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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Putin planning strike with high-speed Oreshnik missile

Unexploded drone removed from high-rise apartment in Ukraine after Russia strikeVolodymyr Zelensky said that Russia is preparing a strike against ​Ukraine using a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile.
Citing intelligence from Ukraine, the US and Europe, Zelensky’s warning came a day after Vladimir Putin ordered his military to prepare options for retaliation against Ukraine for a drone strike on a student dorm in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, which Ukraine's denied responsibility for.
Zelensky said in an X post that did not mention the ​drone ⁠attack: “We are seeing signs ⁠of preparation for a combined ​strike ⁠on Ukrainian territory, including Kyiv, involving various types of weaponry. The specified intermediate-range weapons could be used in such a strike.”
Russia has already attacked ‌Ukraine twice with the Oreshnik, a missile which Vladimir Putin has boasted is impossible to intercept because of its reported velocity ‌of more than 10 times the spee..

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Rubio renews US ties with India after Trump’s China visit

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday called India a natural partner and invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington, turning the page at least rhetorically on friction despite new-found US warmth towards China.
One week after joining US President Donald Trump on a state visit to Beijing, Rubio – visiting both Asian powers for the first time – flew to New Delhi and met Modi for more than an hour, inviting the premier to visit the White House soon.
“The world’s oldest democracy in…

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‘Let’s give it a try’: motion sickness no barrier for Hong Kong’s first astronaut

Lai Ka-ying suffers from motion sickness, cannot stand hot weather, was not a top student and did not speak Mandarin – all of which made the 43-year-old mother of three an unlikely pick as Hong Kong’s first astronaut.
But the Hong Kong-born payload specialist on China’s Shenzhou-23 mission, which is expected to blast off on Sunday night and head to the Tiangong space station, made it through almost two years of training.
“I held a ‘let’s give it a try’ attitude,” Lai said in interviews with…

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At least 82 killed in Chinese coal mine explosion

At least 82 killed in Chinese coal mine explosion5 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleStephen McDonell,China correspondentandTinshui YeungReutersAt the time of the explosion, 247 workers were said to be on dutyAt least 82 people have been killed and two are missing after a coal mine blast in northern China, officials have said.
Rescue officials revised down the death toll in an update late on Saturday, having earlier said at least 90 people had died.
The gas explosion at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Shanxi province is the worst mining disaster in China since 2009.
There were 247 workers reportedly on duty when the blast happened at 19:29 local time (11:29 GMT) on Friday, with more than 100 people said to be saved and hundreds of rescuers sent to the site.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said no effort must be spared in efforts to treat the injured and search for survivors.
The country's state council later said a “rigorous” investigation would be conducted and those found res..

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‘Go home’ for Green Card rule: Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy explains what H-1B visa holders should do now

Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy explains what H-1B visa holders applying for Green Cards should do. The new Green Card rule that applicants can't wait for their Green Card in the US and should go back to their country of origin has sent shockwaves, as 1.2 million legal immigrants are waiting for years to become permanent residents. The experts are waiting for more clarity on this as to how the USCIS will be executing this, while many said the new rule will be challenged in court, as it is against the law.Indian-origin immigration attorney Rahul Reddy explained that the rules did not change and the law dd not change but the way a Green Card application will be judged has changed.What USCIS says in the new ruleThe USCIS said people come to the US on temporary visas and then apply for a change of status to become permanent citizens. As they wait for this to happen, they continue to stay in the US. The USCIS said this should stop. A person who wants to become a permanent resident of ..

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Shocking reality of 100 families living beneath Manila highways in the Philippines

In parts of northern Manila, the sound of traffic never fully stops. Beneath elevated expressways where thousands of vehicles pass each day, there are narrow settlements built into the shadows of concrete pillars and drainage channels. Families cook meals there, children sleep there, laundry hangs beside cracked support beams, and daily life continues within metres of constant movement overhead.Some residents have spent years living underneath sections of motorway infrastructure in Manila because formal housing remains financially out of reach. What appears temporary from the outside has gradually turned into something more settled. Entire routines exist beneath the roads.Inside the hidden motorway settlement in Manila, Philippines
The settlement sits in spaces most people would normally pass without noticing. Concrete columns divide small areas into makeshift homes assembled from plywood, corrugated metal sheets, tarpaulin and salvaged timber. Some structures are low enough that adult..

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Pete Hegseth facing bipartisan pressure over $600 million Ukraine aid package

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing back on delays by the Department of Defense in sending $600 million in security aid to Ukraine and other allies in eastern Europe, dispatching a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday that calls for the funding to be disbursed.
Friction has grown between Congress and the Trump administration in recent weeks as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle push for updates on what has happened with $400 million in Ukraine and $200 million more for defense programs in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
The money was allocated by Congress last year.
Even Republican lawmakers have aired their frustration as President Donald Trump's administration disengages with Ukraine and other European allies.
“Ukraine has persistently and bravely repelled a four-year Russian onslaught, but its military needs and deserves continued American support,” said Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley in the joint letter.
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Rubio expected to brief New Delhi on Xi-Trump summit during India trip

When Marco Rubio was confirmed as US Secretary of State last year, fireworks of optimism went off in New Delhi. Given his years as a senator championing a pro-India, staunchly anti-China posture, policymakers anticipated an unprecedented alignment.
However, as Rubio arrives in India on Saturday for a four-day visit spanning Kolkata, Agra, Jaipur and New Delhi, he enters a relationship strained by transactional politics, structural deadlock and mounting strategic unease over Washington’s recent…

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Russia’s Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory

Russia's Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory22 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJaroslav LukivReutersRussia says 15 people were still missing after the Ukrainian drone attackRussian President Vladimir Putin has promised retaliation after accusing Ukraine of carrying out a deadly attack on a student dormitory in an occupied part of eastern Ukraine.
Six people were killed and 39 injured in the overnight strike in the town of Starobilsk, Luhansk region, Putin said. Another 15 people were missing.
Ukraine's military said it hit the headquarters of Russia's elite Rubicon drone military unit in Starobilsk. It did not say whether it was the same building as the one identified by Russia.
“There are no military facilities, intelligence service facilities, or related services in the vicinity,” Putin said in Moscow.
“Therefore, there is absolutely no basis for claiming that the munitions struck the building as a result of our air..

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Warsh takes US Fed’s helm with inflation dilemma already unfolding

Kevin Warsh, whose broad criticism of current US ⁠Federal Reserve officials, playbook for rate cuts and ties to President Donald Trump elevated him past ⁠other contenders to lead the central bank, was sworn in as Fed leader on Friday at a pivotal moment for monetary policy and the American economy.
Warsh, wearing a dark suit and tie and accompanied by his wife, Jane Lauder, heiress to the Estee Lauder fortune, was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after a lengthy introduction by…