Also this week, the regime reclaimed a stretch of the China border trade route, ramped up election propaganda, and showcased its think-tank on the international stage.

Kenyan police on Friday admitted there were failures in their response to the Kwa Binzaro cult tragedy, as the official death toll rose to 32 following the inclusion of earlier exhumations that had not been counted.

Russia pounded Ukraine with deadly missiles and drone strikes early on Thursday in a sweeping attack that the U.S. special envoy on Ukraine said undermined President Donald Trump's peace efforts.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Thursday attended a high-level forum aimed at strengthening business ties between Somalia and China, promoting investment opportunities and connecting business communities from both nations.

En Polynésie française, 37 à 39% de la population fume… Le tabac reste une véritable problématique de santé publique au fenua. Pour aider ceux qui veulent arrêter, la campagne « Mois sans tabac » est de nouveau lancée : un défi collectif, mais aussi un accompagnement personnalisé.

Après trois ans comme Haut-commissaire de la République en Polynésie française, Éric Spitz quitte le fenua. Avant son départ, il nous a accordés une interview «sans protocole». Entre gestes politiques et souvenirs intimes, il livre une vision tranchée de la Polynésie d’aujourd’hui. À retrouver en intégralité sur notre chaîne Youtube.

A devastating landslide in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district has left seven members of a family feared dead after their house was flattened due to heavy rains in the Mahore area. Rescue operations are underway to locate the missing family, including the house owner, his wife, and their five minor sons.

During Prime Minister Modi's visit to Tokyo, India and Japan solidified their partnership by signing 21 agreements, MOUs, and launching initiatives. These collaborations span diverse sectors, including security, space exploration, digital partnership, and clean energy. Modi emphasized the potential of combining Japan's excellence with India's scale, particularly in manufacturing, technology, and green energy.

Social Security’s chief data officer left after he said the DOGE staff had uploaded personal information for more than 300 million people to the digital cloud.

SINGAPORE — The National Basketball League (NBL) Division 1 final will be postponed from Aug 30 to Sept 7, after defending champions Adroit had earlier fielded suspended players who are under investigation for allegedly fixing league games.In a statement on Aug 29, the Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS) said that the club “included players who are currently under suspension” in their NBL semi-final win (67 to 52) over Siglap on Aug 27. In the other semi-final at the Singapore Basketball Centre, Eng Tat Hornets edged out SG Basketball 79 to 73.

The police are seeking the public's help to locate 11-year-old Muhammad Hairil Muhammad Effendi, who has been reported missing.In a news release issued on Friday (Aug 29), the Singapore Police Force said the boy was last seen in the vicinity of Block 29 Marine Crescent at around 11.05am on that day.Hairil, who has special needs and is mostly non-verbal, is said to have left home barefoot and shirtless, wearing only a pair of grey shorts, according to a post by the Reunite Missing Children Facebook page. His parents discovered he was missing around 11am on that day, with a neighbour's CCTV camera recording him leaving their Marine Terrace flat.

Coastal barriers, raised structures and tidal gates are among the recommended measures to protect the Greater Southern Waterfront (GSW) and Changi from the threat of rising sea levels, Singapore's National Water Agency PUB announced on Saturday (Aug 30).The proposals are part of PUB's first site-specific coastal protection study for the City-East Coast, which also covers the upcoming Long Island project.The Long Island project, announced in 2023, is an integrated solution that will protect the entire East Coast area. Together with GSW and Changi, the measures will form a continuous line of defence against coastal flooding.Said Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong at the inaugural Coastal Protection Exhibition on Aug 30 (Saturday) at VivoCity. «Coastal protection requires long term and careful planning. And trade offs are inevitable. There are still coastlines with unique characteristics that we will proceed with site specific studies progressively.»We will explore solutions that will have to balance across diverse priorities, while maintaining and providing the flexibility to adjust subsequently."

Through those severe trials, the finest traditions of friendship and mutual assistance were forged and strengthened - traditions that today form a solid foundation for Russian-Chinese relations, Vladimir Putin said

The Russian President explained that these dangerous tendencies stem from a reluctance to acknowledge the direct culpability of the predecessors of today's Western elites in unleashing the world war

According to Donald Trump, if these tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the US

In terms of trade volume, transactions between Russia and China are carried out in rubles and yuan, with the dollar or euro share reduced to a statistical discrepancy, Vladimir Putin emphasized

Russian servicemen advanced northeast of this settlement, reducing the distance to the urban agglomeration by 500 meters, Andrey Marochko said

President Vladimir Putin has outlined the deepening alliance between Russia and China, highlighting their shared legacy and common vision Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia and China are working together to strengthen BRICS and reform the international financial system, the Russian president has said Read Full Article at RT.com

US Vice President J.D. Vance has accused Politico of running a “foreign influence operation” against special envoy Steve Witkoff Read Full Article at RT.com

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has escalated her anti-Russia rhetoric to justify the EU’s militarization push Read Full Article at RT.com

Dans les Tuamotu, c’est la nature qui dicte le train de vie. Qu’il s’agisse de préservation de l’environnement ou de production agricole, tout se fait en accord et dans le respect de la nature. À Takume on enlève les vieilles lignes perlicoles pour améliorer la qualité du lagon. Et à Raroia un couple produit des œufs et des légumes dans l’environnement difficile des Tuamotu.

The two leaders met at Trump's golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, last month before travelling abroad Air Force One together to the US President's Aberdeenshire golf club.

It is mid-afternoon in a high street in Scotland and a young man is openly snorting cocaine in a doorway. A few yards away, schoolchildren on bicycles are selling drugs.

There was a time when the Captain's Club Hotel in Christchurch, Dorset, might have welcomed the likes of former beauty queen Samantha Williamson (pictured, as Miss UK in 2003).

As shock turns to a sense of furious revulsion across an entire country, there is one haunting little detail that stands out. 'I keep thinking about that red handbag,' wrote a Dutch poet last week.