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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

Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at UN summit

Belgium's Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Work David Clarinva

Xi, Putin round on West at China's regional summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shows the way to Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin. — AFP

Greta Thunberg joins flotilla heading to Gaza

Greta Thunberg and other activists

Ukraine vows to retaliate after Russian attacks on power sector

Workers repair power line next to damaged houses, in Sloviansk. — AFP

Russia strikes across Ukraine as peace talks flounder

Local residents embrace each other next to a damaged residential building, in Zaporizhzhia. — AFP

Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker Parubiy shot dead

Andriy Parubiy

Guinness World Records unveils 70 unclaimed titles for anniversary

Deb Hoffmann holds the record for the largest collection of Winnie the Pooh memorabilia

Germany, France threaten Russia with further sanctions

French President Emmanuel Macron (front, R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (front L) pose with members of their government for a family photo after a plenary session of the 25th Franco-German cabinet meeting in Toulon, south-eastern France, on August 29, 2025. (Photo by Manon Cruz / POOL / AFP)

Putin to meet Pezeshkian after Europe triggers sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link in Moscow. — Reuters File

Russian missiles pound Ukraine, damage EU and British offices

Rescuers clear debris in a residential building in a damaged area following a large-scale Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv amid the Russian war in Ukraine. - AFP

Motive probed for US shooting that killed 2 kids, injured 17

Mourners become emotional as they embrace during a vigil at Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minnesota, for the victims of a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis. — AFP

Russia rejects EU troops in Ukraine, speedy Zelensky meeting

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike, in Sumy region, Ukraine. — Reuters

Denmark summons US diplomat over Greenland 'interference'

A protester holds a sign in front of the US consulate during a demonstration, in Nuuk, Greenland. — AFP file photo

France faces political crisis over Bayrou’s vote

France's PM Francois Bayrou delivers a speech at the Bierville estate in Boissy-la-Riviere, southern of Paris. — AFP

Australia hunts gunman after officers killed

Police stand at the scene of a shooting in Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia. — Reuters
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