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US elections: Biden hails better-than-expected midterms results

BBC News: US President Joe Biden has expressed relief after Democrats fended off major Republican gains in the midterms. Republicans are inching towards control of the House of Representatives, but Mr Biden noted that a “giant red wave” did not materialise on Tuesday night. Either party could still win the Senate, which hinges on three […]

Ukraine war: US estimates 200,000 military casualties on all sides

BBC News: The most senior US general estimates that around 100,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine. Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, also suggested that around 40,000 civilians had died after being caught up in the conflict. The estimates are […]

WHO says no food and medicine reaching Tigray yet

BBC News: The World Health Organization says no food or medicine has reached the Ethiopian region of Tigray despite the signing of a ceasefire last week. The United Nations has accused Ethiopia as using starvation as a weapon of war in Tigray, where it says a humanitarian blockade put 90% of the population at risk. […]

Taiwan’s Tsai thanks British minister for support

ABC News: TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday thanked British Trade Minister Greg Hands for London’s support for Taiwan after he became the latest foreign official to defy Chinese pressure and visit the self-ruled island democracy. Tsai expressed hope for “new heights” in British-Taiwanese relations and “joint achievements” at a time when the […]

Six dead after powerful earthquake hits Nepal, rattles New Delhi

Reuters: KATHMANDU, Nov 9 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Nepal early Wednesday, killing at least six people, destroying multiple houses in the western district of Doti and shaking the Indian capital New Delhi, officials said. Five other people were seriously injured as eight houses collapsed, said Bhola Bhatta, Doti’s deputy superintendent of police, […]

South Korea salvages parts of Soviet-era North Korean missile

Reuters: SEOUL -Debris from a North Korean missile salvaged from South Korean waters were identified as parts of a Soviet-era SA-5 surface-to-air missile, South Korea’s defence ministry said on Tuesday. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Monday an underwater probe by a South Korean navy ship had recovered part of a North Korean […]

Ukraine promises not to give up ‘a single centimetre’ to Russia in east

Reuters: KYIV, Nov 9 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday night said his forces would not yield “a single centimetre” in battles for control of eastern Donetsk region while Russian-installed officials described Ukrainian forces moving into one southern town with tanks. The focal points of the conflict in the industrial region of Donetsk are around […]

Leaders push for climate action, fossil tax at UN talks

UK to announce U.S. gas deal after climate change summit -Telegraph

Reuters: Nov 7 – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to announce a major natural gas deal with the United States after the COP27 climate change summit, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday. Britain hopes the United States will promise about 10 billion cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the coming year, […]