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China’s Xi, North Korea’s Kim pledge to boost ties at rare Pyongyang summit

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  President Xi Jinping is on a rare visit to North Korea, where he commits to deeper cooperation with Kim Jong Un. Kim, for his part, affirmed that North Korea and China will maintain their friendship as “the most important top-priority strategic work”, the KCNA reported. Kim called Xi “the greatest state guest”, saying he views the fact that Xi chose North Korea as a destination for his first foreign travel this year as “the most encouraging support” to North Korea, according to KCNA. Kim also reiterated Pyongyang’s support for Beijing’s “one China principle”, a reference to Beijing’s official position that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. Kim and Xi also discussed international and regional issues and reached a broad agreement on strengthening strategic coordination to safeguard their shared interests, KCNA said. China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday that Xi expressed China’s willingness to expand cooperation in a wide range of areas, including trad...
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Flesh-eating parasite spreads further in the US, despite decades of eradication

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  The number of animals infested with a parasitic fly whose larvae feast on living flesh has risen to five, according to the US Department of Agriculture. There are now five confirmed cases of New World screwworm among animals in the United States, following the first infestation reported last week in Texas. The affected animals include three calves and a goat in Texas, as well as a dog in the neighbouring state of New Mexico. “We need the partnership of animal owners across the region — please stay vigilant, check your animals closely, and report anything that looks suspicious. Together, we can protect our livestock, our communities, and the health of animals nationwide,” said Dudley Hoskins, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. What is the screwworm fly? The screwworm is a species of parasitic fly that completes part of its lifecycle by feeding on the tissue and flesh of warm-blooded animals and humans. The female fly lays eggs in open wounds or m...
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Trump booed in New York as he becomes first US president to attend NBA Finals

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  Donald Trump has been booed at a basketball match in New York as he became the first sitting US president to attend the NBA Finals. The catcalls came after frustrated ticketholders waited for hours in queues that stretched more than two blocks outside Madison Square Garden on Monday due to the intense security restrictions that came with the US president's appearance. The New York Knicks lost 111-115 to the San Antonio Spurs in game three of the best-of-seven NBA finals, cutting the Knicks' lead in the series to 2-1. After the game, Trump told reporters: "It was, I think, mostly cheers. It was loud, and it was very enthusiastic." Booing broke out on Monday evening when a camera showed Trump on large screens in the arena, saluting as a singer performed the national anthem. The president attended with his granddaughter Kai Trump and Knicks owner James Dolan, along with members of his administration that included Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Interior Secretary ...
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Trump warns Israel against new strikes as ceasefire holds

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  Iran warns fighting could restart as tensions remain high and Trump urges Israel to protect the fragile ceasefire. Iran and Israel  have paused tit-for-tat  attacks against each other that had threatened to unravel the fragile ceasefire in place since April 8, but tensions remain high. Tehran has warned that fighting could resume if Israel continues with its attacks, including on Lebanon. The ceasefire is also facing pressure from growing public disagreements between Israel and the United States. According to Axios, US President Donald Trump warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be “careful” as continued strikes risk undermining the truce. The Iranian parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said repeated Israeli violations showed there was no “genuine will to build trust”. He warned that the ceasefire remains brittle and could break. Here is what’s happening: In Iran Israel said it targeted the Mahshahr petrochemical complex in the southwest on Mo...
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Russian attacks kill 5 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy hails talks with US envoys

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  Ukraine’s president hopes to reinvigorate diplomacy after ‘very positive’ talks with US envoys and European leaders. A pregnant woman and two others were killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, while two people were killed in Donetsk, Ukrainian officials have said. The overnight missile attacks on the town of Chuhuiv also injured six people and caused damage to residential buildings and shops, the regional prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. In the city of Kharkiv, 16 people were wounded in a drone attack, including children. Photos shared online by officials show a burning building and burnt-out cars. Two people were killed in Bilozerske and Druzhkivka on Monday, Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk state administration, said on Facebook, with 11 others injured in Sloviansk and Shabelkivka. The strikes come after Ukraine intensified its long-range drone strikes on Russian oil facilities, prompting fuel shortages, while  Russia  conducted la...
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Israel and Iran flare-up could strengthen Tehran's negotiating hand

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  Israel's tit-for-tat strikes with Iran over the weekend, despite US President Donald Trump's call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold fire, threatened to thrust the Middle East back into another round of direct confrontation between Tehran and Washington. Israel bombed sites in Iran for the first time since a ceasefire in April, after Iran fired missiles at Israel, in what Tehran said was retaliation for Israeli strikes on Lebanon's capital, Beirut. The current web of fractious alliances and dysfunctional ceasefires shows how dangerously destabilised the region remains, more than three months after the US and Israel launched their war on Iran. The escalation also highlights three points about the current trajectory of the war: Trump can't or won't contain his Israeli ally to the extent he publicly proclaims, a point not lost on Tehran, which aims to prise open any differences between the US and Israel Tehran is prepared to risk retaliation against its ow...
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