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Russia, Ukraine trade massive strikes
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Belgium’s record wildfire nears Germany
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Military will exit politics after 2023 elections
Sudan’s military will exit politics after elections scheduled for 2023, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told Reuters in an interview on Saturday, adding that the deposed former ruling party would have no role in the transition.
5 December 2021
Reported assassination attempt on Erdogan foiled
An assassination attempt on the life of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was foiled by Turkish intelligence on Saturday evening,
5 December 2021
Israeli police kill Palestinian in Jerusalem stabbing
Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian in annexed east Jerusalem late on Saturday after he stabbed an Israeli civilian and tried to
5 December 2021
Won’t allow Iran to ‘slow walk’
The United States warned Saturday it would not allow Iran to “slow walk” international negotiations over its nuclear program while at the same time ramping up its atomic activities -- but stopped short of slamming the door on talks.
5 December 2021
CNN fires anchor Chris Cuomo for helping governor brother
CNN fired news anchor Chris Cuomo, the network announced on Saturday, after “additional information” came to light during an
5 December 2021
This day in history
1992 - Hindu extremists destroyed a historically important mosque at Ayodhya, India. More than 400 people died in the resulting sectarian violence.
5 December 2021
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The parents of a Michigan teenager accused of murdering four fellow high school students were taken into custody yesterday, a day after each was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the campus mass shooting.
4 December 2021
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I hope that China’s leaders think very carefully about this and about not precipitating a crisis that would have I think terrible consequences for lots of people and one that’s in no one’s interest, starting with China.”
4 December 2021
Won’t accept ‘red lines’
US President Joe Biden said he is developing comprehensive initiatives to make it difficult for Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine and that he would not accept Moscow’s “red lines,” as fears mounted that the simmering conflict could erupt into war.
4 December 2021
20 killed as Kenya bus plunges off bridge into river
At least 20 people drowned yesterday when a bus travelling to a wedding in central Kenya was swept off a bridge into a flooded river, police said.
4 December 2021
Pope Francis hits out at EU migration divisions at start of Greek visit
Pope Francis yesterday blamed the EU’s nationalist divisions for a lack of coordination on migration as he began a landmark trip to Greece, aiming to improve complicated relations with the country’s Orthodox Church.
4 December 2021
Conspiracy theories take root in Italy
One out of 10 Italians think astronauts never set foot on the moon while 5.8% believe the earth is flat, according to a poll published on Friday, which said conspiracy theories had taken root in Italian society.
4 December 2021
France, Europeans working to open Afghan joint mission
Several European countries are working on opening up a joint diplomatic mission in Afghanistan that would enable their ambassadors to return to the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday.
4 December 2021
Thousands flee in panic, one killed
Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupted yesterday, spewing out a tower of smoke and ash that plunged local communities into darkness and forced thousands of nearby residents to flee.
4 December 2021
Iran nuclear talks break
Indirect US-Iranian talks on saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal broke off until next week as European officials voiced dismay late Friday at sweeping demands by Iran’s new, hardline government.
4 December 2021
Omicron in 38 countries
The Omicron variant has been detected in 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the WHO said on Friday, as authorities worldwide rushed to stem the heavily mutated Covid-19 strain’s spread amid warnings that it could damage the global economic recovery.
4 December 2021
Macron defends meeting with Prince Salman in Saudi Arabia despite Khashoggi murder
French President Emmanuel Macron today met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah and held face-to-face talks. He became the first major western leader to visit the kingdom since the murder of murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
4 December 2021
Bolsonaro linking Covid vaccines to AIDS: Supreme Court in Brazil orders probe
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered on Friday that a probe be opened into President Jair Bolsonaro for having said during a live broadcast on multiple social media platforms in October that COVID-19 vaccines may raise the chance of contracting AIDS.
4 December 2021
9 US State Department phones hacked using Israeli spyware
Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter.
3 December 2021
12 including Iraqi civilians, Kurd fighters killed in attacks blamed on IS
At least nine Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters and three brothers were killed in northern Iraq attacks blamed on the Islamic State militants group, officials and a family member said Friday.
3 December 2021