05/05/2024 |
More migrant dinghies cross Channel to England despite Rwanda threatDozens
of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England
on Saturday, the latest among thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to
make the risky sea crossing from France this year. Read More |
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Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 39, some 70 still missingHeavy
rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have
killed 39 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the death toll
is expected to rise as dozens still have not been accounted for. Read More |
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Dairy worker bird flu case shows need for protective gear, US CDC study showsThe
Texas dairy farm worker infected with H5N1 bird flu was not wearing
respiratory or eye protection and had been exposed to cattle that
appeared to have the same symptoms as those in a nearby farm with a
confirmed outbreak of the virus, according to new details on the case
released on Friday. Read More |
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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. Read More |
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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. Read More |
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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. Read More |
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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. Read More |
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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. Read More |
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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. Read More |
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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. Read More |
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