A French court on Tuesday issued prison terms of up to 15 years to 18 people, mainly Iraqi Kurds, convicted of forming a vast gang to smuggle migrants aboard small boats across the Channel to England.The investigation found that this particular network, between 2020 and 2022, had great control over migrant crossings from France to …
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Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza told AFP on Tuesday that whoever emerges victorious in the US presidential election must end the conflict in the territory, which has taken an appalling human toll.”We are hanging by a thread, and like every other people in the world, we are looking for someone who can stop the war,” said …
German police on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant group that had trained for what they expected would be the collapse of state order, prosecutors said.Hundreds of police in pre-dawn raids swooped on 20 locations linked to the group “Saxonian Separatists” in formerly communist eastern Germany and neighbouring Poland, with locations also …
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Spain on Tuesday announced an aid package worth 10.6 billion euros ($11.5 billion) to rebuild regions devastated by its worst floods in a generation that have killed 219 people.The exceptional Mediterranean storm that lashed eastern Spain a week ago triggered surging torrents of muddy water that have left a trail of destruction and an unknown …
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Mexico’s Supreme Court will on Tuesday consider partially invalidating the election of judges by popular vote, setting the stage for a potential standoff with President Claudia Sheinbaum, who says the contentious reforms are irreversible.The constitutional amendment making Mexico the world’s only country to allow voters to choose judges at all levels — starting next year …
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Election Day voting was underway Tuesday after an extraordinary — and for many unnerving — US presidential race that will either make Kamala Harris the first woman president in the country’s history or hand Donald Trump a comeback that sends shock waves around the world.As polling stations opened, Democratic vice president Harris, 60, and Republican …
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A high-profile Cambodian reporter who won an international award for uncovering alleged cyber scams told AFP Tuesday that he is quitting journalism, saying he has lost “courage” after being arrested by the authorities and freed on bail.Police arrested Mech Dara on September 30 on charges of inciting social disorder, drawing condemnation from around the world.He …
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On the quiet streets of an Oslo suburb, electric vehicles are parked in nearly every other driveway as Norway speeds towards its goal of becoming the first country free of fossil fuel-powered cars.Electric cars make up 43 percent of all cars in Baerum, with resident Baard Gundersen making the switch in 2016.Now on his second …
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Myanmar’s embattled junta chief arrived in China Tuesday — his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021 — but analysts say the invitation is only a lukewarm endorsement from his key ally and could backfire.Min Aung Hlaing was in the southwestern city of Kunming for a summit of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) …
The world’s first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station.Scientists at Kyoto University expect the wooden material to burn up when the device re-enters the atmosphere — potentially providing a way to avoid generating metal particles when a retired …
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