Dutch police detained dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in Amsterdam on Sunday after they defied a demonstration ban put in place in the wake of violence against Israeli football supporters.Earlier in the day, the Amsterdam District Court upheld a decision by the mayor to ban protests in the city, three days after it was rocked by …
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Two powerful earthquakes rocked southern Cuba in quick succession on Sunday, US geologists said, just days after the island was struck by a hurricane that knocked out power nationwide. The quakes cracked walls and damaged homes, but did not appear to have caused any deaths, according to preliminary reports.They left many residents running into the …
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Taylor Swift led the way at the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards in Manchester on Sunday, picking up four awards on a night dominated by female artists, including Tyla and Sabrina Carpenter.The ceremony’s 30th edition, which brought the biggest names in world music to northwest England, saw Swift take home trophies for best artist, best …
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Haiti’s transitional council has moved to replace Prime Minister Garry Conille, according to an official gazette bulletin seen Sunday by AFP, as a power struggle threatens to plunge the crisis-wracked nation into fresh chaos.The nine-member council’s decision, dated Monday November 11, seeks to push out Conille after just five months in office and replace him …
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Israeli air strikes killed dozens of people in Lebanon and Gaza Sunday, rescuers and authorities said, ahead of a US deadline for improved aid delivery to the Palestinian territory.Another strike south of the Syrian capital Damascus killed nine people including a Hezbollah commander, a war monitor said.Rescuers in the Gaza Strip said 13 children were …
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Gunmen burst into a bar in central Mexico and opened fire, killing 10 people and sowing panic in an area that had been spared the worst of the country’s raging criminal violence.Security camera footage showed several armed men pulling up in a truck and spraying bullets inside the venue as terrified customers fled or dived …
Russia should face justice for war crimes committed in Ukraine under any future peace deal and pay for the destruction it has wrought, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Sunday. This was the first visit by a top EU official to Ukraine since Donald Trump’s election victory in the United States, days earlier.His win has …
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The White House will spend its remaining $6 billion of Ukraine funding before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in January, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday, warning of the global risks of ending US support for Kyiv.Sullivan said President Joe Biden is expected to go over top foreign policy issues when he meets with President-elect …
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Mauritius voted Sunday in a close-fought parliamentary election focused on economic and political stability in one of Africa’s most prosperous democracies.The vote in the Indian Ocean archipelago came on the heels of a historic agreement last month that saw Britain cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius following a long-running dispute.But incumbent Prime Minister …
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Osama Ahmed’s life took a dramatic turn one night in October when the small boat that was to carry him and his father to the English coast sank shortly after setting out from France.The 20-year-old Syrian was rescued but when he woke up in hospital and asked about his dad nobody knew anything.Since that moment, …
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