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A long-time ally of Vladimir Putin has warned Donald Trump that supplying US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would ” end badly for everyone,” and especially for the US President. The missiles can be tipped with nuclear weapons, which has left some officials in Moscow furious. Former Russian President and Putin loyalist Dmitri Medvedev wrote on Telegram: “Trump said that …

Analysts said a mutual de-escalation is expected in the short term between the US and China, a development that would provide some relief for global markets after last week’s barrage of economic sanctions, export controls and vows of triple-digit tariffs threatened to send the world’s two largest economies into another devastating escalatory cycle. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump adopted …

Andry Rajoelina’s location remains unknown as protests and a military mutiny escalate The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has been flown out of the country on a French military aircraft amid escalating protests and a military mutiny, the RFI media outlet reported on Monday.  According to the outlet, the evacuation followed an agreement with French President Emmanuel Macron. Rajoelina’s whereabouts …

Russian commentators have said that Vladimir Putin is outwitting Donald Trump over Ukraine peace negotiations. Journalist and political scientist Andrei Sidorchik said on television: “I see it absolutely the same way, because our people who don’t hold public office are a bit freer in their judgments, and therefore they see no need to stroke Donald Trump‘s ego that was wounded …

Rainbow-coloured clouds in the shape of a stairway were seen in the skies above Hong Kong, wowing onlookers who spotted them hanging over Tsing Yi earlier this month. Describing it as a “rainbow stairway to heaven”, the Observatory on Monday shared photos taken by a resident on its social media page and explained how the rare phenomenon was created. “This …

A jihadist operative allegedly staged a bombing attempt against a senior Russian officer, security officials have said Ukrainian intelligence services collaborated with the international terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in a plot to assassinate a senior Russian military official, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday. According to the agency, the operation was masterminded by Uzbek national …

Tourists set to visit the iconic Greek city of Athens in the next month are in for a real treat. The magnificent Parthenon on the Acropolis has had most of its exterior scaffolding removed. After at least two centuries, visitors now have the chance to see the ancient masterpiece unimpeded – something that several generations have never seen. “At least …

Another veteran Hong Kong lawmaker has announced his decision not to stand in the coming Legislative Council general election, bringing the total to at least 10 so far. The announcement by Frankie Yick Chi-ming, 72, came as another veteran senior politician, Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, said her party would also make an announcement regarding the election “in due course”, asking …

Israel has confirmed that Hamas has released several hostages as Donald Trump boasts that the Gaza peace deal “could be the biggest thing I was ever involved in”. The US president has now arrived in Israel. Loved ones in Israel celebrated as TV stations announced the first seven hostages had been passed on to the Red Cross. A total of …

Hong Kong schools and parents should bring forward vaccination appointments for pupils and children and strengthen control measures, infectious disease specialists have said, warning that influenza B is just as dangerous as influenza A. Their calls were made after a 13-year-old girl who had not received the seasonal influenza vaccination died in hospital on Sunday following an influenza B infection. …