Ukrainian soldier Anton Sushko, severely wounded, thought he was finally safe when he spotted a rescue team after crawling for hours through the battlefield in eastern Ukraine.”That’s it, I thought, here are the guys… We made it. Wounded, but alive,” the 40-year-old recalled from his hospital bed in Dnipro, southeastern Ukraine.But Sushko wasn’t out of …
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A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted overnight killing at least six people as it spewed fireballs and ash on surrounding villages, officials said Monday, as they raised its alert status to the highest level.Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-metre (5,587-feet) twin volcano located on the popular tourist island of Flores, first erupted shortly before midnight, forcing …
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The appeal of a Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death for fraud totalling $27 billion began on Monday after she pleaded for a more “lenient and humane” sentence.Property developer Truong My Lan, 68, was convicted earlier this year of swindling cash from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) — which prosecutors said she controlled — and given …
Kamala Harris courted voters angered by the Gaza war while Donald Trump doubled down on violent rhetoric with a comment about journalists being shot as the tense US election campaign entered its final hours.The Democratic vice president and the Republican former president frantically blitzed several swing states as they tried to win over the last …
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For many Moldovans, President Maia Sandu, who won re-election on Sunday, has become a symbol of change as she seeks to chart a new pro-European path for the former Soviet republic.Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Moldova’s neighbour Ukraine, Sandu has lobbied for the West to support her country and hear its concerns that …
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Former president Evo Morales on Sunday accused Bolivia’s government of ignoring his request for dialogue over protests by his supporters in which 200 soldiers have been taken hostage.Morales made the accusation on his second day of a hunger strike, which he launched demanding the government negotiate with him.”I asked for immediate dialogue… and the government’s …
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In an ad for Kamala Harris, a woman marks her ballot for the Democratic candidate while her husband thinks she’s voting for Republican Donald Trump: “What happens in the booth, stays in the booth” a voiceover says.The 30-second-clip, narrated by actor Julia Roberts, shows the couple arriving at a polling station wearing baseball caps featuring …
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A few dozen people lay with eyes closed in a Virginia yoga studio as a gong sounded. Like many in America, they were seeking a little peace ahead of Tuesday’s high-stress election.White House contenders Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have placed maximum pressure on voters, urging them to protect the nation from cataclysmic doom as …
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Moldova’s pro-EU incumbent Maia Sandu on Sunday won a tense presidential runoff, beating her rival backed by a pro-Russian party in what she described as a “lesson in democracy”.The election in the ex-Soviet republic that lies sandwiched between war-torn Ukraine and the European Union has been overshadowed by allegations of meddling by Moscow.The key vote took …
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Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu on Sunday pulled ahead of her rival backed by a pro-Russian party, with almost 95 percent of the votes counted, in a tense presidential runoff overshadowed by allegations of meddling by Moscow.The election in the small nation sandwiched between war-torn Ukraine and the European Union could decide whether the ex-Soviet …
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