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Canada

Cartographic complications: Trump reiterates renaming Lake Ontario, New Mexico, Strait of Hormuz

Donald Trump

‘We’ll call it Trump Strait; Iranian leadership will be thrilled’: US President Donald Trump 

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Trump vows $5000 dividend for adults if Republicans win midterm elections

Donald Trump

Explosions heard across Iran’s coastal regions and near Saudi military base: Iranian media

Ansarallah

Baghaei slams Rubio for calling Houthi ‘Iran’s proxy’, calls group ‘independent Yemeni actor’

abuse

FATF issues global alert on money laundering and fraud risks in gaming, gambling; publishes new risk indicators

Donald Trump

Trump says Putin wants Ukraine deal, blames delay on ‘two people that hate each other’

collision

Zelenskyy’s plane narrowly avoids drone threat en route to Oslo: Norwegian PM

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Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,369 as India sends eighth aid flight with over 130 tonnes of relief in total

Beijing

‘Coercion, bullying’: Philippines defence chief calls out China after note interrupts remarks at Seoul forum

AI models

US claims Chinese AI firms are carrying out ‘industrial-scale’ theft of trade secrets

air base

Iran launches missiles at Jordan, claims to trap ‘mysterious US underwater toy’ in Hormuz; oil prices rise

airlines

US sanctions 27 Iranian airlines with third country firms targeted

Cognizant

US halts Cognizant’s green-card filings amid Trump’s visa fraud crackdown

alcoholic beverages

US hits Canada with new import bans and tariffs in trade stand-off

American

US destroys five Iranian oil tankers in response to ballistic missile attacks on navy warship

9/11 attack

‘We will never forget’: Trump honours 9/11 heroes, posthumously awards Medal of Freedom to ‘Man in the Red Bandana’

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Nepal jolted by 5.0 earthquake amid ongoing flood rescue efforts as death toll reaches 1,366

Arnold Dix

Australian tunnel rescuer Arnold Dix says he faces ‘unprecedented’ challenge in flood-hit Nepal

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North Korea’s Kim unveils a new destroyer which will be part of a nuclear response system