- Madagascar president names army general as new prime minister Reuters
- Madagascar anti-government protesters take to the streets for third week Al Jazeera
- Madagascar president names military general as new prime minister Reuters
- Madagascar’s…
Category: 4. World
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ICC issues first-ever Darfur conviction : NPR
Former senior commander of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, appears for a hearing over war…
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Greta Thunberg Accuses Israel of Violating International Law In Blocking Flotilla
Greta Thunberg was one of 171 activists deported from Israel today after being taken by the Israeli Defense Forces aboard ships sailing as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to bring aid into Gaza despite an Israeli blockade. Thunberg,…
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More trouble for Emmanuel Macron as another French PM resigns
In the end, Emmanuel Macron’s man wasn’t able to pull it off either.
When Sébastien Lecornu was appointed France’s prime minister three and a half weeks ago, the spin was that this was President Macron’s last card.
A last card, we were told, but a…
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Heavy snow hinders rescue of hikers on Mount Everest. We explain.
Rescuers are struggling to reach at least 200 hikers trapped in a Mount Everest valley by an unexpectedly fierce weekend snowstorm that pounded the mountain with snow and heavy rain, according to Chinese state media CCTV.
About 350 hikers caught…
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French appeals court revisits Gisèle Pelicot rape case
Less than a year after the landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France and turned Gisèle Pelicot into a global icon, she was greeted with applause Monday as she arrived at a courthouse for the appeal of a man challenging…
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Israel and Hamas begin indirect talks in Egypt on Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent and
Kathryn Armstrong
Reuters
Israel has been carrying out an offensive in Gaza City for weeks Indirect talks aimed at reaching a final agreement on a US peace plan to end the war in Gaza have begun in the Egyptian…
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Amid face-off between U.S. and Venezuela, fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs
On a recent afternoon, Kenrick Modie finished untangling his fishing net in a quiet Caribbean village.
As he slipped into a hammock at his home overlooking the sea, he worried that his life and livelihood could be wiped out by a U.S. military…
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U.S. soccer ‘monitoring the situation’ involving North African protests ahead of Women’s World Cup
U.S. Soccer says it is “monitoring the situation in Morocco” and “no changes have been made” ahead of the U-17 Women’s World Cup later this month, which will feature the U.S. women’s national team’s youth squad.
The tournament kicks…
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