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Samoa PM apologises after video shows him making Nazi gesture, saying Heil Hitler
SYDNEY, Oct 5 — Samoa’s prime minister apologised today after video surfaced showing him saying “Heil Hitler” and making a Nazi gesture. Prime Minister La’auli Leuatea Schmidt said the footage was from a family gathering almost 20 years old and was
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Japan PM Takaichi to seek stable ties with China after Taiwan remarks sent relations to rock bottom
TOKYO, Oct 5 — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to call China an “important neighbour” and pledge to build a stable relationship between the rival nations in a policy address today according to media reports. Diplomatic relations between the
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Flavio Bolsonaro beats Lula in surprise Brazil election result, run-off set for Oct 25
BRASILLIA, Oct 5 — Right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in yesterday’s election in which neither scored a majority, sending the tight race to a run-off in three weeks. In a surprise result that
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Iran says no military solution to US war as talks over Strait of Hormuz hit impasse
TEHRAN, Oct 5 — Sebastien Ricci Iran’s top diplomat insisted yesterday that there would be no military solution to the United States’ war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse. A campaign of heavy
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Houthis cut Yemen’s Taiz off from Aden in major battlefield gain
DUBAI, Oct 4 — Yemen’s Houthis today cut a vital supply route linking Taiz with Aden — the interim capital of the internationally recognised government — according to four security sources. “We were informed that the Houthis had taken control
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Kim Jong Un oversees launch of missile North Korea says uses AI to evade defences
SEOUL, Oct 4 — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of a missile which allegedly used artificial intelligence to adjust its trajectory, state media reported today. The AI technology means the missile is “capable of changing its
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State Dept says US ‘kicked out’ two Iranian diplomats after UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 — The United States has “kicked out” two members of the Iranian delegation who attended the recent UN General Assembly after they ignored an order to leave the country, the State Department said yesterday. “Two more members
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Myanmar migrants returned to war-torn nation from Malaysia
THANLYIN (Myanmar), Oct 4 — Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants from Malaysia arrived in their war-torn home country today, a Myanmar Navy official said, returned under an opaque repatriation scheme. Three ships carrying Myanmar migrants had all docked at the Myanmar
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Palestinians injured as Israeli forces help settlers seize West Bank olive groves
BEITA (Palestinian Territories), Oct 4 — Israeli soldiers yesterday backed settlers who seized Palestinian olive groves at the start of the harvest season, with injuries reported in several places across the occupied West Bank, witnesses and medics said. October is
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Houthis say struck oil facility near Riyadh, as Saudis hit Sanaa
SANAA, Oct 4 — Yemen’s Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital yesterday, where an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke, and accused the Gulf kingdom of striking Sanaa dozens of times. The foes have
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