Philippine authorities ordered all vessels back to shore and people in coastal communities to leave their homes Saturday as Typhoon Man-yi neared the storm-weary archipelago nation, with forecasters expecting it to intensify before making landfall.Man-yi will be the sixth major storm to pound the Philippines in the past month, killing at least 163 people, leaving …
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The Netherlands’ right-wing government averted collapse on Friday after a junior minister resigned over alleged racist comments by cabinet colleagues related to last week’s attacks on Israeli football fans.Deputy Finance Minister Nora Achahbar handed in her resignation late Friday, setting in motion crisis talks between leaders of the four-party Dutch coalition government. Achahbar decided to exit …
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Philippine authorities ordered all vessels back to shore and people in coastal communities to leave their homes Saturday as Typhoon Man-yi neared the storm-weary archipelago nation, with forecasters expecting it to intensify before making landfall.Man-yi will be the sixth major storm to pound the Philippines in the past month, killing at least 163 people, leaving …
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Argentina’s abrupt snub of COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan has raised alarm that President Javier Milei — an ally to US President-elect Donald Trump — could be looking at pulling out of the Paris accord.Such a move would align Milei’s climate change skepticism with the position held by Trump — and deal a blow to …
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The solo protest of Bangladeshi hunger striker Mahbubul Haque Shipon is hard to spot among the six other demonstrations under way on the same busy thoroughfare.Shipon’s country is emerging from a summer of upheaval after student protests sparked a revolution, culminating in autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina’s August ouster.Hasina’s government imposed draconian restrictions on public assembly …
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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof’s right-wing government averted a crisis Friday when a junior minister resigned over alleged racist comments by cabinet colleagues, but the coalition government will remain in place.Deputy Finance Minister Nora Achahbar handed in her resignation late Friday, as the Netherlands grapples with the political fallout of last week’s attacks on Israeli …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Germany’s Olaf Scholz on Friday of playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the chancellor spoke by phone to the Kremlin chief for the first time in almost two years.In the call, Scholz “condemned Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and called on President Putin to end …
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Indigenous Maori lawmakers disrupted New Zealand’s parliament with a stirring “haka” dance, voicing opposition to a race relations bill that has ignited protests across the country. A contentious bid to reinterpret a centuries-old treaty between New Zealand’s Maori and European settlers was set to be debated in parliament on Thursday. But proceedings were derailed when 22-year-old Maori …
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Joe Biden cut a diminished figure on one of his last outings on the world stage Friday, as he admitted that the times are changing with Donald Trump’s impending return to power. The 81-year-old lame-duck US president attempted to use a summit in Lima to shore up ties with key Asia-Pacific allies before the potential wrecking …
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday warned of turbulent times ahead, in remarks at an Asia-Pacific economic summit in Lima overshadowed by Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House. The men, who will hold their last, official face-to-face Saturday, warned separately of choppy waters as the world braces for the …
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