoke military aggression from North Korea as a pretext to impose martial law and consolidate his political power. The indictment marks one of the most serious political prosecutions in South Korea’s modern

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) is facing unprecedented pressure as judges and prosecutors experience the broad effects of US sanctions targeting the court over investigations into alleged war crimes by Israeli and US officials. Staff affected include six judges and the chief prosecutor, who report being cut off from basic financial services, online shopping platforms,

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The United States House of Representatives has approved a historic $901 billion defense spending bill for the 2026 fiscal year, marking the largest military budget in US history. The legislation, part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed on Wednesday with 312 votes in favor and 112 against and is now headed to the

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At least 33 people have been killed and around 70 others wounded after a military airstrike struck a major hospital in Mrauk U township, Rakhine state, Myanmar, according to aid workers, witnesses, and the Arakan Army, a local rebel group engaged in ongoing clashes with the military government. The Mrauk U General Hospital, a key

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