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Finnish politician dies in parliament in Helsinki
Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News Reuters Eemeli Peltonen was a first-term Member of Parliament, representing the southern region of Uusimaa A politician in Finland has died in the country’s main parliament building in the capital, Helsinki. Eemeli Peltonen, 30, who was an MP for the Social Democratic Party, is believed to have taken his own life…
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Japan chain stops rice ball sales after staff fake expiry dates
A Japanese convenience store chain has suspended the sale of rice balls, or onigiri, and other deli items at 1,600 stores after it found that staff had faked their expiry dates. Staff at some stores extended expiry dates by not sticking labels on the dishes until an hour or two after they were prepared. Others…
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Peruvian woman arrested in Bali for smuggling drugs in sex toy
A Peruvian woman has been accused of attempting to smuggle $70,000-worth (£52,000) of cocaine and ecstasy into Bali, concealed in her underwear and a sex toy. The woman, who was only identified by the initials N.S., was stopped by customs officials who felt she was acting oddly, police said. “The narcotics were hidden in six…
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Why First Lady Olena Zelenska wrote Melania Trump a letter
AFP/Getty Melania Trump was due to be handed a letter written by Olena Zelenska Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has handed Donald Trump a letter of gratitude for his wife Melania, written by Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska, after Melania advocated to protect children. Zelensky has thanked Melania for raising awareness about at least 19,500 Ukrainian…
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Mediators await Israeli response to new Gaza ceasefire proposal
Reuters Hostages’ families and their supporters want the Israeli government to agree a deal to end the war and bring them all home Arab mediators are awaiting a formal response from Israel after Hamas said it had accepted a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. The plan was presented by Qatar…
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Texas police hunt convict ‘mistakenly’ freed from jail
Police in Texas are searching for a man they say was “mistakenly” released from jail as he was set to begin a seven-year sentence. Tory Dugas, 36, had been sentenced to five years in state prison for assaulting a family member and two years for evading arrest, Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. Instead, Dugas, who…
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Son of Norway’s crown princess charged with rape and abuse
The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess has been charged with 32 offences, including four counts of rape, a prosecutor says. The charges against Marius Borg Høiby, 28, include the abuse of a former partner and violations of restraining orders against another former partner. He was born from a relationship before Crown Princess Mette-Marit married…
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Watch: Two presidents, two very different Oval Office encounters
Onlookers gasped as Trump and Zelensky’s meeting in Washington in February descended into chaos, but times have changed. Source link
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Canada’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre projected to win Parliament seat
Canada’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to win a crucial by-election in the province of Alberta to secure a new Parliament seat after losing his constituency in the last general election. With final ballots still being counted, Poilievre leads with 80.4% of the vote in the rural riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, according to preliminary…
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China and India should be partners, not adversaries says foreign minister
India and China should view each other as “partners” rather than “adversaries or threats”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday, as he arrived for a two-day visit to Delhi. Yi met with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar – only the second such meeting between the two sides since 2020 – when deadly clashes…