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In Hungary, Xi to see China's best friend in EU

Xi began his trip earlier this week in France, a visit that was cordial but also highlighted tensions between Beijing and the EU over the war in Ukraine and global trade.

5 days ago
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AstraZeneca to withdraw COVID-19 vaccine globally as demand dips

The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria's marketing authorizations within Europe. ...

5 days ago
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Macron thanks Xi for not imposing duties on French cognac

In early January, China said it had launched an anti-dumping investigation into brandy imported from the European Union, in a move seen as targeting France.  ...

6 days ago

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Russia alleges 10 Indonesians fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine

Moscow has alleged that 10 Indonesians were among “foreign mercenaries” who have fought for Ukraine against Russia since the latter invaded its neighbor two years ago.

1 month ago
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Dutch far-right firebrand Wilders says won't be PM

"I can only become Prime Minister if ALL parties in the coalition support it. That was not the case," Wilders said on X.

1 month ago
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Ukraine 2022 the biggest nuclear crisis since Cuba 1962? Maybe too early to tell

That approach, Kennedy's brother Robert said later, was critical to giving the administration the time and space needed to think clearly.

1 month ago
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French arms manufacturer eyes long-term partnership with Indonesia

French weapons maker Nexter Defense System is set to maintain long-term cooperation with the Indonesian government to build a domestic weapons industry system.

1 month ago
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Protect Earth instead of colonising Mars, Obama says

Speaking at a renewable energy conference in the French capital Paris, the former US president mentioned Silicon Valley "tycoons, many of whom are building spaceships" that could take humans to Mars.

1 month ago
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Romania detains Andrew Tate over sex offence charges

Romanian authorities said in a statement they executed "two European arrest warrants issued by the UK judicial authorities for the committing of sexual offences, of exploitation of persons on the territory of the UK".

2 months ago
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English just 'badly pronounced French', Paris academic says

Rather than aiming to make the monarch sputter into his morning tea, "it's a book written from a humorous perspective, it's deliberately in bad faith, arrogant, chauvinistic and so on," Cerquiglini told AFP.

2 months ago
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Kensington Palace releases altered image of UK's Princess Catherine

The photo, issued to mark Mother's Day in Britain, shows the smiling Princess of Wales sitting on a garden chair, dressed in jeans, a sweater and a dark jacket, surrounded by her three laughing children, George, Charlotte and Louis.

2 months ago
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Russia communist asks for probe into West's possible involvement in Stalin's death

"The party appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation and the FSB with a request to check the possible involvement of Western intelligence services in the death of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin," RIA cited the chairman of the party, Sergei Malinkovich as saying. 

2 months ago
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Princess Kate seen in public for first time since surgery

The 42-year-old princess, whose husband Prince William is heir to the British throne, has been recovering mainly at their home in Windsor, west of London, since leaving hospital on January 29.

2 months ago
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Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO as Hungary approves accession

Sweden is leaving 200 years of neutrality and military non-alignment behind, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

2 months ago
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Prabowo dispatches sports minister to send thank-you note to Putin

Dito is scheduled to meet with his Russian counterpart Oleg Matytsin later this week in Kazan, Russia for an event.

2 months ago
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Biden calls Putin a 'crazy SOB'

"We have a crazy SOB like that guy Putin, and others, and we always have to worry about nuclear conflict, but the existential threat to humanity is climate," Biden said in a brief speech at the event in San Francisco that was attended by a small group of reporters.

2 months ago
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WikiLeaks' Assange in last-ditch battle to stop US extradition

US prosecutors are seeking to put Assange, 52, on trial on 18 counts relating to WikiLeaks' high-profile release of vast troves of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables.

2 months ago
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Greek same-sex couples race to wed after historic vote

The historic bill that parliament approved overnight also allowed same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.

2 months ago
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Top UN court rejects S.Africa request for more Gaza measures

The court has yet to rule on the underlying issue, but on January 26 it ordered Israel to ensure it took action to protect Palestinian civilians from further harm and to allow in humanitarian aid.

2 months ago
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison

Navalny, 47, rose to prominence more than a decade ago by lampooning President Vladimir Putin and the Russian elite whom he accused of vast corruption, avarice and opulence. 

2 months ago
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EU rules policing digital content kick in Saturday

The new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), kicked in last year for the world's largest platforms, including Facebook and TikTok, but will now apply to all except the smallest companies.

2 months ago
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Putin thanks US journalist Tucker Carlson for interview

Former Fox News star Carlson released a two-hour interview with Putin in Moscow last Thursday, just ahead of the two-year anniversary of Russia's offensive in Ukraine.

2 months ago
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King Charles diagnosed with cancer

Charles, who became king upon the death of his 96-year-old mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on September 8, 2022, has generally enjoyed good health, barring injuries from polo and skiing.

3 months ago
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Spain swelters in abnormal January heat

Temperatures reached or exceeded 20C at nearly 400 meteorological stations -- almost half the country's total --, the spokesman for national weather agency Aemet Ruben del Campo wrote on X, formerly Twitter, calling the figures an "anomaly".

3 months ago
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German court cuts funding to radical right party

The court in Karlsruhe justified its decision by saying the National Democratic Party (NPD) and its successor, Die Heimat, aimed to undermine or eliminate the country's democratic system. 

3 months ago
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Kremlin says it had no contact with Trump on Ukraine conflict

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian leadership had no idea about how Trump planned to resolve the issue in the event of his victory.

3 months ago
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WHO chief warns pandemic accord hangs in the balance

Shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic, the WHO's 194 member states are negotiating an international accord aimed at ensuring countries are better equipped to deal with the next health catastrophe, or to prevent it altogether.

3 months ago
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Israel to face Gaza genocide charges at World Court

World Court hearings to deal with South Africa's charge of genocide against Israel

4 months ago
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Warming world nears critical 1.5C limit in 2023: EU monitor

Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across the planet, and pushed the global thermometer 1.48 C above the preindustrial benchmark, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported.

4 months ago
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Five things you should know about France's young, openly gay prime minister

At 34, Gabriel Attal is France's youngest post-war prime minister, a record previously held by the leftist Laurent Fabius, who was 37 when he was named prime minister by Francois Mitterrand in 1984.

4 months ago
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Gabriel Attal picked as France's youngest Prime Minister

Following days of speculation, Macron late Monday accepted the resignation of Elisabeth Borne, 62, who stepped down along with the rest of the government after serving less than two years in office.

4 months ago
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Israel faces Gaza genocide case at UN top court

South Africa says Israel's "genocidal acts" stem from the killing of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, forced displacement and preventing adequate aid access, resulting in starvation.

4 months ago
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Pope kicks off Christmas celebrations in shadow of wars

"Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world," the pope said.

4 months ago

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