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Heathrow said its teams had worked tirelessly to reopen the world’s fifth-busiest airport after it was forced to close entirely after a huge fire engulfed a substation near the airport on Thursday night, with travellers told to stay away. Read more
Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, head of Indo-Pacific Command, is among the top Defense officials set to present Musk with details on the U.S. plan to counter China in the event of military conflict between the two countries two officials told the New York Times. Read more
After two months of relative calm, Gazans were again fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign against Gaza’s dominant Palestinian militant group Hamas. Read more
Videos verified by Reuters showed a huge blast spreading out from the airfield, wrecking nearby cottages. Russia’s defense ministry said air defenses had shot down 132 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions. Read more
The budding defense cooperation between Canada and the European Union, which is racing to shore up its industry to lower reliance on the United States, would boost Canada’s military manufacturers and offer the country a new market at a time when its relationship with the U.S. has become frayed. Read more
The 330-pound AI humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype “caregiver” to address Japan’s rapidly aging population and chronic shortage of eldercare workers. Read more
Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told reporters that all four had been dual citizens and said Ottawa would ask for leniency for other Canadians facing the same fate. Read more
Zelenskyy asked Trump for more air defense support to protect his country against Russian attacks and the U.S. president said he would help locate the necessary military equipment in Europe. Read more
Putin emphasized that any resolution of the conflict would require an end to all military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine, it said. Read more
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It was the fastest pace since 1991, before land prices began a long decline in the wake of the bursting of the asset “bubble.” Read more
Trump had called Judge James E. Boasberg a “Radical Left Lunatic” in a social media post and said he should be impeached. Read more
Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas each accused the other of breaching the truce, which had broadly held since January Read more
The global health agency said that Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and Ukraine could exhaust their supply of HIV treatments in the coming months. Read more
Trump is trying to win Putin’s support for a 30-day ceasefire proposal that Ukraine accepted last week. Read more
In a proclamation published on Saturday, President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport alleged members of Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that has been linked to kidnapping, extortion and contract killings. Read more
“If we can sustain this amount … for a longer period of time, that would be the amount that would allow Ukrainians to keep their armed forces at current strength,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys told Reuters on Sunday. Read more
The airstrikes, which the Houthi-run health ministry said killed at least 53 people, are the biggest U.S. military operation in the Middle East since President Donald Trump took office in January. One U.S. official told Reuters the campaign might continue for weeks. Read more
Authorities arrested about 20 people in connection with the fire, including government officials and the manager of the “Pulse” nightclub, which did not have a legitimate licence, Interior Minister Pance Toskovski told a press conference. Read more
Francis is pictured from behind in the image as he is seated in a chapel at the hospital. Read more
The president also warned Iran, the Houthis’ main backer, that it needed to immediately halt support to the group. Read more
G7 foreign ministers took a tough stance on China on Friday, stepping up language on Taiwan and omitting some conciliatory references from past statements, including to “one China” policies. Read more
