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Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who fled the country after a tumultuous election and subsequent police crackdown, said Saturday he has plans to speak with US President Joe Biden.Appearing in Argentina, where he met with President Javier Milei, Gonzalez Urrutia added that he was traveling to the United States on Sunday, though it was …

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Thousands of South Koreans braved a snowstorm Sunday to rally in support or opposition of President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspended over a failed martial law bid and resisting arrest a day before the warrant expires.Yoon plunged the country into political chaos last month with the bungled martial law declaration and has since holed up in …

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South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol ignored the objections of key cabinet ministers before his failed martial law bid last month, according to a prosecutors’ report seen by AFP on Sunday.Yoon plunged the country into political chaos on December 3 with the bungled martial law declaration and has since holed up in his residence, …

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president. Blinken will hold talks with counterpart Cho Tae-yul on Monday, the same day a warrant expires to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol who unsuccessfully …

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Rival South Korean protesters were set to brave a snowstorm Sunday over suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol who was still resisting arrest less than 48 hours before the warrant expires.Yoon plunged the country into political chaos last month with a bungled martial law decree and has since holed up in the presidential residence, surrounded by …

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Thousands of people lined the streets of Suriname’s capital Saturday for the funeral procession of Desi Bouterse, who led the country both as a coup leader and elected president before dying as a fugitive from justice.The government of the former Dutch colony had ruled out a state funeral for Bouterse, who was sentenced in 2023 …

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Austria’s conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday he would step down in the “coming days” after breaking off coalition talks with the Social Democrats over disagreements on key issues.The surprise move might lead to snap polls being called in the Alpine EU member country — or the conservatives might negotiate with the far right that won …

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president. Blinken will hold talks with counterpart Cho Tae-yul on Monday, the same day a warrant expires to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol who unsuccessfully …

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Mourners began paying their respects to Jimmy Carter on Saturday, as a carefully choreographed six-day farewell for America’s longest-lived president got underway.US flags have been flying at half-staff around the country since Carter died on December 29 at age 100 in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.The procession got underway when US Secret Service agents from …

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Rescuers in Gaza said on Saturday that Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory killed more than 30 people, the day after Hamas militants said peace talks were to resume.The civil defence agency said a dawn air strike on the home of the al-Ghoula family in Gaza City killed 11 people, seven of them children.AFP images …

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