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Tunisians shun vote for powerless new parliament
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» TUNIS - Tunisians on Saturday overwhelmingly boycotted an election for a new parliament which will have virtually no authority following a power grab by President Kais Saied in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
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Bangladesh opposition mounts huge protest, MPs quit
AFP, Published on 11/12/2022
» DHAKA - Nearly 100,000 supporters of Bangladesh's main opposition party descended on Dhaka Saturday to protest against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and demand new elections.
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EU agrees ban on imports driving deforestation
AFP, Published on 06/12/2022
» BRUSSELS: The European Union reached an agreement Tuesday to ban the import of products including coffee, cocoa and soy in cases where they are deemed to contribute to deforestation.
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Ukraine says 'torture' sites found in Kherson
AFP, Published on 21/11/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine said Monday that it had discovered four Russian torture sites in its southern city of Kherson, which Moscow's forces quit this month leaving behind a trail of misery and destruction.
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Syrian refugee swimmer hopes biopic helps others displaced
AFP, Published on 20/11/2022
» LONDON - Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini, who almost drowned at sea fleeing her war-torn country before competing at two Olympics, hopes a new film about her life will help other displaced people.
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Fury as loophole in Spain rape law used to cut sentences
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» MADRID - A landmark law to fight sexual violence in Spain has come under fire over a loophole used by lawyers to get reduced sentences for some convicted offenders.
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'God spared us': Fleeing occupation by dinghy under Russian fire
AFP, Published on 04/11/2022
» ARHANHELSKE (UKRAINE) - The tractor driver and the nurse who became his wife during the war think they must have helped 2,200 villagers cross a river under Russian shelling to Ukrainian-held land.
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At least 42 killed as storm lashes southern Philippines
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» COTABATO (PHILIPPINES) - Landslides and flooding killed at least 42 people as heavy rain from an approaching storm lashed the southern Philippines, a disaster official said Friday.
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Painter Pierre Soulages, French master of black, dies at 102
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» PARIS - French abstract artist Pierre Soulages, who has died aged 102, was the Henry Ford of painting: for him there was just one colour, black, and he spent a lifetime exploring the light within it.
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China's Communist Party Congress to end with Xi set for third term
AFP, Published on 22/10/2022
» BEIJING: China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress will end Saturday, with President Xi Jinping likely to seal a norm-breaking third term in power.
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