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Macron to announce new French PM in bid to restore stability
SERGEI GAPON/AFP Emmanuel Macron has vowed to serve out his second term as French president Emmanuel Macron has cut short a visit to Poland and flown back to Paris where he is expected to name a new prime minister in a bid to end political turmoil in France. Eight days after the French parliament ousted…
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Biden issues 39 presidential pardons and commutes 1,500 sentences
US President Joe Biden has issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 other people. The White House described it as the most acts of presidential clemency issued in a single day. It comes after Biden made the decision to pardon his own son, Hunter Biden.…
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Assad was ‘arrogant’ but ‘polite’
Jeremy Bowen has returned to Bashar al-Assad’s presidential palace in Damascus, almost a decade after he interviewed the Syrian president in 2015. The BBC’s international editor recalls his impressions of the president following their conversation. The Muhajireen Presidential Palace has been vacated following the overthrowing of Assad by rebel groups, with Syrians in the capital…
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Indian teen,18, becomes youngest-ever world chess champion
EPA Chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju of India defeated defending champion Chinese player Ding Liren Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess champion after beating defending champion China’s Ding Liren in a dramatic turn on Thursday. Dommaraju, at age 18, is four years younger than Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov was when he won…
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Swedish rape inquiry linked to footballer closed
Getty Images Prosecutors in Sweden have closed an inquiry into a case of alleged rape, which Swedish media had linked to French football captain Kylian Mbappé. Marina Chirakova, of the Swedish Prosecution Authority, said the investigation into an alleged attack reported to have taken place in Stockholm had ended due to a lack of evidence.…
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Bolivian shamans refuse to leave shacks on deadly cliff edge
Aymara shamans, or amautas, in Bolivia are refusing to leave their homes El Alto despite being just feet away from a deadly drop. Locals call the shacks on the edge of a cliff “suicide homes” for the high risk that the inhabitants take. The structures are becoming increasingly unstable due to heavy rains and the…
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Time names Donald Trump as person of the year for second time
Time Magazine has named Donald Trump as their person of the year for the second time. “For marshaling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a- generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency and altering America’s role in the world, Donald Trump is TIME’S 2024 Person of the Year,” TIME Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs…
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US man found near Damascus after being freed from Syrian prison
An American man identifying himself as Travis Timmerman has been found near the Syrian capital Damascus after being freed from a prison as rebels took over the country. Mr Timmerman, who said he was arrested upon entering Syria seven months ago, told the BBC’s US news partner CBS that he had been trying to make…
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Moment of relief as Romania and Bulgaria join EU border-free zone
Getty Images The decision was long awaited in Bulgaria and Romania, but for truckers, the bureaucracy is not yet over Seventeen years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union, they have been given the green light to become members of its border-free Schengen travel zone. The decision by fellow EU member states means that…
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Queensland to impose adult prison sentences on children
The Australian state of Queensland has passed laws which will see children as young as 10 subject to the same penalties as adults if convicted of crimes such as murder, serious assault and break-ins. The government says the harsher sentencing rules are in response to “community outrage over crimes being perpetrated by young offenders” and…
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