UK evacuates diplomats from Sudan; other countries also moving to withdraw staff big-plus
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Interview UK evacuates diplomats from Sudan; other countries also moving to withdraw staff

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

Paris is conducting a ‘rapid evacuation operation,’ while US embassy staff have been evacuated. The U.K. said it has evacuated its embassy staff and their families from Sudan, while France, Germ ...

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Ammunition to, and grain from Ukraine top This WEEK big-plus
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Interview Ammunition to, and grain from Ukraine top This WEEK

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

EU foreign ministers are set to discuss Russia’s war on Ukriane, including joint ammunition purchases (Photo: un.org) Efforts to find a balance between supporting Ukraine militarily and mi ...

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Prosecuting Russia: The possibilities, challenges and risks of a special tribunal big-plus
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Breaking news Prosecuting Russia: The possibilities, challenges and risks of a special tribunal

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

400 Ukrainians had been killed in Bucha during Russia’s nearly monthlong occupation in March 2022 (Photo: Ukraine foreign ministry) "We will never forgive," Ukrainian president V ...

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Cyprus president predicts revival of reunification talks after Turkish election big-plus
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Culture Cyprus president predicts revival of reunification talks after Turkish election

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

Nikos Christodoulides hopes that Ankara’s rapprochement with the West after February’s earthquakes endures. Cyprus’ president is looking to revive the island’s stalled reunification talks after ...

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Send warships to Taiwan Strait, Borrell urges EU governments big-plus
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Culture Send warships to Taiwan Strait, Borrell urges EU governments

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

Europe should be ‘firm’ in ensuring peace for Taiwan, the EU foreign policy chief argues. BRUSSELS — EU member countries should deploy warships to patrol the Taiwan Strait in order to deter Beij ...

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G7 calls for extension of Black Sea grain deal big-plus
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Politics G7 calls for extension of Black Sea grain deal

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

Russia is threatening to walk away from the pact unless its conditions are met. The Group of Seven on Sunday called for the "extension, full implementation and expansion" of a grain de ...

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German government, trade unions agree on wage deal for public workers big-plus
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Opinion German government, trade unions agree on wage deal for public workers

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

The accord follows months of negotiations between the bargaining parties. The German government, local authorities and trade unions reached a deal late Saturday on higher pay scales for the cou ...

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Countries evacuating diplomats from Sudan as violence continues big-plus
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Opinion Countries evacuating diplomats from Sudan as violence continues

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

Paris is conducting a ‘rapid evacuation operation,’ while US embassy staff have already been evacuated. The U.S. said it has evacuated its embassy staff from Sudan, while France and other countr ...

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Frog fair draws environmentalists’ fury in France big-plus
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Interview Frog fair draws environmentalists’ fury in France

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

Some 350,000 frogs caught largely in Turkey and Indonesia are on the menu. French people love to eat frogs — or so the stereotype goes. But one fair in the city of Vittel in eastern France has ...

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French Riot Police Deployed After Officers Attacked by ‘50 Young People’ During Arrest of Drug Dealer big-plus
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Health French Riot Police Deployed After Officers Attacked by ‘50 Young People’ During Arrest of Drug Dealer

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

French police came under siege by a mob of around ’50 young people’ during an arrest of a suspected drug dealer this week, according to reports. The harrowing incident unfolded on Monday afternoon ...

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Hundreds of Migrants Reach Spain’s Canary Islands in 24 Hours big-plus
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Sport Hundreds of Migrants Reach Spain’s Canary Islands in 24 Hours

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

Nearly 350 migrants from Africa were ‘rescued’ by Spanish authorities and brought to the Canary Islands in a span of 24 hours this week, according to reports. On Wednesday, at least six vessels re ...

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Ineffective Sanctions: Russian Oligarchs Thriving More than Ever Before and even in Foreign Countries big-plus
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World Ineffective Sanctions: Russian Oligarchs Thriving More than Ever Before and even in Foreign Countries

Friday, 02 June 2023 14:15

With its 25 bedrooms and gold-ceilinged ballroom, Witanhurst is said to be the capital’s second-largest private residence — only Buckingham Palace is bigger. And as these exclusive aerial photogra ...

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