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Israel orders clearing of more parts of Khan Younis in southern Gaza
The Israeli army has called on Palestinian civilians in part of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip to leave the area immediately. "Due to significant terrorist activity and rocket fire toward the State of Israel from the southern areas of Khan Younis, remaining in this area has become dangerous," the military said. The area to be evacuated is located in a zone previously designated as a humanitarian zone by Israel. The borders of this zone will be changed accordingly, the army st
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Baerbock denies Pakistani agents exploiting Afghan visa scheme
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Thursday rejected a report that Pakistani agents have been able to enter Germany through a visa scheme for Afghans. On a visit to the Flensburger Fahrzeugbau (FFG) defence company in the northern German city of Flensburg, Baerbock said all potential applicants are subjected to thorough security checks. Baerbock was responding to a question following a report from the Cicero magazine, which said the German embassy in Pakistan's capital Islamabad had wa
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Here’s Why Bugatti Shoved a V16 Engine Into the New Tourbillon Hypercar
Unveiled in Molsheim, France at the company’s historic headquarters last month, the new Bugatti Tourbillon takes the torch from the Chiron with an 1,800-horsepower plug-in hybrid system built around an 8.3-liter V16. While it looks like the logical next step for the brand, the new Bugatti could have been a totally different car without sixteen cylinders to its name. Bugatti could have veered toward luxury-car territory without straying far from its heritage.
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Man dies after being struck by lightning on Germany's highest peak
A man died after being struck by lightning near the summit of Germany's highest peak, police said Monday. The 18-year-old German resident was one of a group of three young men who took the mountain railway up the Zugspitze late Sunday afternoon and then continued to the summit, which is a climb of about 80 meters (260 feet) from a terrace used by many visitors. The Zugspitze sits at 2,962 meters (9,718 feet) above sea level and is located in the Alps on Germany's border with Austria.
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Japan's apology for WWII Filipino 'comfort women' criticized by victims
Japan has reiterated its apologies for the suffering inflicted on Filipino "comfort women" during World War II. More than 1,000 women were abducted and coerced into sexual slavery by military personnel during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1942 to 1945. Kaneko Mariko, deputy press secretary of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasized that Japan has long apologized and considers reparations settled through the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty. Lila Pilipina “deplores” apo
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Baerbock continues West Africa tour with visit to Ivory Coast
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is continuing her two-day visit to West Africa in Ivory Coast. The Green politician was welcomed at Abidjan airport on Tuesday by Foreign Minister Léon Kacou Adom after travelling from Senegal. A meeting with President Alassane Ouattara was planned later. After the meeting with Adom, Baerbock will learn about the training of civilian and military security forces at an international counter-terrorism academy some 35 kilometres outside Abidjan. There she w
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Lammy urges immediate ceasefire during Israel visit
On one of his first trips as foreign secretary, David Lammy says the war in Gaza has "gone on too long".
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Mysterious Maya underground structure unearthed in Mexico
Archaeologists in Campeche, Mexico, have found an underground structure beneath a Maya ball court, as well as offerings on top of a Maya pyramid at another site.
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Scientists, a journalist and even a bakery worker are among those convicted of treason in Russia
Over the past decade, Russia has seen a sharp increase in treason and espionage cases. Lawyers and experts say prosecutions for these high crimes started to grow after 2014 — the year that Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. The number of treason and espionage cases in Russia really spiked after the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022, and President Vladimir Putin urged the security services to “harshly suppress the actions of foreign intelligence service
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Canadiens Are Tying the Knot in Droves This Summer
Italy, Ireland, Montreal, is there anywhere where the Habs aren't getting married this Summer?
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4 migrants die while attempting to cross the English Channel from northern France
Four migrants have died while trying to cross the English Channel on an inflatable boat from France to the U.K., French authorities said Friday. The migrants' vessel capsized and punctured off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in northern France, the prefecture responsible for the region said in a statement. Navy vessels, a fishing boat and a Navy helicopter joined the effort.
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What’s next for France’s hung Parliament?
French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to remain in office for now.
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Celebrating 50 years of marriage in Nigeria’s 'divorce capital'
Hundreds of marriages collapse each month in the northern city of Kano.
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The Latest | In a surprise, French leftists win the most seats in legislative elections
Final results in France say a leftist coalition that came together to try to keep the far right from power has won the most parliamentary seats in runoff elections. President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance has come in second and the far right in third. No one has a majority of parliament seats.
