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Israelis united in trauma, divided by war after October 7
Sep 24, 2024 (AFP)
In the aftermath of the attack, the deadliest in Israeli history, a movement of national solidarity emerged, with volunteers preparing meals for soldiers and we...
Sri Lanka's new leader says no magic solution to crisis
Sep 23, 2024 (AFP)
Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) took his oath at the colonial-era Presidential Secretariat in Colombo after ...
Swiss voters reject environment, pensions reforms: official results
Sep 22, 2024 (AFP)
Switzerland may be associated with pristine natural landscapes, but environmentalists have sounded the alarm over its endangered ecosystems and were urging vote...
Swiss vote on pensions and environment protections
Sep 22, 2024 (AFP)
That proposal appears set to fail, according to opinion polls, while the Swiss are also set to reject a planned reform of the financing of the wealthy Alpine na...
France's Macron appoints new government in shift to right
Sep 21, 2024 (AFP)
The cabinet announced by French President Emmanuel Macron and led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier comes 11 weeks after an inconclusive parliamentary election. ...
Pope criticises Argentina's crackdown on protesters
Sep 20, 2024 (AFP)
"They showed me a repression filmed a week ago... Workers. People demanding their rights in the streets," the pope said in Spanish at an event with social movem...
UN 'disappointed' at S.Sudan election delay
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
The world's newest nation won independence from Sudan in 2011, but was plunged into a civil war two years later that killed some 400,000 people. A peace deal in...
Russia intensifies disinformation ops against Harris campaign: Microsoft
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
The report comes after the US government accused Russia's state news agency RT earlier this month of seeking to influence the presidential election in November ...
Hong Kong tycoon's son warns time running out as 3rd person jailed for sedition
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered popular Chinese-language tabloid Apple Daily which supported mass pro-democracy protests, was detained in 2020 and is stan...
Disputed elections becoming a global phenomenon: report
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
Between 2008 and 2023, global voter turnout fell by 10 percentage points, from 65.2 to 55.5 percent, according to an annual report by Stockholm-based intergover...
Hong Kong journalists face 'systematic' harassment: press group
Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)
The Chinese finance hub was once known for its freewheeling press but has plummeted in media freedom rankings since Beijing cracked down on dissent following hu...
Spain PM says giving asylum to Venezuela opposition figure 'gesture of humanity'
Sep 11, 2024 (AFP)
"Asylum is a gesture of humanity, a civil humanitarian commitment of Spanish society and by extension of its government to people who are unfortunately sufferin...
Spain PM says asylum for Venezuela opposition figure 'gesture of humanity'
Sep 11, 2024 (AFP)
Gonzalez Urrutia, 75, arrived in Madrid late Sunday after weeks in hiding following a July 28 presidential election that the opposition insists he won, but whic...
Hong Kong outlet Stand News and editors found guilty of sedition
Aug 29, 2024 (AFP)
The verdict is part of a crackdown on free speech in the former British colony that has seen critics of China jailed or forced into exile, following huge pro-de...
US Defense Department to help protect presidential candidates
Aug 29, 2024 (AFP)
The announcement comes after a gunman lightly wounded Republican candidate Donald Trump and killed a campaign rally attendee last month -- a major failing in Se...
Hong Kong news outlet awaits verdict in landmark sedition trial
Aug 28, 2024 (AFP)
The case is seen as a bellwether for press freedom in the finance hub as Beijing continues to tighten its grip following a crackdown on huge and sometimes viole...
Argentine VP vows to reopen cases of victims of anti-junta guerrillas
Aug 28, 2024 (AFP)
The move sparked criticism in the South American nation, where rights groups estimate that 30,000 disappeared under the 1976-83 military junta. Vice President V...
Convicted activists in Hong Kong national security trial say 'no remorse'
Aug 27, 2024 (AFP)
Forty-five well-known politicians and activists were convicted in May of "conspiracy to subvert the state power" for holding an unofficial primary in 2020 as pa...
In key Wisconsin county, democracy and economy are big worries
Aug 26, 2024 (AFP)
Wisconsin's Outagamie County has emerged as a swing district in a state pivotal to both presidential candidates. Here is what some of the voters are saying: - R...
Russia hands 8-year term to self-exiled Kremlin critic Gudkov
Aug 21, 2024 (AFP)
Gudkov, who served as a lawmaker in Russia's parliament from 2011 to 2016, was found guilty of publishing "false information" about the Russian military, motiva...
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