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Germany's Merz meets Xi in China, seeking closer ties

BEIJING: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, hoping to bolster ties with his country's largest trade partner and high-tech rival as Europe's biggest...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (2nd L) participates in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. — AFP

Ukraine scrambles for energy after Russian drone attacks

Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire at a site in the city of Chuguiv, Kharkiv region. — AFP

Spanish PM calls for stronger ties with Mexico

Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez delivers a press conference during the Leaders Summit, Para State, Brazil. — AFP

Russia hits several key Ukraine energy facilities

Rescuers work at the site of buildings hit during the Russian drone strike, in Dnipro. — Reuters

EU condemns Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon

Members of civil defence stand on rubble at a damaged site after Israeli strikes, in Tayr Debba, southern Lebanon. — Reuters

World leaders launch fund to save forests

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) gives the thumbs up alongside heads of state and representatives as they pose for the family photo of the Leaders Summit, ahead of the COP30 UN climate conference in Belém on Friday. — AFP

‘World must face moral failure of missing 1.5C’

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shake hands at the opening of the Belém Climate Summit plenary session, as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belém on Thursday. — AFP

Collins’ Word of the Year for 2025 is vibe coding

AI-inspired word joins ‘biohacking’, ‘Henry’ and ‘broligarchy’ on tech-heavy 2025 list.

Czech cabinet to resign as election winner moves

Former Czech prime minister and leader of the ANO party, Andrej Babis, speaks during an interview with in Prague. - Reuters File

Poland seeks to train 500,000 volunteers to reinforce defence

Polish soldiers fire from a man-portable air-defence system Piorun as they take part in Polish forces with Nato soldiers hold military exercises 'Iron Defender' at a military range in Wierzbiny near Orzysz, Poland. — Reuters File

Brussels backs advancing Ukraine efforts to join EU

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky poses for a picture together with service members, in the town of Dobropillia in Donetsk region. — Reuters

Spain regional leader resigns, a year after deadly floods

Carlos Mazon gives a press conference to announce his resignation at Valencia's Palau de la Generalitat. — AFP

UK police probe mass train stabbing, 10 wounded

Police officers and members of the Emergency services search the track beneath an LNER Azuma train at Huntingdon Station in Huntingdon, eastern England. — AFP

Two children among dead in blitz on Ukraine

Apartment buildings damaged by a Russian military strike, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine. — Reuters

UK welcomes king's move to strip Andrew of royal titles

The front pages of most of Britain's national newspapers are pictured in a spread created in London dominated by stories about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being stripped of his title of Prince, Duke of York. — AFP

Andrew: The king's brother, who is no longer a British prince

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York
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