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Sunak’s plan to make 18-year-olds do national service grabs attention on U.K. election trail

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to bring back a form of national service for the first time in more than 60 years, seeking to energize his election campaign after a faltering start.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a veteran's breakfast while campaigning ahead of the general election in Nothallerton, England, on May 25, 2024.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a veteran's breakfast while campaigning ahead of the general election in Nothallerton, England, on May 25, 2024.
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Slovak prime minister Fico’s health is improving, government says

The attack, the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader for more than 20 years, underscored deep political divisions in Slovak society.
The Slovakian government says  Prime Minister Robert Fico's health is improving after being shot multiple times after a government meeting on May 15, 2024.
The Slovakian government says  Prime Minister Robert Fico's health is improving after being shot multiple times after a government meeting on May 15, 2024.
3h ago

Papua New Guinea says landslide killed more than 2,000 people

The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of 670 killed by Friday’s landslide in the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior.
More than 670 people are believed dead after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official told AFP on May 26 as aid workers and villagers braved perilous conditions in their desperate search for survivors.
More than 670 people are believed dead after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official told AFP on May 26 as aid workers and villagers braved perilous conditions in their desperate search for survivors.
4h ago

China holds rare summit with U.S.-allied South Korea and Japan

China’s premier agreed to revive three-way cooperation in the face of shared challenges, but issued a veiled rebuke against the two countries’ expanding security ties with the United States.
Top leaders from Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing said on May 27 that they had agreed to boost trilateral cooperation, after they held their first three-way summit in nearly five years in Seoul.
Top leaders from Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing said on May 27 that they had agreed to boost trilateral cooperation, after they held their first three-way summit in nearly five years in Seoul.
6h ago

Military labs do the detective work to identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II

forensic anthropologists, medical examiners are in a race against time as remains buried on battlefields around the globe deteriorate.
Generations of American families have grown up without ever knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who served in the military. But a lab tucked away above the bowling alley on Offutt Air Force Base in the Omaha suburbs and a sister lab in Hawaii that are part of the federal DPAA are steadily answering those lingering questions and offering about 200 families a year the chance to honor their relatives with a proper burial.
Generations of American families have grown up without ever knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who served in the military. But a lab tucked away above the bowling alley on Offutt Air Force Base in the Omaha suburbs and a sister lab in Hawaii that are part of the federal DPAA are steadily answering those lingering questions and offering about 200 families a year the chance to honor their relatives with a proper burial.
19h ago

12 people injured when Qatar Airways plane hits turbulence on flight to Dublin

The airport said all passengers were assessed for injuries aboard the plane, and eight were then taken to the hospital.
A Qatar airways plane
A Qatar airways plane
21h ago

Southampton wins richest game in world soccer and returns to England's Premier League

The team is guaranteed an uplift of 140 million pounds ($180 million) in future earnings from broadcast revenue and prize money.
Adam Armstrong of Southampton celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammates David Brooks and Will Smallbone
Adam Armstrong of Southampton celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammates David Brooks and Will Smallbone

Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls on Biden and China's Xi to join peace summit as Ukraine struggles repel Russian attacks

Moscow’s forces have in recent weeks advanced on the battlefield and stepped up strikes on cities, and Kyiv hopes the June meeting will help pile pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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More than 670 feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea

Emergency responders were moving survivors to safer ground Sunday as tons of unstable earth and tribal warfare, which is rife in the country’s Highlands, threatened the rescue effort.
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1d ago

Fire in western India amusement park kills at least 27, police say

The park in the city of Rajkot in Gujarat state is usually packed with families with children enjoying the school summer vacation over the weekend.
Officials inspect the site of a fire accident.
Officials inspect the site of a fire accident.

'A great sadness': Venezuela is first Andean country to lose all of its glaciers

Scientists explain the loss of the Humboldt Glacier, the last in the Sierra Nevada, which they believe makes the South American country the first in modern history to lose all its glaciers.
The Humboldt glacier, in Merida, Venezuela
The Humboldt glacier, in Merida, Venezuela

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