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Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing
Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing

VIENTIANE, Laos: Five people who were trapped inside a cave in Laos for about a week were found alive on May 27. Rescue teams from...

(SP)SINGAPORE-BADMINTON-SINGAPORE OPEN-MEN'S SINGLES-FINAL
(SP)SINGAPORE-BADMINTON-SINGAPORE OPEN-MEN'S SINGLES-FINAL

(260601) -- SINGAPORE, June 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Loh Kean Yew reacts during the men's singles final match between Alex Lanier of France...

Trump pushes for revisions to proposed Iran deal, US media report
Trump pushes for revisions to proposed Iran deal, US media report

Washington, DC [US], June 1 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has requested further amendments to a proposed agreement with Iran aimed...

Storm exposes Pakistan's fragile utility grid; Lahore plunged into total darkness
Storm exposes Pakistan's fragile utility grid; Lahore plunged into total darkness

Lahore [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): A severe thunderstorm has exposed the crumbling state of Pakistan's public utilities, battering the...

Crumbling infrastructure, broken governance: Power failure plunges inflation-hit Karachi into severe water crisis
Crumbling infrastructure, broken governance: Power failure plunges inflation-hit Karachi into severe water crisis

Karachi [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): Mirroring the systemic governance collapse and crumbling infrastructure in Pakistan, Karachi has...

Trump casts doubt on JD Vance's potential to carry MAGA forward ahead of 2028 race: NYT Report
Trump casts doubt on JD Vance's potential to carry MAGA forward ahead of 2028 race: NYT Report

Washington, DC [US], June 1 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has harboured private reservations regarding whether Vice President JD...

International

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AUKUS nations to partner on unmanned undersea vehicles by 2027
AUKUS nations to partner on unmanned undersea vehicles by 2027

SINGAPORE: The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia are working together to build unmanned underwater vehicles under their...

11 Lebanese children get killed or injured every 24 hours, UN says
11 Lebanese children get killed or injured every 24 hours, UN says

GENEVA, Switzerland: On average, eleven children have been killed or injured every 24 hours in Lebanon over the past week, the U.N.'s...

New Glenn blast deals setback to Blue Origin ambitions
New Glenn blast deals setback to Blue Origin ambitions

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Blue Origin suffered a major setback in its effort to challenge SpaceX after an uncrewed New Glenn rocket...

Ex-head of Shaolin Temple gets 24 years jail for embezzlement, bribery
Ex-head of Shaolin Temple gets 24 years jail for embezzlement, bribery

BEIJING, China: Shi Yongxin, the former abbot of China's Shaolin Temple, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for crimes such as embezzlement...

Trump’s plan for $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund blocked by judge
Trump’s plan for $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund blocked by judge

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A U.S. judge on May 29 temporarily stopped President Donald Trump's administration from creating a nearly US$1.8...

Slavery-era laws repealed by French parliament
Slavery-era laws repealed by French parliament

PARIS, France: French lawmakers voted on May 28 to officially cancel old slavery-era laws that treated enslaved people as property...

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