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5.9-magnitude quake hits Dodecanese Islands, Greece: GFZ
New York [US], June 3: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Dodecanese Islands, Greece at 23:17:28 GMT on...

South Koreans vote for new president today after...
Seoul [South Korea], June 3: South Koreans are set to elect a new president on Tuesday to succeed Yoon Suk...

Ukraine, Russia still far apart after peace talks...
Istanbul [Turkey], June 3: A second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough,...

Conservative Nawrocki wins close Polish presidential election
Warsaw [Poland], June 3: Conservative Karol Nawrocki has won a knife-edge vote to become Poland's next president, the electoral commission...

Former German FM Baerbock elected president of UN...
New York [US], June 3: Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected president of the UN General Assembly with...

Israel's Gaza attacks kill 51 Palestinians
Gaza [Gaza City], June 3: At least 51 Palestinians have been killed and 503 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza...

Al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out huge...
Bamako [Mali], June 3: An al-Qaeda linked group said it carried out a major attack on the Malian town of...

Six people injured in 'targeted terror attack' in...
Washington DC [US], June 3: Six people were injured in an incident that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...

Ukraine drones strike bombers during major attack in...
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 3: Ukraine says it completed its biggest long-range attack of the war with Russia on Sunday, after...

Google to spend $500 million revamping compliance in...
Washington DC [US], June 3: Google agreed to spend $500 million over 10 years to overhaul its compliance structure, to...

South Koreans vote for president after months of...
Seoul [South Korea], June 3: South Koreans will elect a new president on Tuesday to cap six months of turmoil...

Russia sets out punitive terms at peace talks...
Moscow [Russia], June 3: Russia told Ukraine at peace talks on Monday that it would only agree to end the...

UK moving to warfighting readiness, threats more serious...
Starmer said Britain's defence policy will always be "NATO first".

Hisense donates to South Africa school on Int'l...
Johannesburg [South Africa], June 2: As part of International Children's Day celebrations, Chinese electronics giant Hisense on Sunday donated essential...

Egypt launches campaign to combat single-use plastic bags
Cairo [Egypt], June 2: Egypt launched a national awareness campaign against single-use plastic bags on Sunday.

EVs account for 61 pct of new car...
Oslo [Norway], June 2: Electric vehicles (EVs) accounted for more than 60 percent of Denmark's new car sales in May,...

Feature: Kidults' emotional cravings, not just toys, drive...
London [UK], June 2: A crowd of collectors and POP MART fans gathers outside the brand's brightly lit flagship store...

Man dead after shooting incident at shopping center...
London [UK], June 2: A man has died and a child was injured after a shooting incident at a shopping...

Rafal Trzaskowski leads in Poland's presidential runoff: exit...
Warsaw [Poland], June 2: Rafal Trzaskowski, mayor of Warsaw, was leading by a narrow margin in Poland's presidential runoff on...

Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in Greece
Athens [Greece], June 2: Hundreds of spectators gathered at the Olympic Rowing Center in Schinias, northeast of Athens, on Sunday...

FFC aid ship aiming to break Israel's siege...
Rome [Italy], June 2: International nonprofit organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) says one of its vessels has left Sicily to...

Wilders threatens to leave Dutch government if no...
Washington DC [US], June 2: Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders has reiterated his threat to break up the governing coalition...

Polish presidential election run-off too close to call,...
Warsaw [Poland], June 2: Exit polls indicated on Sunday that the result in the run-off for the Polish presidency between...

Trump withdraws nomination of Musk ally Isaacman as...
Washington DC [US], June 2: US President Donald Trump has withdrawn his nomination of billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as...

Bus plunges off bridge in northern Nigeria, killing...
Abuja [Nigeria], June 2: A bus crash in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has killed 22 athletes returning home from...

Ukraine, Russia agree to peace talks as they...
Kiev [Ukraine], June 2: Ukraine has agreed to a Russian proposal for a further round of direct peace talks starting...

Israel attacks kill 32 Palestinians waiting for food...
Gaza City [Gaza], June 2: Israel has killed at least 32 Palestinians waiting to get food at two aid distribution...