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South Korea announced plans on Monday to suspend a military agreement signed with  North Korea in 2018. It made the announcement after its northern neighbor launched hundreds of balloons that have dropped garbage throughout South Korea.South Korea’s National Security Council wants the army to be able to conduct training along the military border with the NorthImage: Jeonbuk Fire Headquarters/AP/picture alliance What do we know about the trash balloon dispute? South Korea’s National Security Council said it would raise the plan to suspend the military pact with the North for approval by the Cabinet in a meeting on Tuesday. It said the…

The Maldives says it will ban the entry of Israelis amid public anger in the predominantly Muslim archipelago over the war in Gaza.The office of Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu said his cabinet had decided to change laws to prevent Israeli passport holders from entering the country, and it will establish a subcommittee to oversee the process. It also said the president will appoint a special envoy to assess Palestinian needs and launch a fundraising campaign. Image: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu. Pic: AP In response, Israel’s foreign ministry recommended its citizens – and those with dual citizenship – do not travel…

In January 2024, Grayson Murray won the Sony Open in Hawaii after a birdie on the first playoff hole. “My life is so good right now,” said Murray, who has openly discussed his struggles with depression and alcohol addiction. “I wouldn’t trade anything. I have a beautiful fiancée. I have beautiful parents. I have beautiful nephews, siblings. Everyone in my life right now who is close to me who has been through the struggles with me, it’s all a team effort.” Four months later, one day after Murray had walked off the green of a PGA event in Texas, Murray died by…

Consumer prices in the eurozone rose 2.6% in May year on year compared to 2.4% in April, according to European Union statistics, a figure that surpasses the 2% target aspired to by the European Central Bank (ECB). Despite the higher-than-expected rise announced by the EU’s statistics agency, Eurostat, the ECB is still expected to cut interest rates next week. The central bank aggressively hiked rates starting in July 2022 as inflation soared after Russia cut gas supplies to Europe amid tensions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and lingering consequences of the coronavirus pandemic continued to clog supply chains of parts and raw materials.…

Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann has condemned a survey by a public broadcaster asking fans if they would prefer more white players on the national team.The poll by German state broadcaster ARD found 21% of 1,304 randomly selected participants would prefer if more players with white skin were playing for Germany. Nagelsmann said it was “madness” for the broadcaster to ask such a question.”I thought about it briefly and I have the feeling that we need to wake up a bit,” Nagelsmann said.”There are people in Europe who’ve had to flee because of war, economic factors, environmental disasters, people who simply…

Environmental activists disrupted an event attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, shouting over his answers during a Friday panel dedicated to German Catholics in Erfurt. The “Last Generation” protesters used a bullhorn to chant “Where, where, where is the climate chancellor?” in a dig at Scholz branding himself as an environmentalist before taking office in 2021. Scholz’s attempts to defend his climate record were drowned out by the protesters. “You need to keep your mouth shut now for a bit, then I will even answer your question,” Scholz said, pointing to hundreds of other people in the audience who were not…

A number of people were killed in Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo, Syrian state media reported early Monday citing a military source. The air attacks occurred around 12:20 a.m. local time (2320 CET), reports said. The SANA news agency did not specify a death toll and said that the strikes were around the southeastern edge of Aleppo. “The aggression led to a number of martyrs and some material losses,” the state-run agency said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that missiles had struck the positions of a pro-Iranian militia in the Hayan area north of…

Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s election and is set to become the country’s first woman president, according to an official quick count.The ruling party candidate had between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote – an unassailable lead, a statistical sample showed, according to the National Electoral Institute. Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez, a female rival, received 26.6%-28.6% and Jorge Alvarez Maynez picked up 9.9%-10.8%.Speaking outside a hotel in the capital Mexico City, Morena candidate Ms Sheinbaum said: “I will become the first woman president of Mexico.”She said her two competitors had called her and conceded she had won. The 61-year-old scientist…

Mexicans have voted for a new president in an election that marks a major milestone. For the first time in the country’s history, the race came down to two female candidates: Claudia Sheinbaum (above), of the ruling Morena party, and Xochitl Galvez, of the opposition alliance.Xochitl Galvez is currently polling second though her campaign rallies, like the above, draw many fansImage: Carlo Echegoyen/AFP/Getty Images Claudia Sheinbaum: The favorite Claudia Sheinbaum, candidate of the left-wing populist Morena party, emerged as the clear favorite after early exit polls were released. The granddaughter of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania, Sheinbaum is an experienced politician, having served as mayor…

Russia’s Vladimir Putin does not want a direct war with NATO and he does not want a nuclear war, the head of the UK armed forces has said.Admiral Sir Tony Radakin also signaled that Moscow and Beijing lack the military proficiency” to defeat the kind of barrage of drones and missiles that the United States and its allies destroyed in April when Iran attempted to attack Israel. In an interview to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings of the Second World War, the Chief of the Defence Staff sought to strike a reassuring tone that a third global…