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Portugal recovers bodies of two Indonesian fishermen lost at sea

They are believed to be among three crew members reported missing after the vessel sank on December 14 in choppy waters, some 100 kilometres north of the city of Porto.

1 day ago
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Thousands rally in Bulgaria against corruption, call for judicial reform

The protests in the capital Sofia and several other towns and cities across the Black Sea nation are the latest in a series of rolling demonstrations and come as Bulgaria prepares to adopt the euro on Jan. 1. ...

3 days ago
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Assange files complaint against Nobel Foundation over Machado win

This year's prize represented a "gross misappropriation" of funds and the "facilitation of war crimes" under Swedish law, according to the complaint posted by WikiLeaks on social media. ...

4 days ago

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Five Indonesians under medical watch for Leprosy in Romania

Five Indonesian migrant workers, including two who have tested positive for leprosy, are currently under observation by Romanian health authorities, the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta said on Monday, adding that its representatives are coordinating with local authorities to manage Europe’s first reported leprosy cases in four decades.

1 week ago
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Hope fades for Indonesian fishermen shipwrecked off Portugal

The vessel carrying five people sank on Sunday morning "in a rocky area of Insua Island" in the northern municipality of Caminha, Portugal's National Maritime Authority said in a statement.

1 week ago
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Two Indonesians tested positive for leprosy in Romania, first cases in 40 years

Romania's last confirmed case of leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, was detected 44 years ago.

1 week ago
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Putin meets Prabowo to discuss military and energy ties, wheat exports

It was the second time the pair have met this year in Russia, as Putin courts Prabowo, the leader of the world's fourth most populous country, to build stronger ties with the Global South while his economy remains under Western sanctions because of the war in Ukraine.

1 week ago
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Suspense swirls if Nobel peace laureate will attend ceremony

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, is due to receive her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Wednesday, but hours before the ceremony it was still unclear whether she would attend.

1 week ago
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Kremlin welcomes end to 'direct threat' label in US strategy

Since Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, US strategies have designated Moscow as a major threat. However, the updated US policy, announced on Friday, adopts a softer tone, urging limited cooperation.

2 weeks ago
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No breakthrough at 'constructive' Ukraine-US talks

Three days of talks between Ukrainian and US officials produced no apparent breakthrough Saturday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky committing to further negotiations toward "real peace," even as Russia launched another series of drone and missile strikes on its neighbor.

2 weeks ago
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UN agency says Chornobyl nuclear plant's protective shield damaged

The UN reported on Feb. 14 that Ukrainian authorities said a drone with a high explosive warhead struck the plant, caused a fire and damaged the protective cladding around reactor Number Four, which was destroyed in the 1986 disaster.

2 weeks ago
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Sugiono boosts climate, trade cooperation in Norway visit

Among the focus of the bilateral discussion between Foreign Minister Sugiono and his Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide was a plan to procure 80,000 solar panels under President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship Red and White Cooperatives program.

2 weeks ago
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US envoy Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow to meet Putin

Trump has said he wants to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two but his efforts so far, including a summit with Putin in Alaska in August and meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, have not yet brought peace.

2 weeks ago
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Indonesia’s first Rafale fighters set for January delivery

The Air Force expects the delivery of its first three Rafale aircraft at the beginning of 2026, as revealed on Nov. 28 during an acceptance ceremony hosted by Dassault Aviation in France.

3 weeks ago
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'Carbonara sauce' at EU parliament causes stir with Italy

An Italian minister decried the sauce for containing pancetta, a pork product similar to bacon, which is apparently a major culinary faux pas in food-loving Italy.

1 month ago
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Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons in trials

Nearly 54,000 women and girls were the victims of sexual offences in Germany in 2024, an increase of 2.1 percent on the previous year, of which nearly 36 percent were victims of rape and sexual assault.

1 month ago
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Ukraine scrambles to respond to US plan to end war

US President Donald Trump has given Ukraine less than a week to sign but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday pledged to work to ensure any deal would not "betray" Ukraine's interests, acknowledging he risked losing Washington as an ally.

1 month ago
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Pope hosts Hollywood stars at Vatican, laments decline in movie-going

Box office revenues in many countries remain well below the levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic, with multiplexes in the United States and Canada just suffering their worst summer since 1981, excluding the COVID-19 shutdown.

1 month ago
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EU bows to pressure on loosening AI, privacy rules

Part of a bid to slash red tape for European businesses struggling against United States and Chinese rivals, the move is drawing accusations that Brussels is putting competitiveness ahead of citizens' privacy and protection.

1 month ago
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Hitler likely had genetic condition limiting sexual development: research

The new research also quashes the suggestion that Hitler had Jewish ancestry.

1 month ago
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World's fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2025: Study

Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit a new high in 2025, according to research published Thursday that also warns curbing warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius would now be essentially "impossible".

1 month ago
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Indonesia, Croatia vow closer cooperation and OECD support

Both countries are seeking to become a member of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

1 month ago
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BBC chief resigns after row over Trump documentary

Tim Davie and the broadcaster's head of news, Deborah Turness, resigned after accusations that a documentary by its flagship Panorama program had edited a speech by Trump in a misleading way.

1 month ago
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British grandmother on death row arrives back in London

Sandiford was released on humanitarian grounds along with Shahab Shahabadi, 36, who had been serving a life sentence for drug offenses after his arrest in 2014.

1 month ago
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Germany bans Muslim group accused of advocating caliphate

Police raided seven buildings in the northern port city of Hamburg, where the Muslim Interaktiv group was based, as the ban was announced.

1 month ago
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Editors leave Hungary top tabloid after pro-Orban group takeover

The purchase is widely seen as another example of Orban's business allies buying media outlets, with expectations that it will be turned into another pro-ruling party organ.

1 month ago
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EU tentatively agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30

EU climate ministers struck a tentative deal on a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, a draft EU document showed, as they raced to clinch the deal before the UN COP30 summit in Brazil.

1 month ago
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Two more suspects including woman charged over Louvre heist

The latest to be charged, a 38-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man, were arrested on Wednesday along with three other individuals, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.

1 month ago
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French zoo workers say their goodbyes as two pandas head to retirement in China

The zoo announced last month the pair would be leaving at the end of November due to Huan Huan's kidney ailment, making the return trip the last opportunity for them to be able to make the journey.

1 month ago
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King Charles, Pope Leo pray together in historic first

The ceremony in the Sistine Chapel, broadcast live by the Vatican's official news service, came during a state visit by the 76-year-old monarch and his wife Queen Camilla.

1 month ago

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