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Category: 4. World
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Latest news bulletin | April 3rd – Morning
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As his employment limit nears, Elon Musk could be leaving DOGE soon
US President Donald Trump told reporters this week that “at some point, he’s going to be going back” to running his companies. As far as the Department of Government Efficiency, Trump said “it will end.”
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Progress made between Greek, Turkish Cypriot leaders but peace talks still distant
The Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish forces invaded and occupied the north of the country following a failed coup by supporters of a union with Greece.
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Protests against Istanbul mayor’s arrest morph into one-day shopping boycott
Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu have taken on a new dimension with calls for a one-day shopping boycott.
The student groups behind the demand also urged businesses to shutter on Wednesday.
Large-scale…
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Poppy’s debut: Baby pygmy hippo makes her first appearance at Virginia Zoo
With fewer than 2,500 pygmy hippos remaining in the wild, Poppy’s birth is a valuable boost to the species’ population.
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US Senate confirms Matt Whitaker as Trump’s pick for ambassador to NATO
The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee Matt Whitaker to be the US ambassador to NATO, at a time of growing concern about Washington’s commitment to the defence alliance.
Having served in the Justice Department during Trump’s first administration, Whitaker…
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IDF military operation in Gaza expanding to seize ‘large areas’, defence minister says
Israel’s military operation in Gaza is expanding to seize “large areas,” the defence minister has said, while officials at hospitals inside the territory said overnight strikes had killed more than 30 people, nearly a dozen of them children.
The IDF offensive in the Palestinian…
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Man rescued from rubble in Myanmar five days after devastating magnitude-7.7 quake
Hopes are fading of finding more survivors, with rescue crews hampered by the ongoing civil war and severe damage to roads and bridges.
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Council of Europe to send mission to Turkey amid ‘democratic backsliding’
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is preparing to send a fact-finding mission to Türkiye following what it describes as “democratic backsliding” including the widespread dismissal of elected mayors.
Although the situation came to…
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Video. Man rescued from Myanmar hotel rubble five days after earthquake
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Five days after the devastating earthquake killed over 2,700 people in Myanmar, a rescue team pulled a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Naypyidaw.
A man has been rescued from the rubble of a…
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