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      6 June

      Saudi Arabia welcomes Venezuelan president on official visit

      Saudi Arabia has welcomed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on an official visit, reaching out to another US foe as the oil-rich kingdom engages in a flurry of diplomacy. Mr Maduro arrived late on Sunday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, where he was greeted by Saudi officials, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency. It did not give a reason for the visit or elaborate on his schedule but Saudi Arabia is hosting an international conference on combating extremism later this week in the capital, Riyadh. The gathering will be co-chaired by US secretary of state Antony Blinken. Saudi Arabia has been a close US ally for decades but relations have been strained in recent years. Over the last…

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    • 6 June

      Joe Biden Says He is ‘Heartbroken’ By Train Crash in India, Xi Jinping ‘Shocked’ at Odisha Tragedy

      US President Joe Biden on Saturday expressed his condolences on the train crash in Odisha and said he is heartbroken by the tragic news that killed over 280 people. The crash in Odisha’s Balasore district involving three trains is one of the worst rail accidents in India in nearly three decades. At least 288 people are dead and over 1,100 injured. “(First Lady Dr) Jill (Biden) and I are heartbroken by the tragic news of the deadly train crash in India. Our prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones and the many who suffered injuries in this terrible incident,” Biden said in a statement. “The United States and India share deep bonds rooted in the ties of…

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    • 6 June

      Eurostar forced to stop running London-Amsterdam trains for almost a year in 2024

      On the day on which Eurostar’s final Disneyland Paris train from London departs, it has emerged that the cross-Channel rail company could be forced to stop running trains from London to both Rotterdam and Amsterdam for almost a year because of work being carried out on the station in the Dutch capital. Unless a solution can be found, it will see the Eurostar network reduced from a pre-Brexit total of 13 year-round stations to just four: London, Lille, Paris and Brussels. At 10.34am on Monday, the final Eurostar “Disneyland Express” will depart from London St Pancras International. The direct high-speed rail link to the heart of the theme park east of Paris has been running since 1996, except for a pause during the Covid crisis.…

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    • 6 June

      Pence enters race for White House – and will face off against Trump for nomination

      Former vice-president Mike Pence has declared himself a candidate in the 2024 Republican race for the White House – pitting himself against Donald Trump. Mr Pence‘s campaign filed a declaration of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission. He will formally launch his campaign with a video and a speech in the early nominating state of Iowa on Wednesday, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, which is his 64th birthday. The 48th vice-president of the United States will challenge his former boss just two years after their White House tenure ended with the Capitol riots – which saw Mr Pence, who was in the building with his family, flee for safety. Mr Trump is currently leading the early fight for the nomination,…

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    • 6 June

      Headache for legal team as Harry skips first day of phone-hacking trial

      Prince Harry’s no-show at the high court on Monday caused a headache for his legal team, who were left to explain he had chosen to stay in Los Angeles for his daughter’s second birthday party. He was originally scheduled to give evidence in his phone-hacking trial against Mirror Group Newspapers on Tuesday. But the judge, Mr Justice Fancourt, had asked for him to be in court and ready to give evidence on Monday, in case lawyers finished their opening legal arguments earlier than expected. When the Mirror’s legal team indicated they would speed through their opening arguments, Harry’s team admitted their client would not be ready in time – to the obvious annoyance of the judge, who said he was…

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    • 5 June

      Bangladesh power cuts may last two more weeks

      Rising temperatures cause a fuel shortfall for generation plants, says power minister A worker climbs an under construction power transmission tower in Munshiganj, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.  Bangladesh could face power cuts for two more weeks, its power minister said late on Sunday, as higher electricity consumption because of rising temperatures has caused a fuel shortfall for generation plants. Bangladesh has suffered under severe power shortages since April as a searing heatwave spiked demand for electricity and then a deadly cyclone cut off supplies of natural gas to fuel plants. The country has also curtailed imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), its main power generation fuel, after record high prices in the second half of 2022 made the fuel too…

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    • 5 June

      Russia claims to have thwarted ‘large-scale’ Ukraine attack

      Claim comes as Ukraine prepares for a major counteroffensive to retake territory occupied by Russia. Ukraine has been preparing to launch a new counter-offensive to retake territory Russia has occupied [File: Dimitar Dilkoff] Russia has said its forces thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, killing 250 Ukrainian troops and destroying tanks and armoured vehicles. “On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction,” the Russian defence ministry said on its Telegram channel early on Monday. There was no update from Ukraine on the alleged offensive. In its evening update on June 4, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said Moscow…

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    • 5 June

      New Zealand pilot kidnapping exposes Indonesia’s Papua ‘hotspot’

      The incident in a remote highlands region has drawn renewed attention to one of the world’s least-known conflicts. A Papuan student with face painted in the colours of the banned ‘Morning Star’ flag [File:Tatan Syuflana] When Phillip Mehrtens landed his single-propeller Pilatus plane on the runway in Paro in the highlands of Papua, it was supposed to be a quick turnaround. He would drop off his five passengers – all Indigenous Papuans – collect a group of health workers from a nearby clinic and fly back to the booming town of Timika closer to the southern coast. But as the small plane sat on the runway at the end of February, a group of independence fighters sensed an opportunity. They grabbed…

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    • 5 June

      US, UK navies say responded to call from ship in Strait of Hormuz

      US Navy said the merchant ship was being ‘harassed’ by boats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The US Navy released a surveillance image showing smaller boats around the commercial vessel [US Navy ] The United States Navy has said its sailors and the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard allegedly “harassed” it. Three fast-attack Guard vessels with armed troops on board approached the merchant ship at a close distance on Sunday afternoon, the US Navy said in a statement. It shared black-and-white images, which showed three small ships close to the commercial vessel, taken by a US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon that was flying overhead. The…

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    • 5 June

      Business and Economy

      Bye Singapore, hello Malaysia: expats chase cheaper living costs Lower living costs in cities such as Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh are attracting some expats away from Singapore. Singapore’s rents have soared over the last year [File: Caroline Chia] Singapore – For marketing professional Benedikt Becker, living and working in Singapore had always been “the dream”. Becker, who landed a job with a marketing agency in Singapore in 2020, thrived on the city-state’s vibrancy as a business hub and enjoyed its efficiency, “impressive” skyline, verdant greenery and architecture. For 2,800 Singapore dollars ($2,072) a month, the German national rented a boutique one-bedroom condo apartment in the east of Singapore, which allowed him to take daily morning walks to the beach.…

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