22/04/2024 |
Moldovan opposition announces new election bloc at Moscow eventMoldovan opposition parties denouncing pro-European President Maia Sandu's drive to secure European Union membership said on Sunday they were forming an electoral bloc in an announcement delivered in Moscow. |
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Indonesia court to rule on petitions seeking presidential election re-runA
court in Indonesia will on Monday deliver its verdict on two challenges
to the outcome of February's presidential election, after losing
candidates petitioned for a re-run and alleged the state had interfered
in favour of winner Prabowo Subianto. |
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Parisians protest against Islamophobia amid Gaza war tensionsA
crowd of around 2,000 people protested in Paris against racism,
Islamophobia and violence against children on Sunday after a court
allowed their demonstration to go ahead. |
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14/04/2024 |
China natural disasters cost $3.3 billion in first quarter, government saysFloods,
droughts, an earthquake and freezing conditions in China caused direct
economic losses of 23.76 billion yuan ($3.28 billion) in the first
quarter, the government said on Saturday. |
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Iberians hit the beaches as temperatures rise 10C above normalPeople
in Bilbao in northwestern Spain normally spend April dodging the
showers but on Saturday many hit the beach as temperatures were up to 10
degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal. |
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US, Japan, Philippines trilateral deal to change dynamic in South China SeaA
cooperation agreement by the Philippines, the United States and Japan
will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region,
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday, while seeking
to assure China it was not a target. |
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09/04/2024 |
Total solar eclipse: North Americans celebrate with cheers, music and matrimony Throngs
of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in
the midday dusk on Monday, celebrating with cheers, music and matrimony
the first total solar eclipse to darken the continent in seven years. |
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UN Security Council refers Palestinian application to become full UN member to committeeThe
United Nations Security Council president on Monday referred the
Palestinian Authority's application to become a full member of the world
body to the committee on the admission of new member. |
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US, UK, Australia consider Japan's cooperation in AUKUS security pactBritain,
the U.S. and Australia said on Monday they are considering working with
Japan through their AUKUS security pact, despite U.S. export-control
restrictions that challenge the existing partners' efforts to counter
China's power in the Indo-Pacific region. |
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25/03/2024 |
France raises terror alert warning to highest levelThe
French government is raising its terror alert warning to its highest
level following the shootings on Moscow, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal
said on Sunday after a meeting with senior security and defence
officials with President Emmanuel Macron.
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