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Sweden's government said Thursday it would drastically increase grants for immigrants who choose to leave the country, in order to encourage more migrants to make the choice. As of 2026, immigrants who voluntarily return to their home countries would be eligible to receive up to 350,000 Swedish
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Libya’s rival factions made progress on talks over the central bank crisis and will continue discussions on Thursday to reach a final agreement, the UN Libya mission said on Wednesday, in a bid to defuse a crisis that has slashed oil output and exports. “The participants of the two
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German airline group Lufthansa said Thursday it was extending a suspension of flights to Lebanese capital Beirut until October 15 due to heightened regional tensions. Services to Beirut had previously been suspended until the end of September. The Lufthansa group, whose carriers also include SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines,
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Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday outlined her government’s policy agenda to parliament, headlined by plans to give away 450 billion baht ($13.4 billion) in handouts to jumpstart Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. Political newcomer Paetongtarn’s cabinet was sworn in this month, after parliament elected her
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France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday that 364 repatriated children of French parents suspected of joining the Daesh group in Syria and Iraq a decade ago were doing well. “There are 364 children in 59 departments (areas in France), who are followed by judges for children, and who benefit
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Cmmittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in talks with Myanmar’s ruling junta, its armed opponents and its neighbors to provide cross-border humanitarian assistance into the war-torn country, its chief said on Wednesday. Myanmar has been mired in conflict since February 2021 when top generals ousted the elected government
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Minutes after being hustled by Kamala Harris during their US presidential debate on Tuesday, Donald Trump appeared in front of reporters to get the last word. As the debate drew to a close, cries of surprise went up at the entrance to the press room. Trump had made an unexpected
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Bangladesh has ramped up vigilance at its border with Myanmar, with at least 18,000 Rohingya Muslims crossing over in recent months to escape escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, officials in Dhaka said. The influx of refugees from Myanmar has mounted as fighting escalates between the troops
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At least two people were killed and hundreds stranded in Thailand after heavy rains swept through two northern provinces, swelling rivers, inundating settlements and triggering mudslides, authorities said on Wednesday. The adverse weather, which comes in the wake of Typhoon Yagi — the most powerful storm in Asia this year, has
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Pope Francis hosted a mass for hundreds of thousands of devotees in East Timor on Tuesday, rallying the faithful of the most Catholic country outside the Vatican in tropical heat. Pilgrims have clamored to the capital to catch a glimpse of the 87-year-old pontiff, greeting him with a rapturous reception
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Election officials in Tunisia doubled down Monday on their decision to deny accreditation to some election observer groups, who said the move shows that the October presidential contest in the North African country won’t be free and fair. The Independent High Authority for Elections, or ISIE, said in a
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Pakistani police detained several lawmakers and leaders of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party in raids a day after it held a major rally in the capital to demand his release, the party and police said on Tuesday. The 71-year-old former cricket star has been in jail for more
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Severe floods are expected to inundate parts of Vietnam’s north, including the capital Hanoi, government officials said, as the aftermath of typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia so far this year, continues to extract a deadly toll. Landslides and floods triggered by the typhoon have killed
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Germany’s government announced plans to impose tighter controls at all of the country’s land borders in what it called an attempt to tackle irregular migration and protect the public from threats such as Islamist extremism. The controls within what is normally a wide area of free movement — the
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At least 31 people have been killed and 100 wounded since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces renewed an assault on the city of Sennar in southeastern Sudan on Sunday, a legal activist group said. Several parts of the city including the main market have been targeted by RSF artillery fire,
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A plane with 48 people aboard skidded off the runway in Indonesia’s remote eastern region of Papua on Monday, police said, injuring several passengers. The Southeast Asian archipelago has a poor aviation safety record, and Papua is covered in mountainous terrain where flying is hampered by frequent poor weather.