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Takaichi wins big in Japan election, media projections show
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was projected to have won a thumping victory in snap elections on Sunday, a result that could however rile China and worry financial markets.
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Former French Minister Jack Lang offered his resignation from his role as head of a prestigious Paris cultural centre over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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The White House initially rejected "fake outrage" over the video shared on Trump's Truth Social account late Thursday night, only to then blame the post on an error by a staff member.
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"Let's stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing," the former Democratic president said on X.
By AFP
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City officials said 31 people died and another 169 were wounded in the explosion at the Imam Bargah Qasr-e-Khadijatul Kubra mosque on the city's outskirts.
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The latest crisis to hit Starmer's struggling government has left many doubting his judgement and some -- including within his ruling centre-left Labour party.
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China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin hailed the strengthening of bilateral ties in the face of a "turbulent" global situation, in a video call on Wednesday.
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Pakistan has been battling a Baloch separatist insurgency for decades, with frequent armed attacks on security forces, foreign nationals and non-local Pakistanis.
By AFP
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Several rounds of diplomacy between the sides have failed to strike a deal on ending Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II, which began when Russia invaded in February 2022.
By AFP
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Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump was turning the US into an authoritarian state as democracy declines globally to its lowest ebb in four decades.
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Cuba's government on Monday denied in an AFP interview that it was in talks with US President Donald Trump's administration.
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US President Donald Trump said Monday that Mexico would stop sending oil to Cuba
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