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Iranian exile who got stuck for years in French airport dies
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» BOBIGNY (FRANCE) - An Iranian who got stuck for 18 years in a Paris airport, inspiring a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks died on Saturday at the terminal, an airport official said.
Denmark's queen delights jubilee crowds after family spat
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» COPENHAGEN - Denmark's Queen Margrethe II rounded off celebrations marking her 50th year on the throne Saturday, joined by her family following a public row with her youngest son.
Climate activists take to the trees to save German village
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» LüTZERATH (GERMANY) - After the last farmer packed up and left in October, climate activists are the only people left in the village of Luetzerath, Germany, which sits above a rich vein of coal.
US Democrats close in on Senate majority
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» WASHINGTON - Joe Biden’s Democrats were just one seat away Saturday from securing a remarkable midterm election result by retaining control of the US Senate.
Last of Rajiv Gandhi's killers freed
Published on 12/11/2022
» VELLORE, India: The last co-conspirators jailed for the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi walked out of prison on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court ordered their release.
Kenyan peacekeepers arrive in volatile east DR Congo
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» GOMA, DR Congo: Kenyan soldiers landed in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, as part of a regional military operation targeting rebels in the conflict-torn region.
Hundreds march for hunger striker at COP27
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt: Chants of "free them all" and "no climate justice without human rights" rang out between the halls of COP27 Saturday, in the largest protest since the UN climate summit began.
Bangkok mooted for Japan-China summit
News Agencies, Published on 12/11/2022
» PHNOM PENH: Japan and China are working to arrange talks between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Xi Jinping, with Thailand envisioned as the venue but Indonesia remaining a possibility, say sources familiar with the plan.
Coca chewing gets a chic makeover
Reuters, Published on 12/11/2022
» SANTIAGO: With flavours ranging from bubble gum to passion fruit and TikTok stars promoting it, chewing coca has become the latest chic trend in Bolivia.
Ship leaves French port after migrants disembark
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» TOULON, France: All migrants on board a rescue ship turned back by Italy have disembarked in France, authorities said Saturday, as the vessel left to undergo maintenance at another port.