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A view of Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, on the Chenab river which flows from Indian Kashmir into Pakistan, at Chanderkote in Jammu region May 6, 2025. Stringer | ReutersA year after their last military conflict, tensions between India and Pakistan are rising again, this time over access to water from the Indus River basin.Pakistan’s defense minister warned Friday that water security could become a cause for war if Islamabad believes its national interests are threatened.”The moment we feel our national security is under threat, and water is part of our national security, we will go…

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This combination of pictures created on June 21, 2026, shows Colombia’s presidential candidate for the ruling Pacto Historico party, Ivan Cepeda (L), at a polling station during the presidential election runoff, in Bogota on June 21, 2026, and Colombia’s presidential candidate for the Defensores de la Patria movement, Abelardo de la Espriella, at a polling station during the presidential election runoff in Barranquilla, Colombia, on June 21, 2026. Colombians head to the polls to pick a new president between a hard-right White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator that will decide the fate of the country’s stumbling peace process and…

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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to set out a timetable for his departure on Monday, reports suggest, kickstarting a process that will see the country appoint its seventh leader in a decade. Andy Burnham, Labour’s former Greater Manchester Mayor, is favorite to replace Starmer after winning a special election in north-west England last week that will see him return to parliament. Following that result, Starmer had initially vowed to fight any leadership challenge. However, speculation that Starmer may now quit mounted over the weekend. A number of senior U.K. government ministers have reportedly urged the prime minister to…

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RAS LAFFAN INDUSTRIAL CITY, QATAR – MARCH 3: A picture of Qatar Energy’s operating facilities on March 3, 2026 in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. Qatar Energy announced a complete halt to liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at its Ras Laffan and Mesaieed facilities on March 2, 2026, after Iranian attacks targeted energy facilities. (Photo by Getty Images)Getty Images | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFifty-four people have been injured while 18 are missing after an explosion at Qatar’s core liquefied natural gas processing site of Ras Laffan on Sunday, authorities said.An incident during the start-up of operations at Ras Laffan Industrial City resulted in an explosion and fire at the Barzan local gas supply facility on Sunday evening, QatarEnergy said in…

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By Heekyong Yang SEOUL, June 22 (Reuters) – on Monday overtook to become South Korea’s most valuable listed company, marking a dramatic reversal of fortunes for a chipmaker that two decades ago nearly collapsed under debt. The company, now the dominant supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in AI systems for customers such as Nvidia and Google has emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global AI boom, helping propel its shares up more than 340% this year and lifting its market value above both Samsung Electronics and . Shares of SK Hynix, now the world’s most…

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BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 11: The national flag of China flies in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Commerce on November 11, 2025, in Beijing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China imposed fresh trade restrictions on dozens of U.S. entities on Monday, retaliating against Washington’s move to add more Chinese companies to a Pentagon list of businesses it accuses of aiding Beijing’s military. On Monday, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce placed 10 American industrial suppliers on its export control list, including rare earth miners MP Materials Corp and USA Rare Earth, and drone…

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