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Celine Berthon made France's first woman spy agency chief
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» PARIS - France appointed its first woman domestic intelligence chief Wednesday, with top police officer Celine Berthon stepping up to head the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI).
Yellen urges China to shift from 'unfair' state-driven economic policy
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called Thursday for China to shift from a state-driven approach in economic policy, saying that this can discourage investors.
Egypt election offers more of the same despite crisis
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» CAIRO: Egyptians vote on Sunday in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little doubt that the incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will secure a third term.
'This cannot wait': Biden urges Congress to pass Ukraine aid
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden urged feuding US lawmakers Wednesday to approve military aid for Kyiv, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not stop with Ukraine and could even clash with NATO.
Ukraine president says 'not the time' for elections
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he doesn't believe it is the right time for elections as debate intensifies on holding a vote in 2024 while the country fights against Russia's invasion.
Ukraine's Zelensky denies war with Russia at 'stalemate'
AFP, Published on 04/11/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - President Volodymyr Zelensky denied on Saturday that Ukraine's war with Russia had reached a "stalemate", pushing back at suggestions Western leaders were lobbying for peace talks.
'Forever': Home a shrine to Turkey's founder
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» EDIRNE, Turkey - The clocks in pensioner Mukaddes Kokeralp Cirak's house still show the moment modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk died in 1938.
Widow of killed Pakistani journalist sues Kenya police
AFP, Published on 23/10/2023
» NAIROBI - A widow of a Pakistani journalist who was shot dead by police in Kenya after he fled arrest in his home country filed a lawsuit against Kenyan police on Monday, her lawyer said.
Populist right set to sweep Swiss polls
AFP, Published on 22/10/2023
» GENEVA: As the final votes were being cast Sunday in Switzerland's general elections, right-wing populists look set to sweep the polls following a campaign fuelled by anti-mass migration rhetoric and pledges to combat "woke madness".
France withdrawing ambassador, troops from Niger after coup: Macron
AFP, Published on 25/09/2023
» PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said France is imminently to withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the next months, in the wake of the coup in the west African country that ousted the pro-Paris president.