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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. Read...

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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 Rus...

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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 tur...

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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...

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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 gr...

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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...

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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 se...

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Ethan Hawke receives the Deauville Talent Award

Known for starring in Dead Poets Society, the Before trilogy and Boyhood, Hollywood legend Ethan Hawke receives the #Deauville #Talent #Award in recognition of...

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US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll quits: "What we've seen is almost a factional clash"

Amid the US conflict with Iran, Democrats and some Republicans are warning of a leadership void at the top of the US military. That's after the resignation thi...

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🔴 Trump's envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Kyiv after 'substantive' talks with Putin

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Iran claims strike on US ship in Strait of Hormuz as fighting escalates

Iran said Sunday it struck an unmanned U.S. vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, the latest salvo in a new flare-up of fighting between the two countri...

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Nepal floods: Search operations enter 12th day

Nepali rescuers faced challenging conditions on Sunday as search operations following catastrophic floods entered their 12th day, buoyed by the extraordinary r...

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Germany's far-right AfD clear frontrunner in eastern state vote

German voters headed to the polls Sunday for a crucial regional election in the ex-communist east where the far-right, anti-immigration and Moscow-friendly AfD...

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Israeli strikes kill four in Lebanon after alleged Hezbollah drone launch

Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon Sunday killed four people, two of them women, the country's health ministry said. Israel's military said that the strik...

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Six airports in Indonesia suspend operations after volcanic eruption

Six airports in Indonesia, including Jakarta's main international airport, suspended operations Sunday after the erupting Anak Krakatoa volcano spewed clouds o...

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'A bad sign': US envoys head to Kyiv after three-hour talks with Putin

As US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head to Kyiv following what the White House described as "substantive" talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

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Germany's far-right AfD eyes historic state victory in Saxony-Anhalt election

Germany's anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party is aiming to become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War II as voter...

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Live: Trump's envoys arrive in Kyiv after 'substantive' talks with Putin

American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner discussed "substantive plans" for next steps to end the war in Ukraine during their meeting with Russian Presid...

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Witkoff: Putin’s Messenger?

What did Steve Witkoff know about Russia when he was first sent to see President Putin in February last year? #spotlight Read full article on France 24 →

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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 s...

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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...

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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 r...

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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 conversatio...

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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 v...

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