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Europe hopes for 'no surprises' as US weighs force withdrawals
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - After keeping Donald Trump happy with a pledge to up defence spending at NATO's summit, Europe is now bracing for a key decision from the US president on the future of American forces on the continent.
China-backed militia controls rare earth mines in Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 12/06/2025
» A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.
Paris Holocaust memorial, synagogues vandalised
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» PARIS - France's Holocaust memorial and three Paris synagogues and a restaurant were vandalised with paint overnight Saturday, in what the Israeli embassy denounced as an "coordinated antisemitic attack".
Japan to cut teachers' working hours amid 'serious' surge in mental health woes
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/02/2024
» The number of teachers who took leave due to mental illness at public schools in Japan climbed to a record high of 6,539 in fiscal 2022, a government survey showed, with an increased workload amid the Covid-19 pandemic cited as a possible factor.
‘Lava chasers’ keep an eye on Iceland
Reuters, Published on 30/12/2023
» As the glowing river of lava from a volcano that erupted last week in Iceland ebbed, not everyone was happy.
Dutch vote in knife-edge election
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» THE HAGUE - Dutch voters headed to the polls Wednesday for a nail-biting election that will transform the country's political landscape after Prime Minister Mark Rutte's record 13 years in power.
Republicans see small opening after Elizabeth's passing
Reuters, Published on 09/09/2022
» LONDON: During Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year reign, republican rumblings surfaced on occasion, but the affection and respect she enjoyed meant that the movement to do away with the monarchy struggled to make a lasting impression.
Austria raises alarm about 'dramatic' femicide plague
AFP, Published on 18/01/2022
» VIENNA: Painted in blood red on an improvised memorial in Vienna, the number 31 is a stark reminder of a grim toll: the women killed by men in Austria last year.
In Egypt's Red Sea, corals fade as oceans warm
AFP, Published on 08/10/2021
» SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt: Standing on a boat bobbing gently in the Red Sea, Egyptian diving instructor Mohamed Abdelaziz looks on as tourists snorkel amid the brilliantly coloured corals, a natural wonder now under threat from climate change.
Leaders of China and North Korea vow to strengthen ties: KCNA
AFP, Published on 11/07/2021
» SEOUL: Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have vowed to bring their relations to a "new stage" as the two countries mark the 60th anniversary of a friendship pact, Pyongyang's state media reported Sunday.