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Russian actors were behind a viral video falsely showing mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in the swing state of Pennsylvania, US officials said Friday, amid heightened alert over foreign influence operations targeting the upcoming election. The video, which garnered millions of views on platforms such as the Elon Musk-owned X, purports to show […]

On the outskirts of Mandalay, nervous Myanmar soldiers man a checkpoint just kilometres away from rebels who have set their sights on the former royal capital of 1.5 million people. Ethnic minority rebels and “People’s Defence Forces” battling to overturn the junta’s 2021 coup are riding the wave of a huge offensive launched a year […]

The US political world was stunned in 2016 when Donald Trump won despite pre-election polls showing him behind, and in 2020 Joe Biden’s winning margin wound up slimmer than polling suggested. Have pollsters learned enough from their mistakes to be more accurate this year? With just days to go, Democrat Kamala Harris and Trump seem […]

New Zealand congratulated Kiribati’s Taneti Maamau after the pro-China president was elected on Saturday to a third term in charge of the low-lying Pacific island nation. According to the New Zealand High Commission in Kiribati, Maamau received 20,676 votes, equating to about 55 percent support at the polls, to head off nearest challenger Kaotitaaake Kokoria, […]

The Awa of Colombia are an Indigenous people who have been threatened by armed groups in the country’s southwestern rainforests for decades, but insist on protecting the environment they say they are “connected” to. As environmental policy leaders gather for a major biodiversity meeting in the South American nation, the Awas embody the struggle for […]

Survivors of one of Thailand’s most notorious massacres Friday joined the families of 78 victims who suffocated to death in army trucks to voice anger that those responsible will never be brought to justice. Twenty years after the October 25, 2004 tragedy known as the “Tak Bai massacre”, relatives and supporters gathered for prayers to […]

Britain’s King Charles deflected calls to atone for his country’s colonial past Friday, as a summit of Commonwealth allies turned into a factious debate about the legacy of slavery and empire. Leaders from the 56-nation Commonwealth — made up mostly of British ex-colonies — gathered for a summit in Samoa, hoping to prove the bloc […]

Multiple clashes on Thursday between Mexican security forces and alleged criminals left at least 16 people dead in the violence-plagued southern state of Guerrero, the military said. A first skirmish occurred in the town of Tecpan de Galeana, near the Pacific coast, where two were killed and four more injured. Later, security forces battled with […]