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U.S.-IOWA-DES MOINES-AGRICULTURE

(260529) -- DES MOINES, May 29, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Kenneth Quinn, president emeritus of the World Food Prize Foundation, speaks during...

"Under new conditions, navigation services, security and other facilities for ships passing through Hormuz will not be free": Iran's Ambassador to India
"Under new conditions, navigation services, security and other facilities for ships passing through Hormuz will not be free": Iran's Ambassador to India

By Ayushi Agarwal New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Noting that Strait of Hormuz 'is part of the territorial waters' of Iran and Oman,...

Feature: Iowa farmers look forward to more stable China-U.S. ties amid global uncertainty
Feature: Iowa farmers look forward to more stable China-U.S. ties amid global uncertainty

Observers say the latest China-U.S. summit has sent a positive signal to global markets at a time when many industries are seeking...

US inflation rises to 3.8% in April, highest level in nearly 3 years
US inflation rises to 3.8% in April, highest level in nearly 3 years

New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Inflation in the United States, measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index,...

Black day protest in Amsterdam targets Pakistan over nuclear tests in Balochistan
Black day protest in Amsterdam targets Pakistan over nuclear tests in Balochistan

Amsterdam [Netherlands], May 29 (ANI): Marking Youm-e-Asrokh (Black Day), the Baloch National Movement (BNM) organised a protest rally...

Santos FC reject reports of lack of transparency over Neymar injury, back his World Cup readiness
Santos FC reject reports of lack of transparency over Neymar injury, back his World Cup readiness

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], May 29 (ANI): Santos FC have denied reports claiming their medical staff lacked transparency over Brazil's...

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Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing
Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing

VIENTIANE, Laos: Five people who were trapped inside a cave in Laos for about a week were found alive on May 27. Rescue teams from...

Aide of attacker in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing arrested
Aide of attacker in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing arrested

BERLIN, Germany: A man suspected of helping a convicted attacker carry out a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial was arrested in...

WWII allies, then Cold War foes: U.S. & Russia’s rivalry
WWII allies, then Cold War foes: U.S. & Russia’s rivalry

Washington's relationship with Russia appears likely to continue its decades-long decline, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio...

Criminal group with illegal migration links arrested in Portugal
Criminal group with illegal migration links arrested in Portugal

LISBON, Portugal: Portuguese police said on May 26 that they have broken up a criminal group that was illegally helping about 4,000...

China promises full inquiry into mining disaster that killed 82
China promises full inquiry into mining disaster that killed 82

BEIJING, China:  An early investigation into China's worst mining disaster in more than 15 years has found hidden tunnels, missing...

Draft deal from US would reopen Hormuz, end naval blockade, Iran says
Draft deal from US would reopen Hormuz, end naval blockade, Iran says

DUBAI, U.A.E.: Iran's state TV said that Tehran has received an early, unofficial draft of a possible agreement with the United States...