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Putin issues new nuclear warning after Ukrainian strike
News Agencies, Published on 19/11/2024
» Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks, as Ukraine used US long-range missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time.
British farmers rally against inheritance tax
Reuters, Published on 19/11/2024
» LONDON - Thousands of farmers protested at Britain’s parliament and some drove tractors through central London on Tuesday to demand the scrapping of an inheritance tax that they say will destroy family farms and threaten food production.
Sabotage feared as Baltic Sea cables cut
Published on 19/11/2024
» Two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea, including one linking Finland and Germany, have been severed, raising suspicions of sabotage, the countries and companies involved say.
Maori rights rally draws thousands in New Zealand
Published on 19/11/2024
» WELLINGTON - Tens of thousands of New Zealanders rallied in front of parliament on Tuesday in one of the country’s largest ever protests to oppose a bill, which opponents say seeks to dilute the rights of Maori and threatens to set race relations back decades.
Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in landmark national security trial
Reuters, Published on 19/11/2024
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty democracy movement and drawn international condemnation.
Hundreds queue for sentencing of 47 Hong Kong democrats
Reuters, Published on 19/11/2024
» HONG KONG: Hundreds queued on Tuesday outside a Hong Kong court ahead of the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty pro-democracy movement and drawn international criticism.