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Prosecutor wants four held over French schoolboy’s killing
PARIS, April 8 — A French prosecutor yesterday sought a remand in custody for four people held over the killing of a 15-year-old boy that has heightened concern about violence in schools. Five suspects appeared before an investigating judge yesterday
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Israel says readiness advances for ‘war’ on Lebanon border
JERUSALEM, April 8 — The Israeli army yesterday said it had reached “another phase” of preparation for war on its northern border with Lebanon, where it has spent months exchanging fire with Iran-backed Hezbollah. Hezbollah generally targets Israeli positions close
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Austria sets heat record, according to national weather service
VIENNA, April 8 — A town in southern Austria yesterday became the country’s first locality to hit a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) this early in the year, the national weather service said. The announcement by Austria’s
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S. Korea says second spy satellite successfully placed in orbit
SEOUL, April 8 — South Korea’s second domestically made spy satellite was successfully put into orbit, Seoul’s defence ministry said today, after it was launched from an American space centre on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Seoul confirmed in December
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Gaza ceasefire talks make ‘significant progress’
CAIRO, April 8 — Talks in Cairo aimed at brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip have made “significant progress”, Egyptian outlet Al-Qahera reported today. The state-linked outlet reported “significant progress being made on several contentious
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Biden surveys collapsed Baltimore bridge, pledges help
WASHINGTON, April 6 ― President Joe Biden took an aerial tour yesterday of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help in rebuilding the span, an idea some Republican lawmakers
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Two dead, seven injured in new Russian strike on Kharkiv
KHARKIV (Ukraine), April 6 ― A new Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, killed two civilians and injured seven early today, regional Governor Oleh Synehubov said on Telegram. Ukraine’s national police, also posting on Telegram, said the attack
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US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to hold ‘maritime cooperative activity’
MANILA, April 6 ― The defence forces of the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will conduct “maritime cooperative activity” to support a free and open Indo-Pacific, the Philippines’ defence ministry said today. Naval and air force activities will
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Australia to appoint ‘special adviser’ on probe into Israel airstrike
SYDNEY, April 6 ― Australia’s government said today it would appoint a special adviser to work with Israel to ensure “full confidence” in investigations into an airstrike in Gaza that killed seven aid workers including an Australian. “The government will
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Yellen calls China meetings ‘productive’, seeks level playing field
GUANGZHOU, China, April 6 ― US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today she had “productive conversations” with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on the bilateral economic relationship after two days of meetings in China’s southern export hub of Guangzhou. “The
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