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Camp Hill teen travels to Poland and Israel for ‘March of the Living’
CAMP HILL, Pa. (WHTM) — A Camp Hill resident has returned from a meaningful mission. 17-year-old Sophia Swidler ventured to Poland and Israel to experience the “March of the Living,” an event where Jewish teenagers from around the world study the history of the Holocaust and examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance, and hatred. The […]
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These oldest-inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years
Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than 30,000 years old, meaning they are the oldest known active termite hills.
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Paddy Power Euro 2024 special offers: Enhanced price boosts on quarter-final ties
To mark the quarter final stage of Euro 2024 Paddy Power have two amazing welcome offers for new customers and we’ve got all the details here.There have ben ups and down for both France and Portugal...
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Old video of Sri Lanka cargo ship fire falsely linked to Huthi attack
Dramatic footage of plumes of smoke billowing from a cargo ship shows an incident in 2017, contrary to social media posts that falsely linked it to a Huthi attack in the Arabian Sea, as the rebels targeted commercial shipping following the outbreak of the Gaza war. The video shows a fire that engulfed a massive container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka.
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Who Is Bukayo Saka’s Girlfriend? Tolami Benson’s Age & Rumors Explained
England’s Bukayo Saka has been instrumental in the UEFA Euro 2024, helping The Three Lions reach the quarter-finals. Alongside his dedicated fans, Saka has received support from his rumored girlfriend, Tolami Benson, who is currently in Germany. Fans are curious about the credibility of these reports and want to know more about Tolami Benson, including […] The post Who Is Bukayo Saka’s Girlfriend? Tolami Benson’s Age & Rumors Explained appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Stre
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In Marseille, pétanque masks political divides ahead of Sunday's vote
Crime and poverty in cities like Marseille has driven support for the far right in southern France.
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Hamas faces growing public dissent as Gaza war erodes support
Palestinians in Gaza are openly criticising the armed group both on the streets and online.
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Scholz gives 'guarantee' Germany won't be party to war in Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tried to reassure citizens that Germany will not become a party to the war in Ukraine by continuing to support Kiev in the fight against Russian forces. "Yes, I give this guarantee," he said in response to a question in the Bundestag parliament on Wednesday, echoing comments he had made before. "That's what I stand for as chancellor." Russian President Vladimir Putin has however long regarded Germany and the Western military alliance NATO as a party to the war.
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German prosecutor arrests four suspected members of Syrian militia
Germany's public prosecutor has arrested four suspected members of a Syrian militia and one suspected member of the Syrian secret service, it said on Wednesday. The detained are suspected of killing and attempting to kill civilians in what amounts to crimes against humanity and war crimes. Four of them are also accused of torture. The four alleged militia members are said to have joined the "Free Palestine Movement" (FPM) group in Syria in 2011 at the latest, which controlled a neighbourhood in
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Germany's far-right AfD rejects limits on Russia travel by MPs
Delegates at the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) party conference on Sunday rejected a proposal to put stricter rules on foreign travel and interviews with foreign media for politicians with the far-right party. The proposal for stricter rules, put forward by several delegates, comes after extensive negative media attention involving travel to Russia and appearances on Russian state media by AfD politicians who have voiced admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Florian Köhler, an AfD m
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World Food Programme: UN clearing piled-up aid at pier off Gaza
The United Nations is transferring thousands of tons of humanitarian supplies from a US-constructed pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip after the temporary port was suspended due to poor weather, an aid official said on Sunday. Workers started on Friday transporting the piled-up aid, mostly food, to warehouses, the World Food Programme (WFP) spokeswoman Abeer Etefa told dpa. The aid will be distributed later. The transfer operation is ongoing and its completion depends on "easiness of movement"
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Kenya's president says 'organized criminals' infiltrated protests
Kenyan President William Ruto has blamed "a group of organized criminals" for the storming of parliament following peaceful protests. The protests had been "infiltrated and hijacked," Ruto said in a televised address on Tuesday. The protests were sparked by a new tax law that introduces additional tax burdens and increases existing taxes. Since Tuesday morning, thousands of people across Kenya have been demonstrating against the legislation. By the afternoon, the protests had escalated into chao
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Young Seal Rescued From Plastic Trash Wrapped Around Its Neck
A young seal at Pelican Point, just a stone's throw from Namibia's famous Skeleton Bay, found itself in a bit of trouble when its curiosity got the best of him.
