President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a ceasefire in the Middle East and criticized the Nobel Committee for awarding its peace prize to people he…
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Gaza ceasefire starts as IDF completes partial withdrawal; Hamas has 72 hours to return hostages
The Israel Defense Forces completed a withdrawal to agreed-upon deployment lines in the Gaza Strip on Friday at noon, officially beginning a ceasefire and a 72-hour countdown during which Hamas is to release the 48 hostages it is holding…
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Burkina Faso refuses to take deportees as US stops issuing visas
Burkina Faso’s military government has refused to take in deportees from the US as Washington suspended issuing visas in the West African nation.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré questioned if the embassy’s decision was…
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What would Palestinians’ most popular leader do if freed? No one knows
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With the announcement on Wednesday evening that Israel and Hamas agreed to implement the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, Hamas’ demand that prominent Palestinian prisoners be…
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Deadly earthquakes strike Philippines, triggering temporary tsunami warnings
Two powerful quakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least six people and triggering tsunami warnings that were later lifted.
The biggest of the quakes, with a magnitude of 7.4, hit about 12 miles off Manay town in…
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Philippines hit by strong aftershock, tsunami warning, after 7.4 magnitude quake
MANILA, Philippines — A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least two people, while towns near the epicentre suffered structural damage and authorities warned of strong…
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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize | Nobel peace prize
The Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won the Nobel peace prize for her dogged struggle to rescue the South American country from its fate as “a brutal, authoritarian state”.
Machado, 58, a conservative often described…
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'New generation will make the quantum revolution a reality,' says Nobel laureate John Martinis
John Martinis tells Euronews the new generation of researchers has the potential to accelerate the quantum revolution, as long as there is collaboration, consistency and awareness of the complexity of the task.
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Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect in Gaza, Israeli military says
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the military said, hours after Israel’s Cabinet approved a deal to pause the fighting and exchange…
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