Beijing says it has “lodged serious protests with the Czech side” after Petr Pavel travelled to India to congratulate the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday.
Category: 4. World
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China cuts ties with Czech President Petr Pavel over meeting with Dalai Lama
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Berlin protesters swim in Spree to push for lifting 1925 ban
Hundreds of people leapt into the Spree River’s calm, green-tinged waters in Berlin’s historic Mitte district on Tuesday, aiming to show it is both clean and enjoyable for swimming.
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Swimming in the Seine : NPR
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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international correspondents…
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Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine kill at least six
Moscow launches strikes at multiple Ukrainian cities overnight on Wednesday, just days before Vladimir Putin is set to meet Donald Trump in Alaska for peace talks.
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Mexico City rally over Israeli strike that killed journalists in Gaza
Journalists and activists gathered in Mexico City on Tuesday evening to demand justice for Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and other reporters killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza late on Sunday.
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Air Conditioning Use Rises in Europe as Extreme Heat Becomes the New Normal
As Europe sweats through another summer of record-high temperatures, much of the continent is undergoing a rapid and often tense transformation.
Once seen as an American excess or Mediterranean necessity, air conditioning is becoming a fixture of…
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