Four UN peacekeepers were wounded in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon on Thursday that also killed three civilians, the Lebanese army said.Israel launched a barrage of strikes Thursday after Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it carried out a missile attack targeting a military base near Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday.Also on Wednesday, the …
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Unusual cross-party support is swelling in France behind a draft law meant to halt a looming “mexicanisation” of the country by a burgeoning drug trade, defying an otherwise riven political landscape.Conservative Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau will present the bill, with high-profile provisions to empower police and France’s anti-drugs agency, in Marseille on Friday alongside Justice …
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The next head of Europe’s CERN physics laboratory said Thursday that he favoured moving forward with plans for a giant particle collider far more powerful than the collider that discovered the famous “God particle”.”Scientifically, I am convinced it is the right option,” Mark Thomson, whom CERN has tapped to be its next director-general, said of …
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The UK government announced sanctions on Thursday against three private mercenary groups operating in Africa with links to the Kremlin, including Wagner group successor Africa Corps.”These sanctions will bear down on Russian malign activity in Libya, Mali, and CAR (Central African Republic), exposing and combatting Russia’s illicit activity in Africa,” a government statement said, announcing its …
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Israel conducted air strikes on Hezbollah’s main bastion in south Beirut on Thursday, with one raid hitting an area near Lebanon’s only international airport.The pre-dawn raids came after Hezbollah claimed a slew of attacks on Israel, including a missile strike targeting a military base near Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport.Also on Wednesday, the health ministry …
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Mauritius, one of Africa’s richest countries and a stable democracy in a sometimes volatile neighbourhood, is holding a legislative election on Sunday.Here are some facts about the Indian Ocean island nation:- Beacon of stability – Mauritius prides itself as a secure and prosperous nation free of the social and political upheaval roiling some of its African …
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Soldiers and police were patrolling Mozambique’s capital Maputo early Thursday ahead of a planned protest against election results seen by the opposition as fraudulent, AFP reporters said.The southern African nation has been rocked by violence since an October 9 vote won by the Frelimo party, which has been in power for almost 50 years. The city …
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday Beijing and Washington must find a way to “get along” in a message to US president-elect Donald Trump, state media reported.Trump’s crushing presidential victory ushers in a new era of uncertainty in the United States and the world, and heralds a possible shift in US-China relations, frayed in recent …
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday he had agreed with US president-elect Donald Trump in a phone call to strengthen the nations’ alliance, after the tycoon’s victory sent defence-related shares surging.Trump’s “America First” approach could mean less cash from Washington for security in the Asia-Pacific region, analysts say — with investors betting on Japan …
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