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Medieval warrior woman was buried alongside 23 Spanish monks, and no one knows why
A medieval woman who was buried alongside 23 warrior monks in Spain was likely a warrior herself, a new study finds.
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Germany demands 'consequences' for Palestinian tied to Israeli jeep
Germany condemned the way an injured Palestinian was tied to the bonnet of a military vehicle in the northern West Bank city of Jenin over the weekend, calling for "clarification and consequences," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Berlin on Monday. The video clip showing the incident was "difficult to bear," the spokesman said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday confirmed the incident in which IDF troops tied the injured man to the bonnet of a jeep and drove past two ambulances in the
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New Polls Show French National Rally Forging Ahead of Macron
(Bloomberg) -- France’s National Rally continued to cement its lead in opinion polls a week before the country’s snap parliamentary election, largely at the expense of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc.Most Read from BloombergHow Long Can High Rates Last? Bond Markets Say Maybe ForeverJain Global Raises $5.3 Billion, Secures Cash From Abu DhabiNvidia Sales Grow So Fast That Wall Street Can’t Keep UpBuzzFeed Struggles to Sell Owner of Hit YouTube Show ‘Hot Ones’Tech Keeps a Lid on US Stoc
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Ceiling collapses at Egypt Valley Country Club
No one was hurt when a ceiling collapsed inside Egypt Valley Country Club east of Grand Rapids Friday.
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Video appears to capture the first use of Russia's monstrous 6,600-pound glide bomb in Ukraine and the immense destruction it causes
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War think tank called the use of the FAB-3000 bomb a "significant development" for Russia.
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EU membership talks 'big day' for Ukraine, Moldova says Kiev's Kuleba
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Friday praised the European Union decision to start talks on Ukrainian and Moldovan membership on Tuesday. "This is a big day for Ukraine, Moldova, and the European Union. All 27 EU member states have approved negotiating frameworks, and practical EU accession talks are scheduled to begin next week," Kuleba said on X. "Ukraine's path to today has not been easy, involving a revolution and a war. But, thanks to the Ukrainian people's bravery, we have not
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Thailand’s $102 Billion Budget Gets Initial Nod From Lawmakers
(Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s lower house of parliament voted in support of a $102 billion budget for next fiscal year that seeks to ramp up state spending to drive growth in Southeast Asia’s second largest economy.Most Read from BloombergNvidia Sales Grow So Fast That Wall Street Can’t Keep UpHow Long Will High Rates Last? Bond Markets Say Maybe ForeverRussia Is Storing Up a Crime Wave When Its War on Ukraine EndsCDK Hackers Want Millions in Ransom to End Car Dealership OutageHedge Funds’ Bullish C
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Korean case study: Transition from hybrids to BEVs will take longer than expected
Amid all the BEV hype, hybrids have quietly been doing very well in Korea
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A strike threat at WestJet is over, for now. Mechanics will resume talks with the Canadian airline
The union representing mechanics at Canadian airline WestJet said it withdrew a notice to begin a strike Thursday night after the airline agreed to return to the bargaining table. The strike threat had prompted WestJet, Canada's second-biggest airline, to cancel about 50 flights this week to avoid travelers and planes being stranded. "We hope that WestJet’s agreement to return to the table means we can get the contract our members want,” Bret Oestreich, national president of the Aircraft Mecha
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Carter Center to Send a Team to Observe Venezuelan Election
(Bloomberg) -- The Carter Center will deploy a team to observe Venezuela’s elections next month after the exclusion of European Union observers led to concerns about the legitimacy of the electoral process. Most Read from BloombergCDK Tells Car Dealers Their Systems Will Likely Be Down for DaysCar Dealerships Across US Halt Services After CyberattackPutin’s Hybrid War Opens a Second Front on NATO’s Eastern BorderUnited Airlines Jet Turns Back After Engine Piece Falls OffAt Blackstone's $339 Bill
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Heat wave claims lives of at least 125 in Mexico this year, hitting country's most vulnerable
When the nursing home in southern Mexico began to bake in the country’s ongoing heat wave, staff cycled their elderly residents through the few cooling options they had. First, some would sit in front of fans buzzing in the sweltering heat of Veracruz. Then it was back to the record-breaking temperatures roiling the Veracruz state.
