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Switzerland: land of languages, neutrality, farmers and pharma
AFP, Published on 22/10/2023
» GENEVA - A land renowned for cheese, chocolate and banks, Switzerland, nestled in the heart of Europe, held its general election on Sunday.
Governments send planes to Israel to repatriate citizens
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/10/2023
» TEL AVIV - A growing number of governments are sending aircraft to Israel to airlift their citizens out of the country, after many commercial airlines suspended operations following the surprise attack by Hamas militants over the weekend.
Armenian schools teach pace, prepare for war
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» PARAKAR, Armenia - Each day at her school, head teacher Anush Hakobyan passes by the photo of her son killed three years ago in a war with Azerbaijan for control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
France wins suit over history-making shipwreck off US coast
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - More than 450 years ago, a three-masted ship sank in a hurricane off the coast of Florida, taking with it France's hopes of colonizing the peninsula.
Russian strike kills 51 gathered for wake in east Ukraine
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» GROZA (UKRAINE) - A Russian strike on Thursday killed at least 51 people gathered for a wake in an eastern Ukrainian village in what a UN official called a "horrifying" attack.
Gunfire around Karabakh persists between Armenian, Azerbaijani forces
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» YEREVAN - Moscow said Russian and Azerbaijani forces on Monday came under sniper fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, days after Baku secured the surrender of Armenian separatists in an offensive to regain control of the mountainous territory.
UN mission arrives in Karabakh, first visit in 30 years
AFP, Published on 01/10/2023
» BAKU: A United Nations mission arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, Azerbaijan said, after almost the entire ethnic-Armenian population fled since Baku recaptured the breakaway enclave.
French ambassador to Niger returns to Paris after weeks of tension
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» PARIS - France's ambassador to Niger landed in Paris on Wednesday, after weeks of tensions with the post-coup regime in the West African country who demanded his expulsion.
'We are penniless': migrants bled dry on path through Darien Gap
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» ACANDI (COLOMBIA) - At the start of the perilous jungle trek through the Darien Gap to Panama, uniformed workers on the Colombian side hand out colored wristbands to migrants, like bouncers at a nightclub, to indicate what "services" they have paid for.
Ukrainian missile hits Russia's Crimea naval HQ
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» MOSCOW - A Ukrainian missile attack on Friday struck the headquarters of Moscow's Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, leaving one missing and sparking a fire in Kyiv's latest assault on the peninsula.