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Brazil’s right rallies for ‘freedom’ after X suspended
Sep 07, 2024
SAO PAULO — Led by beleaguered ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s political right rallied on Saturday amid a free speech tussle that has seen X, its preferred social platform, suspended in the country.Bolsonaro called the demonstration for Latin America’s biggest city, Sao Paulo, on Independence Day — which was being celebrated in the capital Br ...
Thousands protest in France against new prime minister
Sep 07, 2024
PARIS — Thousands of left-wing demonstrators on Saturday took to the streets across F ...
Russia says army seized new village in eastern Ukraine
Sep 07, 2024
MOSCOW — Russia said on Saturday it had seized another village in eastern Ukraine, wh ...
Gunman shot dead after opening fire near Munich's Israel consulate
Sep 05, 2024
MUNICH, Germany — German police shot dead a gunman who had opened fire on them near Munich's Israeli consulate on Thursday, the anniversary ...
Putin says 'main' goal is to capture Ukraine's Donbas
Sep 05, 2024
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday his main aim in Ukraine after 30 months of fighting was to capture the eastern Donba ...
UN weather agency warns of ‘red alert’ after record heat
Sep 04, 2024
SINGAPORE — Rising temperatures should trigger a global “red alert”, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency chief said on Wednesday, ...
Pope makes appeal on extremism as he launches Asia tour
Sep 04, 2024
JAKARTA — Pope Francis appealed Wednesday for religious unity to counter extremism and intolerance, as the longest tour of the 87 year old’s ...
Cholera deaths surged 70 per cent worldwide last year: WHO
Sep 04, 2024
Pope arrives in Muslim-majority Indonesia to start Asia-Pacific tour
Sep 03, 2024
JAKARTA — Pope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday to kick off a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that will be the l ...
Sunken village emerges as Greek drought bites
Sep 03, 2024
Lidoríki, Greece  — Record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens' main reservoi ...
Azerbaijan ruling party wins vote as opposition cries foul
Sep 02, 2024
BAKU — Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's party has won snap parliamentary elections, the electoral commission said Monday, as the oppositi ...
UK govt announces partial suspension of arms exports to Israel
Sep 02, 2024
LONDON — Britain said Monday it would suspend some arms exports to Israel, citing a "clear risk" that they could be used in a serious breach ...
Scholz urges German parties to isolate far right
Sep 02, 2024
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday urged mainstream parties to avoid working with the far right, after record gains by the AfD ...
US confirms first bird flu case without animal contact
Sep 07, 2024
Pope, Indonesia imam warn against using religion to stoke conflict
Sep 05, 2024
Putin to meet with Serbia's deputy PM
Sep 04, 2024
Harris says US must end gun violence 'epidemic' after latest shooting
Sep 04, 2024
UK's Starmer defends Israel arms suspension as 'legal decision'
Sep 04, 2024
Twelve migrants die trying to cross Channel to UK
Sep 03, 2024
UN concerned by Ukraine’s ban on Russia-linked Church
Sep 03, 2024
Russia's Putin arrives in ICC member Mongolia
Sep 02, 2024
Afghan Taliban, UN say committed to engagement after morality law outcry
Sep 01, 2024
Russia's Kursk residents fled Kyiv onslaught 'at last moment'
Aug 31, 2024
Trump moves to contain fallout of abortion, IVF rows
Aug 31, 2024
Power gradually returning in Venezuela after nationwide outage
Aug 31, 2024
Ukraine FM seeks EU help in lifting arms curbs
Aug 29, 2024
Russia's largest strike in weeks hits Ukraine's power grid
Aug 26, 2024
China says it rescued 'personnel' after Philippines collision
Aug 25, 2024
Zelensky vows more 'retribution' for Russia as POWs exchanged
Aug 24, 2024
11 dead, 14 missing in northeast China floods
Aug 24, 2024
Cargo ferry sinks in Russian port after Ukrainian aerial attack
Aug 22, 2024
Key Indian hospital ends strike but doctor rape protests rage
Aug 22, 2024
US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East - military
Aug 22, 2024
UN warns of 'unacceptable' level of violence against aid workers
Aug 19, 2024
Venezuelan electoral council says UN report on vote 'rife with lies'
Aug 15, 2024

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