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Unexploded WWII bomb found in Germany's Cologne defused overnight
An unexploded aerial bomb from World War II retrieved from the Rhine River in Germany's Cologne on Wednesday evening was safely defused overnight on a ship positioned away from residential areas, city officials said. Discovery of unexploded bombs is common in Cologne and other German cities, which were heavily bombed by Allied air forces during the war. Specially trained crews are dispatched to defuse or safely detonate the bombs. The British-made 5-tonne bomb had a rear-mounted fuse that was de
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Dozens die in extreme Hajj heat, but fears toll could be in hundreds
Dozens of Muslims have died during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia this year due to heat-related medical issues amid scorching temperatures, according to figures released by several countries. Tunisia's state news agency TAP reported on Wednesday that at least 35 Tunisian pilgrims had died, while Iran's semi-official Tasnim agency said 11 Iranian citizens were also among the dead. Senegal confirmed three of its citizens had died. Jordan's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that 4
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Religious and cultural mentions removed from names of China's Xinjiang villages, rights groups say
Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology, as part of an attack on their cultural identity, a report released by Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. About 630 villages in Xinjiang have had their names changed to remove references to Islam or the Uyghurs’ culture and history, according to the group's report, done in collaboration with the
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Will Japanese women be able to keep their maiden names after marriage? Major lobby demands change
A powerful Japanese business lobby is calling on the government to allow married couples to keep dual surnames, saying the lack of freedom to do so hinders women’s advancement and has even become a business risk. In Japan, each wedded pair has to legally adopt one family name. While either surname can be used, 95% of women still traditionally adopt their husbands’, according to a 2022 government survey.
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Thailand loosens visa regime to try pull in more visitors
Long a popular spot and stop for hedonists, beach bums and backpackers, Thailand is aiming to ramp up visitor numbers to pre-Covid levels with a revamped border system. The new rules, which are to take effect later this year, will see passport holders from 93 countries be given a 60-day on-arrival stamp, up from the 57 countries, and a doubling of current 30-day allowance. The Southeast Asian nation is to also offer a so-called "digital nomad" or "freelancer" visa for those who want to move ther
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Zuma's MK party seeks to block South African parliament citing vote-rigging
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Former South African president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party has applied to the country's top court to block the newly elected parliament from sitting this week on the grounds that the May 29 vote was marred by fraud, it said on Tuesday. The National Assembly is due to convene on Friday for lawmakers to swear the oath of office and elect their speaker, deputy speaker and the country's president. The challenge from MK comes as South Africa faces a level of po
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China could be on the cusp of reversing hukou, a legacy Mao policy
Increasingly, Chinese cities are rolling back hukou housing registration policies — a break with the past that economists argue will help China’s post-COVID economic recovery.
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France's Le Pen: 'We are ready to exercise power'
Right-wing populist Marine Le Pen has expressed a readiness to take power in France, in view of the snap elections triggered by the National Rally's overwhelming victory in Sunday's European Parliament polls. "We are ready to exercise power if the French people place their trust in us in these upcoming parliamentary elections," Le Pen said in Paris on Sunday evening. "We are ready to rebuild the country, ready to defend the interests of the French, ready to put an end to this mass migration, rea
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Ukraine isn't 'one system away from some massive breakthrough,' but there are things it can't get enough of, White House official says
Finer said Ukraine needs consistent military support against Russia, specifically artillery and air defense. There's no single weapon to win.
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How drones and AI could help farmers fight a stink bug invasion
Stink bugs, recognizable to most by the gnarly, unpleasant odor they emit after being unceremoniously crushed, are actually one of most significant agricultural pests tormenting farmers throughout North America and southern Europe. The pesky invasive species, which may have hitched a ride from Asia to the US via shipping containers back in the 1990s, reportedly, […]
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Heavy police presence in Beijing, Hong Kong on Tiananmen anniversary
China and Hong Kong reacted to Tuesday's 35th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing with an increased police presence. Soldiers were posted at important bridges in the Chinese capital on Tuesday. Anyone wishing to enter Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing had to pass through several strict passport and security checks. In the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which for a long time was the only place in China where the victims of the
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Carrying lunar rocks, Chinese probe lifts off from far side of moon
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Chang'e-6 probe has lifted off from the far side of the moon, starting its journey back towards Earth, China's national space agency announced on Tuesday. The probe's successful departure from the moon means China is closer to becoming the first country to return samples from the far side of the moon, which permanently faces away from Earth.
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