US retreat from UN may create ‘tremendous opportunity’ for nations like China
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US retreat from UN may create ‘tremendous opportunity’ for nations like China

After a week-long gathering of leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York, its president struck a positive tone on Monday. Annalena Baerbock, the former German foreign minister, said there was a collective will to “choose the right path at the crossroads”. “If high-level week is any indication, this house is fulfilling that purpose...

Israel pounds Gaza, killing 70, despite Trump’s call for it to halt bombing | Gaza News
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Israel pounds Gaza, killing 70, despite Trump’s call for it to halt bombing | Gaza News

Israeli attacks across the besieged Gaza Strip have killed at least 70 Palestinians, medical sources said, despite calls from United States President Donald Trump for Israel to stop its bombardment after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of Trump’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war. At least 45 of the victims killed in bombardments...

Elie Saab Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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Elie Saab Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Elie Saab, master of fairytale glamour, must have left his magic wand at home this season. Gone were the thousand-and-one-night gowns, the golden shimmer, the embroidery that could outshine a chandelier. Instead, the show opened with Deva Cassel, Monica Bellucci’s daughter, in a slinky khaki pencil skirt and a silk blouse unbuttoned just so, strutting...

Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive
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Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’s Psyche spacecraft launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 13, 2023. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images The launch orders announced Friday comprise the second batch of NSSL Phase 3 missions the Space Force has awarded to SpaceX and ULA. It’s important to remember that...

Conservatives pledge to remove 750,000 migrants under borders plan
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Conservatives pledge to remove 750,000 migrants under borders plan

Paul SeddonPolitical reporter, Conservative Party Conference, Manchester Reuters The Conservatives say they would task officials with removing 750,000 illegal immigrants from the UK within five years if they win the next election. Under plans unveiled as its annual conference begins, the party has pledged to ban people who enter the UK without permission from ever...

Chinese envoy joins North Korean event for war holiday after skipping last year
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Chinese envoy joins North Korean event for war holiday after skipping last year

China’s ambassador attended North Korean festivities to mark the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Korean War on Sunday, according to NK News analysis of state media, in a contrast with his absence from high-profile celebrations last year.  Footage aired by DPRK state television on Monday shows the Chinese envoy Wang Yajun among other...

French photojournalist killed in drone strike in Ukraine
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French photojournalist killed in drone strike in Ukraine

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican has been killed in a Russian drone strike in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military has said. Grigoriy Ivanchenko, a Ukrainian photojournalist working alongside Mr Lallican, was injured in the same attack on the outskirts of Komyshuvakha, a village in the Donetsk region. The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ and...

Consume Me review: a raw and messy memoir in video game form
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Consume Me review: a raw and messy memoir in video game form

There’s a lot of math in diet culture. It’s all numbers — calories in, calories burned — and a constant tally running in one’s head. In some ways, disordered eating can be considered a disturbed sort of strategy game, which is precisely why Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson’s Consume Me works so well. The...

Ex-coach Jimbo Fisher makes tearful return to Florida State
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Ex-coach Jimbo Fisher makes tearful return to Florida State

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jimbo Fisher was brought to tears while returning to Florida State‘s campus for the first time since resigning to take the Texas A&M coaching job in 2017. Fisher, now an ACC Network analyst, was wildly cheered at the start of the network’s pregame show outside Doak Campbell Stadium. He turned in his...