Croatia: Toxic waste protest draws tens of thousands
The Zagreb demonstrators demanded that the government come up with a plan to clear illegal toxic waste in 20 days. Prime Minister Plenkovic has promised to tackle the issue.
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Haaland heads Man City to the top of Premier League with win over Coventry
Norwegian scores only goal of unconvincing home win against newly promoted Coventry City.
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The closely-watched Lindsay Clancy trial ends with one last dramatic moment
The closely watched case of the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children was on the verge of being declared a mistrial Friday — but there was still one more dramatic moment to come.
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'Wallace & Gromit' creators turn 50 with spook-tacular Shaun yarn
Crochet hook in hand, the animator slightly raises the eyelid of a clay model sheep in a filmmaking technique as old as cinema, perfected over five decades by Aardman Animations.
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UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size
The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting countries' true size, a resolution sponsored by African states to counter perceptions that the continent is peripheral.
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‘Rain man’ to the rescue? France’s ex-president Hollande plots unlikely comeback
Once so deeply unpopular he had to give up running for a second term in office, former French president François Hollande has slipped back into the conversation ahead of next year’s Elysée Palace race, hoping voters put off by squabbling candidates will come to see him as a safe – if unexciting – pair of hands after a…
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Gaza teams recover remains of 55 people nearly 3 years after Israeli strike
The victims, all from one Palestinian family, had been sheltering at their family home when Israel hit it.
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Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel 10 days after flash flood
A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people.
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War in Ukraine: Putin, Zelensky order pause in strikes
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow.
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US envoys Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Moscow for talks on peace in Ukraine
US special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on Saturday for talks on how to end the war in Ukraine, where they were met by Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev. Our guest Jamie Smith-Maillet tells us more.
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Israel claims control of Lebanon’s key Ali al-Taher ridge: What that means
Israeli Defence Ministry asserts operational control over strategic highland; Hezbollah yet to comment.
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'Culture of fear within US Defence Department: Slow leakage of dissent against the administration'
Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Dafydd Townley, Senior Teaching Fellow in International Security at the University of Portsmouth. He argues that the turmoil surrounding Pete Hegseth points to a problem much deeper than personnel disputes at the Pentagon: The removal and marginalization of experienced officials,…
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US says it hit three Iranian oil tankers after attacks on warships
US Central Command says its forces struck three Iranian crude oil carriers on Saturday.
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Israeli campaign of West Bank destruction moves on to region’s food basket
Palestinian farmland razed as violent Israeli settler expansion spreads into Area A of the occupied West Bank.
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Rescuers pull Chinese worker, Nepali woman from flood wreckage alive
Rescues fuel hope more could be found alive as Nepal's flood death toll passes 1,331, with people missing on both sides.
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Paris hosts African Diaspora International Film Festival
This weekend, Paris is hosting the 16th edition of FIFDA, the African Diaspora International Film Festival. From September 4 to 6, 15 films from 13 countries will be screened, spanning fiction and non-fiction, as well as feature-length and short films. The festival provides a space to explore how contemporary…
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Uber announces immediate withdrawal from Nigeria and Uganda
Uber has announced its immediate withdrawal from Nigeria and Uganda. The decision comes amid a global restructuring, but mainly as Uber has lost significant ground to its competitors in both countries.
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UN experts urge Sudan-wide arms embargo
A weapons embargo must be extended to the whole of Sudan, and it must be enforced. That is, in essence, the conclusion of a UN experts' report presented to the Human Rights Council. The report also points to the responsibility of foreign entities in a conflict that has now been raging for more than three years. Our…
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Nepal: Two more people rescued alive
Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people. Our correspondent Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more.
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Witkoff and Kushner are in Moscow in a new push for peace between Russia and Ukraine
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian state news outlets reported. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
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France: Emmanuel Macron unveils new disability strategy
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered the closing speech at the national conference on disability. It is an event the government holds every three years. It aims to set or guide policies. Macron made disability one of the priorities of his first five-year term. Since 2017, the government has implemented a number…
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Huckabee Condemns ‘Terrorist’ Attacks on Palestinians in West Bank Town Hall
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, made a rare trip to meet with Palestinians after international backlash over attacks by Israeli settlers.
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Multipolarity gives middle powers more choices, but fewer guarantees
BRICS, SCO and other organisations can offer relief from great power pressure but do not provide collective defence.
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US says it hit Iran oil tankers helping finance ‘regional proxies’
US strikes have hit Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and near Iran’s Kharg island.
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