The radio was playing and summer sun was streaming through the car windows when Natalya Sadykova and her husband Aydos pulled into their leafy courtyard in Kyiv where a gunman was waiting.The couple — exiled activists from Kazakhstan given asylum in Ukraine a decade earlier — had just finished some errands and were planning to …
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Romania could elect its first far-right president on Sunday in a key vote for the EU and NATO member bordering Ukraine.Far-right politician Calin Georgescu, a former senior civil servant, shocked the eastern European nation when he topped the first round of the presidential elections on November 24.In Sunday’s run-off, he will face Elena Lasconi, a …
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Romania’s far-right presidential front-runner Calin Georgescu has put his most controversial statements aside as he goes for a single slogan echoing Donald Trump before Sunday’s run-off vote — “Romania first”.”I am ultra pro-Trump. I think in the same way he does,” said the 62-year-old, a past admirer of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, adding that he …
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Chinese shopping app Temu has been forced to suspend its services in Vietnam after it failed to register with authorities, state media said on Thursday.Goods ordered on Temu were no longer being cleared through customs in Vietnam, state media reported, after the company missed an end-of-November deadline to register with the ministry of industry and …
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The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers will attend a summit in Malta on Thursday, with Sergei Lavrov making his first visit to an EU country since his country’s 2022 invasion of its neighbour.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will also be attending the meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in …
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The more than five-year reconstruction of Notre Dame cathedral has featured some near-miraculous recoveries, as well as several controversies. Ahead of the official reopening of the cathedral on Saturday, AFP looks at some of the key moments:- The saviours -Paris firefighters won universal praise for their swift and decisive action on the evening of April …
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Bitcoin broke $100,000 for the first time Thursday as traders cheered Donald Trump’s decision to pick a crypto fan to head the US securities regulator, reinforcing optimism the new president will push through measures to deregulate the sector.The cryptocurrency soared through the mark to a peak of $103,800, having enjoyed a blistering rally since the …
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Thursday the island’s partnership with the United States was “rock solid”, during a visit to US territory Guam, his second stop on American soil in a Pacific tour that has angered Beijing. Lai’s week-long trip is aimed at shoring up international support for Taiwan as China maintains military pressure on …
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Thursday called on like-minded governments to “safeguard democracy” during a visit to US territory Guam, his second stop on American soil in a Pacific tour that has angered Beijing. Lai’s week-long trip is aimed at shoring up international support for Taiwan as China maintains military pressure on the island and …
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