More than 70 medics infected with Ebola as DRC outbreak spreads ‘fast’
Aid cuts and poor sanitation are deepening fears that Ebola is spreading through displacement camps.
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China bars Philippines defence chief as South China Sea spat sails onwards
Manila says Beijing’s ‘unfriendly act’ against Gilberto Teodoro and his family further complicates bilateral relations.
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Two sentenced to death in Bangkok bombing
Two men were sentenced to death in the 2015 Thai Erawan shrine bombing that killed 20 people and wounded more than 100.
Published On 11 Jun 2026
US-Iran war to pull global economy to post-COVID low: World Bank
Global growth forecast cut to 2.5 percent due to surging energy prices, inflation and borrowing costs.
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Gold is now the top reserve asset. Is dollar dominance at risk?
Gold now accounts for 27% of global reserve holdings, overtaking US Treasuries as the world’s largest reserve asset.
Published On 11 Jun 2026
OpenAI says China-based actors stoking opposition to AI data centres
AI company says ChatGPT accounts sought to ‘exploit and amplify existing public concerns’ about energy prices.
China’s Xi, North Korea’s Kim pledge to boost ties at rare Pyongyang summit
Xi Jinping commits to deeper cooperation with Kim Jong Un on rare state visit to North Korea.
Nuclear weapons spending surges to record high of $119bn, report says
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons says states spent an extra $16.8bn on their nuclear arsenals in 2025.
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‘As close as lips and teeth’: The highs and lows of China-North Korea ties
Chinese President Xi has been welcomed in Pyongyang for his first visit since 2019.
US lists China’s BYD, Alibaba, Baidu as ‘Chinese military companies’
Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, condemns designation, calling it ‘discriminatory’.
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Floods tear through homes and farmland in China’s Guizhou province
Drone footage shows entire neighbourhoods, roads and farmland submerged by floodwaters in China’s southwestern Guizhou.
Published On 8 Jun 2026
