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Accused of throttling Starlink in Ukraine, Musk alleges breach of service terms
KYIV, Oct 25 — Tech tycoon Elon Musk accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating Starlink’s terms of service by using it for “drone strikes to kill people”, after tension between Washington and Kyiv over disruptions to the SpaceX-made network crucial
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Explosions rock Riyadh as Saudi airport reopens despite Houthi threats
RIYADH, Oct 25 — Explosions rang out in the Saudi capital on Sunday, as the kingdom was due to reopen Riyadh international airport despite Yemen’s Houthis repeated attacks. Saudi Arabia, which leads a military coalition fighting the Iran-backed Houthis, has
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France arrests nearly 1,000 as cost-of-living protests turn violent across country
PARIS, Oct 25 — Clashes broke out Saturday in Paris and other French cities amid demonstrations held a week after others that degenerated into street violence and prompted a robust security backlash as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to restore order.
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Saudi civil defence sounds the alarm for Mecca, Jeddah, Taif and Yanbu, only to pull them minutes later
RIYADH, Oct 24 — Saudi Arabia’s civil defence agency broadcast warnings of “potential danger” for four of its western provinces, including that of Mecca, home to Islam’s holiest city, on Friday, without saying why. The alerts, which also covered the
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Netanyahu promises Palestinian Authority a ‘big surprise’ after soldiers killed near Hebron
JERUSALEM, Oct 24 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Palestinian Authority was in for a “big surprise” after he ordered a major military operation in response to an attack on soldiers in the West Bank. Netanyahu, days
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Hitler’s mountain retreat in Bavarian Alps ‘completely ablaze’, German police detain suspect
BERLIN, Oct 24 — German police said Saturday they had detained a suspect following a fire at Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat, known as the Eagle’s Nest, in the state of Bavaria. “A suspicious person was taken into temporary custody,” police
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Pentagon puts China-funded Confucius Institutes on US security threat list
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 — The US Department of Defense has designated Confucius Institutes, Chinese-funded cultural centres on American university campuses, a threat to US national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday. Washington considers the centres to be propaganda tools
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Le Pen congress, student protests and 70,000 police: France on edge
PARIS, Oct 24 — France will deploy about 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests on Saturday after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago. Protests by high
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One dead, 500 hurt as Champi batters Taiwan, then turns towards Shanghai
TAIPEI, Oct 24 — Emergency crews scrambled on Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of households in Taiwan after Typhoon Champi’s fierce winds battered the island as the storm moves towards China and Japan. More than 5,000 people
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Trump given December deadline to testify in US$10b BBC defamation suit
MIAMI, Oct 23 — A US judge yesterday issued President Donald Trump a December 11 deadline to testify under oath in his US$10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Judge Enjolique Lett in Miami gave the order in response to
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