A South Korean politician who grabbed a soldier’s gun in a tense standoff during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s abortive attempt at martial law told AFP she was scared but that democracy was worth fighting for.Yoon’s bid to impose South Korea’s first martial law in over four decades sent lawmakers streaming to parliament to defy soldiers …
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“Positive” talks between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles have rekindled hope that the ancient friezes could be on their way back to Athens after more than two centuries.UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Downing Street on Tuesday just as the British Museum confirmed it had …
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An Afghan TV station has been shut down after its office was used for dubbing “vulgar” programmes for banned media, the Taliban morality ministry said on Thursday, with the channel’s employees saying six people have been detained. The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) accused people working within Arezo TV of …
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President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday sought a new prime minister to prevent France from sliding deeper into political turmoil after Michel Barnier’s government was ousted in a historic no-confidence vote in parliament.Poised to be contemporary France’s shortest-serving premier, Barnier met Macron at the Elysee Palace to submit his resignation, after the defeat in parliament on …
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Thursday her participation at a summit of South America’s Mercosur bloc, saying a controversial free-trade deal between the EU and the group was within reach.”Touchdown in Latin America,” she wrote on social media platform X before the meeting in Montevideo. “The finish line of the EU-Mercosur agreement …
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Ukraine’s foreign minister called Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov a “war criminal” Thursday as they both attended an international summit in Malta, the latter’s first visit to an EU member since the 2022 invasion.Ukraine’s Andriy Sybiga also accused Moscow of being “the biggest threat to our common security” as the two foreign ministers sat on …
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India on Thursday successfully launched into space a pair of European satellites that will create artificial solar eclipses to help scientists catch a rare glimpse of the Sun’s mysterious atmosphere.Scientists broke into rapturous applause at the Sriharikota launch site as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief announced the spacecraft had been ejected as planned.”The …
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Amnesty International accused Israel Thursday of “committing genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza since the start of the war last year, saying its new report was a “wake-up call” for the world.The London-based rights organisation said its findings were based on satellite images documenting devastation, fieldwork and ground reports from Gazans as well as “dehumanising and …
Georgia’s prime minister vowed Thursday to “eradicate” the country’s “liberal-fascist” opposition, escalating the government’s bitter campaign against its rivals as mass pro-EU protests enter their second week.Tbilisi has been rocked by turmoil since the governing Georgian Dream party, which critics accuse of creeping authoritarianism and of leading the country back into Russia’s orbit, claimed victory …
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol clung to power Thursday, with his party announcing they will oppose an impeachment motion after his short-lived imposition of martial law stunned the world.Yoon suspended civilian rule late Tuesday and deployed troops and helicopters to parliament only for lawmakers to vote down the measure and force him into a …
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