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EU seeks more vessels to secure Hormuz navigation 

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has said securing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz after the Iran war ends will require more ships, including additional vessels from…
Updated 5 hours ago

Tentative deal to extend ceasefire 

US and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday to extend the ceasefire in the three-month-old war by 60 days and begin a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, according…
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Updated 9 hours ago

Water shortages worsen across Cuba as oil supplies dwindle

Nearly three million Cubans experience water shortages every day because of a severe oil shortage that government officials blame on a US. energy blockade, authorities said late Wednesday during a…
Updated 9 hours ago

Large icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland, on August 16, 2019

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to…
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Updated 5 hours ago

Deal reached to export LNG to Germany 

Canada has reached a deal to export liquefied natural gas to Germany from a planned Pacific coast terminal, an official familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The official confirmed that Canada…
May 28, 2026

Gov’t unveils US$75m investment in highway through the Amazon

Brazil’s government announced yesterday that it will invest US$75 million in the BR-319 highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest, a project environmentalists say could accelerate deforestation…
Updated 12 hours ago

Water shortages worsen as oil supplies dwindle

Nearly three million Cubans experience water shortages every day because of a severe oil shortage that government officials blame on a US energy blockade, authorities said late Wednesday during a…
May 28, 2026

Ghana begins repatriating citizens due to anti-immigration tensions

The first group of around 300 Ghanaian nationals flew to their country yesterday, as their government began a voluntary repatriation programme for its citizens in response to anti-immigration tensions…
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Updated 12 hours ago

Rights group: US deported Cubans, Venezuelans into cartel danger

The Trump administration has deported nearly 13,000 Cubans, Venezuelans and other nationals to Mexico, where they are vulnerable to cartel violence in an unfamiliar country, a report by Human Rights…