Last week Lebanese soldiers retrieved the bodies of six of their comrades from the smouldering ruins of an arms depot near the Israeli border. It was the army’s deadliest day since the country was drawn into a regional war on October 8th 2023….
Category: 4. World
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Trump-Putin Alaska summit: What we know about the upcoming meeting
The Kremlin released the detailed agenda for Vladimir Putin’s Friday meeting with Donald Trump as the US president is expected to push the Russian leader to agree to a ceasefire in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. What will Putin bring to the talks?
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Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists | Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists have scaled a gas rig, stretched a 96 sq metre canvas across its side and stained it crimson, in a protest designed with Anish Kapoor.
The work, in the North Sea, is believed to be the first piece of fine art exhibited from a…
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Heatwave fuels rise in wild swimming across Amsterdam
Amsterdam residents sought relief from the summer heat on Wednesday by plunging into the city’s network of canals, rivers and docks.
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Trump’s nod to Europe on a future peace force for Ukraine vastly improves its chances of success
BRUSSELS (AP) — European leaders have praised President Donald Trump for agreeing to allow vital U.S. backup for a force they are mustering to police any future peace in Ukraine — a move that vastly…
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Smotrich to okay 3,000 homes east of Jerusalem, ‘burying idea of Palestinian state’
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Wednesday that he plans to approve tenders to build more than 3,000 housing units in the highly controversial E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim in the West…
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