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Putin, Xi cast themselves as defenders of world order

MOSCOW, May 08 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for joining celebrations to mark 80 years since the "sacred" victory over Adolf Hitler in World War Two, and said the two countries stood together now against "neo-Nazism".Xi's presence at this week's anniversary celebrations provides an important...

Kyiv stands by 30-day truce: Zelensky

KYIV, May 08 (Reuters): Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that his country stood by its offer to observe a 30-day ceasefire in its war with Russia, while the Kremlin had made no response to the proposal.A spokesperson for Russia's Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, rejected any suggestion that Moscow had...

Global temperatures stuck at near-record highs in April

PARIS, May 08 (AFP): Global temperatures were stuck at near-record highs in April, the EU's climate monitor said on Thursday, extending an unprecedented heat streak and raising questions about how quickly the world might be warming.The extraordinary heat spell was expected to subside as warmer El Nino conditions faded last...

Israeli strike on Gaza claims five lives

GAZA CITY, May 08 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike killed five people in the north of the war-ravaged Palestinian territory early Thursday.Several more were wounded in the strike "today at dawn on the home of the Abu Rayyan family in the town of Beit Lahiya",...

Hundreds flee across Thai border after attack on Myanmar military

BANGKOK, May 08 (AFP): More than 300 Myanmar people fled into Thailand to seek refuge following an assault on the military by ethnic armed groups, Thailand said Thursday, days after the junta extended a post-earthquake ceasefire.Myanmar has been mired in civil conflict since a military coup in 2021, with the...

Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon

BEIRUT, May 08 (AFP): Lebanese official media said Israel conducted heavy air strikes on the south on Thursday, the latest raids despite a fragile November ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said "Israeli warplanes carried out a wide-scale aerial aggression on the Nabatiyeh region, launching a...

Woman killed in axe attack at Warsaw university

WARSAW, May 08 (BBC): A woman has been killed in an axe attack at the University of Warsaw in Poland, police said.The university said she was a staff member and had come under attack in the main campus building on Wednesday evening. A university guard who came to her aid...