Argentina recorded a monthly inflation rate of 2.2 percent in January, the lowest in 4.5 years, the INDEC national statistics agency said Thursday, in a boost for budget-slashing President Javier Milei.Inflation, the perennial bugbear of South America’s second-biggest economy, was down from 2.7 percent in December, it said, and January was the fourth straight month …
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Western nations joined key players in the Middle East on Thursday in a pledge of support for war-torn Syria’s delicate transition after the fall of longtime leader Bashar al-Assad.Around 20 countries including Arab nations, Turkey, Britain, France, Germany, Canada and Japan agreed at the close of a conference in Paris to “work together to ensure …
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday warned against trusting Vladimir Putin, as US President Donald Trump insisted he believed the Russian leader “wants peace”.Trump’s shock statement that he wanted to begin talks with Putin to end the war stunned Ukraine and European allies — several of whom questioned his strategy and warned Washington not to hatch …
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Israel warned Thursday that Hamas must release three living hostages this weekend or face a resumption of the war in Gaza, after the Palestinian militant group said it was committed to the truce agreement.Palestinian sources reported progress in efforts to salvage the ceasefire, which was plunged into crisis after Hamas said it would not release …
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Donald Trump’s defence chief denied Thursday the US president was betraying Ukraine by opening talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, as blindsided European powers insisted they and Kyiv must have a seat at the table.Trump on Wednesday stunned European allies by agreeing to launch negotiations with Moscow on ending the nearly three-year Ukraine war, in his …
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A suspected gas explosion in a Taiwan department store killed at least four people and injured 26, authorities said on Thursday, with the force of the blast spraying large pieces of debris over the street below.Rescuers were searching for survivors of the blast in the food court on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong …
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Jonas spent more than a year trying to reach Tunisia after escaping ethnic violence in his native Nigeria, but rising anti-migrant sentiment and a government crackdown in the North African country have left him without help.Speaking under a pseudonym for fear of expulsion, Jonas said he crossed through Niger and Libya to escape attacks on …
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Hamas said Thursday it was committed to honouring a truce with Israel that is facing its worst crisis since it took effect, and added that mediators were pushing for hostages to be released this weekend as planned.Palestinian sources reported progress in efforts to salvage the ceasefire which was plunged into uncertainty after Hamas warned it …
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For the young Russians who would once have turned out to Alexei Navalny street rallies in their thousands, the opposition leader’s public legacy has faded fast in the year since his death.The Kremlin critic had hoped young, urban, pro-Western Russians would help him remove President Vladimir Putin from power. But on the streets of Moscow, his …
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South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol will get another hearing next week before judges decide on whether to formally remove him from office over his martial law decree, the country’s Constitutional Court said Thursday.The former prosecutor has remained defiant throughout weeks of hearings, blaming a “malicious” opposition for his December bid to suspend civilian rule.The …
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