China accuses Australia of deliberate provocation in South China Sea
BEIJING - China accused Australia on Friday of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying the latter was spreading "false narratives", though Australia maintained its action adhered to international law.
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Hamas expected to name Israeli hostages it will free this weekend
JERUSALEM — Hamas was expected Friday to name three hostages it will release this weekend as part of a planned exchange for Palestinian prisoners, local media said, after days of uncertainty in which Israel threatened to scrap a nearly month-old Gaza ceasefire deal.
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Zelensky at Munich security meet as Trump-Putin talks spark alarm
MUNICH (GERMANY) — President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet United States Vice President JD Vance in Germany on Friday with a warning against trusting Russia's Vladimir Putin, as concerns mount in Kyiv and among its European allies that the Ukraine war will be settled over their heads.
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Trump eyes summit with Xi-Putin, shaking up world order
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks.
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Air passenger from Bangkok arrested in Hong Kong over 'space oil' haul worth B36m
HONG KONG — A 22-year-old air passenger from Bangkok has been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of bringing in eight kilogrammes of the key component of the emerging drug known as "space oil", worth an estimated HK$8.4 million (36 million baht).
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Ecuador's wild west shows limits of Noboa's 'iron fist'
PUERTO BOLIVAR (ECUADOR) - On Ecuador's lawless southwest coast, drug gangs operate with impunity and terrified residents ask if their president's "iron fist" security policies are just words.
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