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Romanian police raided houses on Saturday, a day after the top court cancelled the presidential vote in an unprecedented development following allegations of Russian interference in favour of the far-right frontrunner.The court’s shock move, just before the presidential run-off, opens the way for a new electoral process to start from scratch in the EU and …

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Gasps of frustration. Shouts of rage. Tears. Many of the tens of thousands of protesters outside South Korea’s parliament were overcome with emotion Saturday, as a presidential impeachment motion looked set to fail.Nearly 150,000 people were estimated by police to have filled the streets around the National Assembly on Saturday, demanding that lawmakers impeach President …

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Syrian rebel commander Hassan Abdel Ghani sought to reassure religious minorities on Saturday after Islamist-led fighters snatched key cities and swathes of territory from government control.His comments online came a little over a week into a lightning offensive led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, who …

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A motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was on the brink of failing Saturday, after lawmakers from his ruling party boycotted the ballot despite huge protests outside parliament.Yoon stunned the nation and the international community Tuesday night by suspending civilian rule and sending troops to parliament, but was forced into a U-turn …

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Georgian police said on Saturday they arrested dozens of people during a crackdown on pro-EU protesters who rallied Friday for a ninth consecutive day against the government decision to shelve talks on joining the bloc.Security forces fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the thousands of people who had gathered outside parliament in Tbilisi …

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Ghanaians voted in elections on Saturday with frontrunners vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia and opposition ex-president John Mahama facing off in a closely contested race.Ghana’s struggling economy emerged as the dominant electoral issue after the West Africa gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for a …

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In 1973, when Shin Jae-hyung was a teenager, he was out in the streets being teargassed, fighting against South Korea’s then-military dictator Park Chung-hee. He never thought he would have to do it again in 2024.But when he heard the country’s current president, Yoon Suk Yeol, had declared martial law this week — the first time …

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared set to survive an impeachment vote Saturday for imposing martial law after his party’s lawmakers boycotted, despite mass protests outside parliament calling for his ouster.Yoon stunned the nation and the international community Tuesday night by suspending civilian rule, but was forced into a U-turn after lawmakers nixed his …

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A three-storey apartment block in The Hague partially collapsed Saturday after a fire and explosion, firefighters said, with first responders searching for people under the rubble.Four people have already been pulled out of the debris and taken to hospital, as elite teams with sniffer dogs deployed to rescue others trapped by the disaster.It was not …

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US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday landed in Paris on his first international trip since his election win, preparing for a day of intense diplomacy before attending the reopening ceremony for the Notre Dame cathedral restored after the 2019 fire.President Emmanuel Macron scored a major coup in Trump’s acceptance of the invitation to attend the …

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