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LIFE

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Panahi wins top prize at Cannes

AFP, Published on 25/05/2025

» CANNES (FRANCE) - "It Was Just an Accident" by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Festival on Saturday.

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WORLD

‘Seventh heaven’: Tears and laughter as Ukrainian PoWs return

AFP, Published on 24/05/2025

» CHERNIGIV REGION, Ukraine - Waxy and emaciated, Konstantin Steblev spoke to his mother for the first time in three years after being released as part of the biggest ever prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

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WORLD

German and Chinese leaders discuss Ukraine, trade woes

AFP, Published on 23/05/2025

» BERLIN - Germany’s Friedrich Merz urged Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to support a Ukraine ceasefire push and discussed thorny economic ties, in the leaders’ first call since Merz became chancellor.

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GENERAL

Taliban in talks with Russia, China for trade transactions in local currencies

Reuters, Published on 23/05/2025

» KABUL — The Taliban administration is in advanced talks with Russia for banks from both sanctions-hit economies to settle trade transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars in their local currencies, Afghanistan's acting commerce minister said.

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OPINION

Foreign aid, the powerful US soft power, is gone

Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 23/05/2025

» 'Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." When Joni Mitchell sang that line in 1970, she was lamenting the destruction of the environment, but the sentiment applies to many issues. Today, we can add official development assistance (ODA) to the list.

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OPINION

Pandora's box

Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/05/2025

» Re: "Cannabis users in Thailand will need medical certificates", (BP, May 21).  

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WORLD

Romanian court rejects far-right candidate's election appeal

AFP, Published on 22/05/2025

» BUCHAREST — Romania's constitutional court on Thursday validated the results of the presidential run-off vote at the weekend, won by pro-European Nicusor Dan, after rejecting an appeal by his defeated far-right rival.

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WORLD

German leader in Lithuania to bolster NATO’s eastern flank

AFP, Published on 22/05/2025

» FRANKFURT - Chancellor Friedrich Merz is visiting Lithuania on Thursday to mark the official formation of Germany's first permanent overseas military unit since World War II, aimed at bolstering NATO's eastern flank against a hostile Russia.

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WORLD

The Ambush Office: Trump's Oval becomes test of nerve for world leaders

AFP, Published on 22/05/2025

» WASHINGTON - For world leaders an invitation to the Oval Office used to be a coveted prize. Under Donald Trump it's become a ticket to a brutal political ambush.

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OPINION

Future-shaping on shifting sands

Oped, Surakiart Sathirathai, Published on 22/05/2025

» Today, as the world stands at yet another inflection point, I believe it is more important than ever to reflect not only on the history of our cooperation -- but also on how we can shape its future, together.