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A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
Australia and Vanuatu have signed a long-awaited bilateral security and economic treaty that prevents China creating a military base on the South Pacific island nation
A Chinese dissident recounts his perilous dinghy escape to South Korea and how he got to Canada
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
Chinese dissident Dong Guangping has finally reached Canada after a perilous escape from China
A skydiving plane crashes in northeastern France, killing all 11 people on board
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
A skydiving plane has crashed in northeastern France, killing all 11 people on board
Grief and optimism clash in scramble to locate survivors 4 days after Venezuela earthquakes
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira
Venezuela earthquake: father and son found alive in rubble after four days as death toll nears 1,500
Jun 29, 2026 - World 
President says ‘we always hold onto hope’ as discovery of earthquake survivors spurs fresh search efforts despite dwindling chances of survivalMortuary in Caracas ‘overwhelmed’ as Venezuela struggles to respond after earthquakesA man and his teenage son were found alive under the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, in a town about 40km north of the capital Caracas, AFP journalists reported, as the death toll from last week’s twin earthquakes passed 1,450.The discovery of survivors in Caraballeda was made by French and American rescue teams nearly four days after back-to-back quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck, completely destroying nearly 200 buildings in the area. Continue reading...
