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Beijing Deal For Post-war Gaza Leaves Analysts Skeptical

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stands between senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzuk (R) and Fatah envoy Mahmud al-Aloul at the signing ceremony in Beijing
The agreement, signed by more than a dozen Palestinian factions on Tuesday, aims to find common ground for future Palestinian political institutions, which are currently divided between the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Map showing the approximate area of the deadly landslide in Southern Ethiopia

Search Goes On After Ethiopia Landslides Kill 229

Humanitarian agencies were also scrambling to rush emergency relief aid to the stricken community after the deadliest such incident recorded in Ethiopia, a country highly vulnerable to climate-related disasters.
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Visitors role play as researchers in a mock burger laboratory at an adults-only event at KidZania in Seoul

Theme Park's Novel Bid To Fix South Korea Youth Unemployment

Part of a Mexican-owned global chain, KidZania typically offers young children the chance to play at dozens of different jobs, from firefighter to dentist, in giant indoor centers, including one in Seoul that receives hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.
AFP news Jul 23, 2024
Palestinian factions including Hamas and Fatah met in Beijing

Hamas Announces 'National Unity' Deal With Palestinian Rivals

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who hosted senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzuk, Fatah envoy Mahmud al-Aloul and emissaries from 12 other Palestinian groups, said they had agreed to set up an "interim national reconciliation government" to govern post-war Gaza.
AFP news Jul 23, 2024
US President Joe Biden announced his shock ending of his reelection campaign after weeks of pressure to step aside for a younger candidate

Biden Exits 2024 Election, Endorses Harris

Biden, 81, said he was acting in the "best interest of my party and the country" by bowing to weeks of pressure after a disastrous June debate against Donald Trump stoked worries about his age and mental fitness.
AFP news Jul 22, 2024
Ukraine is facing manpower shortages in its war against Russia

Ukraine Soldiers On Tour To Reach 'Our Voice In Europe'

Four soldiers from Ukraine's popular Third Assault Brigade kicked off their meet-and-greets in the Polish capital on Sunday, home to large numbers of Ukrainian refugees, more than two years into the conflict.
AFP news Jul 22, 2024
Microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung, who helped Hong Kong battle SARS and Covid-19, fears a future pandemic could be far worse

'Hong Kong's Dr Fauci' Sounds Alarm On Next Pandemic

Another pandemic is inevitable and could exact damage far worse than Covid-19, according to the soft-spoken scientist sometimes thought of as Hong Kong's answer to top US health expert Anthony Fauci.
AFP news Jul 19, 2024
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump projected an aura both grandfatherly and messianic

Trump Embraces Faith, Family In Glitzy Convention Finale

Multiple speakers in Milwaukee have suggested it was divine intervention that had saved him from assassination at the hands of a gunman in Pennsylvania last week, and the crowd roared as Trump declared: "I had God on my side."
AFP news Jul 19, 2024
A large-scale outage wrought havoc on IT systems, causing travel delays at Sydney Airport

'Large-scale' IT Outage Hits Companies Worldwide

Australia's National Cyber Security Coordinator said the "large-scale technical outage" was caused by an issue with a "third-party software platform", adding there was no information as yet to suggest hacker involvement.
AFP news Jul 19, 2024
Ursula von der Leyen's supporters believe she will win EU lawmakers' support for a second term as European Commission president

EU Chief Von Der Leyen Faces Crunch Parliament Vote

The German ex-defense minister has led the European Commission since 2019, the first woman in the role. She has weathered several crises like the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine -- and also faced many controversies.
AFP news Jul 18, 2024
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting dozens of European leaders at Blenheim Palace

UK Hosts Summit Eyeing Chance For European 'Reset'

New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts dozens of European leaders on Thursday as he gets to work repairing relationships strained by the Conservatives' tumultuous Brexit years.
AFP news Jul 18, 2024
Son of former US President Donald Trump Donald Trump Jr. speaks during at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Trump To Rally Unified Republicans In Rousing Convention Finale

The 78-year-old ex-president can expect a hero's welcome on the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, as he addresses a nation still reeling from the assassination bid by a lone gunman at a rally in Pennsylvania.
AFP news Jul 18, 2024
Vance was one of several VP contenders who attended Donald Trump's historic criminal trial in New York to support the ex-president

Trump's VP Pick J.D. Vance Stakes Position As Republican Future

Vance has been one of Trump's most effective attack dogs in Congress, promoting the dominant populist ideology -- opposing immigration, insistent on Christianity as a touchstone of public and private morality, and opposing support for Ukraine's fight against Russian invasion.
AFP news Jul 18, 2024
Firefighters extinguish a fire tearing through a shopping centre in Zigong in China's southwestern Sichuan province on July 17, 2024

China Shopping Centre Fire Kills 16

A fire that tore through a shopping centre in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media reported Thursday.
AFP news Jul 18, 2024

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