Number of UK millionaires falls to lowest level since global financial crisis
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Myanmar's century-old cinema reopens as int'l-standard red-carpet theater
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Egypt targets tourism growth with digital visas and new hotels
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Iraq exports over 32 mln barrels of crude oil in May, June amid regional crisis
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Hamas delegation heads to Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks
A delegation from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) left for the Egyptian capital Cairo on Tuesday to continue negotiations on implementing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, the movement said.
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Explosion at Kumamoto mall in southwestern Japan leaves people trapped, injured after major earthquake
An explosion struck a large shopping center in Kashima Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Tuesday, leaving multiple people trapped and injured, public broadcaster NHK reported.
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Ministry Minutes | China urges Japan to reflect on and correct mistakes: MFA
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Tuesday once again urged Japan to conduct a thorough probe into, do soul-searching on, and rectify its wrongdoing about the intrusion of a Self-Defense Forces (SDF) officer into the Chinese embassy.
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Ministry Minutes | Politicizing submarine cable issues will only undermine international market rules: MFA
Politicizing and over-securitizing submarine cable issues will only undermine international market rules and threaten global data connectivity and cybersecurity, which serve the interests of no party, a Chinese spokesperson said Tuesday.
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RSF leader signals escalation after army advance
Sudan's paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo has urged his fighters to press ahead with the conflict after the army said it had regained control of a strategic highway linking Khartoum to El Obeid, as conflict intensifies in the Kordofan region.
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Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia call for joint efforts to secure Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia have called for intensifying joint diplomatic efforts to ensure the security of the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian foreign ministry said Tuesday.The issue was highlighted in separate phone calls Monday night between Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Omani and Saudi counterparts, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi and Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the ministry said in a statement.The three ministers stressed the need to enhance cooperation and promote joint diplomatic efforts to ensure regional stability and eliminate the insecurity imposed on the Strait of Hormuz as a consequence of the U.S. acts of aggression, the statement said.The discussions came after Iran and Oman held talks in Tehran on Friday and Saturday on safe navigation through the strait, with the two sides exchanging views on the principles and mechanisms for managing shipping traffic while respecting the sovereign rights of coastal states, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Sunday.The U.S. military launched multiple waves of strikes against Iran in recent days, while Tehran responded with missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases and facilities in the region. The clashes have since subsided.
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White phosphorus leak reported at US air base in S. Korea
A white phosphorus leak accident was reported at a U.S. air base in South Korea on Tuesday, prompting the local authorities to issue an emergency safety alert to nearby residents, according to Yonhap news agency.
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Powerful earthquake hits Japan's Kyushu, tsunami advisory issued
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit Kyushu, Japan, at a depth of 10 kilometers on Tuesday afternoon, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
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Malaysia's fixed investment growth slows to 9.6 pct in 2025
Malaysia's gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), a key measure of investment in fixed assets, grew 9.6 percent in real terms to 386.4 billion ringgit (94.55 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, easing from 12.1 percent growth a year earlier, according to official data released on Tuesday.
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Malaysia 7.1 pct away from World Bank high-income threshold: minister
Malaysia is now just 7.1 percent below the World Bank's high-income threshold, while the economy expanded 5.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, up from 5.4 percent in the previous quarter, Malaysian Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said on Monday.
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Russia warns Japan's nuclear ambitions would undermine regional stability
Japan's potential introduction of nuclear weapons into its accelerating process of remilitarization would pose threats to Russia's national security and undermine the stability in the entire region, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Monday.
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7.1-magnitude earthquake hits southwest Japan, tsunami advisory issued
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy arrives in US to meet President Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the United States early Monday, ahead of a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump later in the day.
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Ramaphosa urges African unity on migration amid anti-migrant unrest
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called for greater African cooperation on migration, urging countries to address conflict, instability, poverty and governance failures driving people to leave their homes.
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