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Deadly Portugal wildfires force new evacuations
LISBON (TIP): Deadly wildfires raging in Portugal have forced more people to evacuate their homes as crews battled dozens of blazes on september 18 in the nation’s north. Stifling heat and strong winds have fanned […]
Four Namibian children die after being trapped in freezer
NAMIBIA (TIP): Four young children died after becoming trapped inside a disused freezer while playing hide and seek in northeastern Namibia, police said september 17. The children, aged between three and six, climbed into the […]
Taiwan, Hungary firms deny making Hezbollah pagers
BUDAPEST (TIP): A Taiwanese company and its Hungarian partner on september 18 reportedly denied making pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon. The New York Times, citing American and other anonymous […]
Death toll climbs to 199 in Vietnam as typhoon’s aftermath brings flash floods and landslides
HANOI, Vietnam (TIP): Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and 128 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported September 12. Vietnam’s VNExpress […]
Israeli defense chief says a temporary truce with Hamas is possible; Ending the war is another story
The United States, along with mediators Egypt and Qatar, has been working for months to broker a cease-fire to end the devastating war between Israel and Hamas TEL AVIV (TIP): Israel’s Defense Minister says the […]
Putin says India, China, Brazil could mediate Russia-Ukraine peace talks
Istanbul (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 5 said that he was ready for talks with Ukraine, on the basis of an aborted deal between Moscow’s and Kyiv’s negotiators reached in Istanbul in 2022. […]
A French woman whose husband is accused of inviting over 50 men to rape her testifies in court
AVIGNON (TIP): A woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband so that she could be raped while unconscious by other men testified on September 5 that her world collapsed when police uncovered the […]
Hamas urges US pressure on Israel as Netanyahu says ‘no deal in the making’
Hamas (TIP): Hamas called on the United States on Sept 5 to “exert real pressure” on Israel to reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there is no deal in the […]
China’s Xi promises $50 billion for Africa over next three years
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged on September 5 more than $50 billion in financing for Africa over the next three years, promising to deepen cooperation in infrastructure and trade with the continent as […]
Israeli forces launch strikes across Gaza Strip, 34 killed
Cairo (TIP): Israeli forces sent tanks deeper into Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and launched strikes across the enclave as they battled Hamas-led militants, killing at least 34 Palestinians on August 28, medics […]
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un oversees tests of ‘suicide drones’
Seoul (TIP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched as new “suicide drones” took off and destroyed test targets, including a mock tank, and urged researchers to develop artificial intelligence for the unmanned vehicles, state […]
Manslaughter probe opened into yacht sinking
Termini Imerese (Italy) (TIP): An Italian prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people who were killed when a luxury yacht sank in stormy […]