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Belgium to back Palestine recognition, sanctions on Israel at UN session
BRUSSELS, Sept 2 — Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, its foreign minister announced on Tuesday. “Palestine will be recognised by Belgium at the UN session! And firm sanctions are being
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China’s Xi, Russia’s Putin put on united front against West at regional bloc gathering
TIANJIN, Sept 2 — Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)touts itself
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Gaza flotilla with Greta Thunberg resumes voyage after weather setback in Barcelona
BARCELONA, Sept 2 — A Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and pro-Palestinian activists including environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg departed Barcelona again on Monday, several hours after winds forced it to return to the Spanish port, according to AFP journalists at
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How millennia of history vanished in Sudan’s war
CAIRO, Sept 2 — In the scorched courtyard of Sudan’s National Museum in Khartoum, a towering black granite statue of Kush Pharaoh Taharqa now stands alone, surrounded by shards of broken glass and shattered stone. Since the museum was looted
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Modi tells ‘dear friend’ Putin India and Russia stand together ‘even in difficult times’
NEW DELHI, Sept 1 — India’s Narendra Modi told Vladimir Putin today that India and Russia stood shoulder to shoulder even in difficult times after the Kremlin chief cast the Indian prime minister as his “dear friend” and gave him
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Ex-French cop, found with thousands of child sex abuse pictures in Marseille home, to face trial as Filipino street kids step forward
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, Aug 30 — A former officer with the police’s child protection unit in the southern French city of Marseille will face trial on Monday for allegedly raping and sexually abusing Filipino street children. The 46-year-old ex-policeman, who has been
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Buildings torched, lives lost as anger erupts nationwide in Indonesia over gig driver’s death
MAKASSAR, Aug 30 — At least three people were killed by a fire started by protesters at a council building in eastern Indonesia’s Makassar city, a local official told AFP Saturday, after demonstrations across the country following the death of
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Prabowo faces first big test as Indonesians demand police reform after ride-hailing driver’s death
JAKARTA, Aug 30 — Hundreds of Indonesians protested at sites across Jakarta on Friday over the death of a civilian hit by a police vehicle, triggering calls for police reform in the first major test for President Prabowo Subianto’s nearly
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Cambodia passes law to strip citizenship from political dissidents
PHNOM PENH, Aug 25 — Cambodian parliamentarians passed on Monday legislation allowing people who collude with foreign countries to be stripped of citizenship, a law rights groups fear will be used to banish dissent. All 120 lawmakers in attendance at
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Cancelled Starship test flight deepens doubts over Musk’s Mars and Moon dreams
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 — SpaceX cancelled a planned test flight for its Starship megarocket on Sunday, saying it needed time to troubleshoot problems, in the latest setback for Elon Musk’s behemoth after a series of explosive failures. The problems have
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