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UK police said Saturday two people had died after they were attacked in separate incidents at or near last weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world’s largest street festivals. The victims — a mother who was at the annual west London event with her young child, and a
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A steep rise in the number of arrivals of migrants in Spain’s Canary Islands from Africa has fueled a fierce debate in the country over how to tackle illegal immigration. The issue was thrust into the spotlight during a three-day visit by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to West
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Police arrested a 32-year-old woman after six people were hurt in a knife attack on a bus headed to a festival in western Germany. Authorities said Saturday that there was no evidence of a political or religious motive. Three of those attacked are in life-threatening condition, police said on Friday
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The European Union has not yet done enough to boost its own arms production capacities in light of geopolitical threats, in particular Russia’s war on Ukraine, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. “Protecting Europe is first and foremost Europe’s duty. And while NATO must remain
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The UN human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and violations through use of excessive force by security forces to quell protests led by students against the former government this summer. The office of the UN High Commissioner
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Vietnam and the Philippines on Friday agreed to advance defense and military relations, including deeper collaboration on maritime security, in a significant step by two countries long at odds with Beijing over its actions in the South China Sea. Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang was in Manila for talks
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Pakistan’s military has launched intelligence-based operations in the southwestern Balochistan province in response to attacks by insurgents that killed over 50 people this week, the army said on Friday. In a statement, the army said five insurgents were killed and three others wounded in the three operations it had
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East Timor’s independence was a gift to the world because it showed conflict could be resolved through negotiation, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, the 25th anniversary of its vote to separate from Indonesia. The milestone will be marked later on Friday with a minute’s silence
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Britain’s Labour government is planning “a major surge” in returns of irregular migrants to countries including Iraq, an official said Thursday, as it tries to clear an asylum backlog. The interior ministry has posted a contract seeking commercial partners to support the “reintegration” of people with no right to
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Pope Francis leaves on Monday for a visit to four island nations across southeast Asia, an ambitious trip to urge global action on climate change that may test the strength of the 87-year-old head of the global Catholic Church. Over 12 days from Sept. 2-13, Francis will travel nearly 33,
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Heavy rains battered parts of India’s western state of Gujarat this week, flooding cities, snapping utility links and forcing thousands to leave their homes, with at least 28 dead, authorities said on Thursday, warning of more heavy downpours. Army rescue teams have joined the relief effort, as people waded
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Top White House aide Jake Sullivan held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, after a senior military official warned the United States to stop “collusion” with Taiwan in a rare one-on-one meeting. Sullivan, the first US national security adviser to visit China since 2016, stressed the importance of
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Millions of people were told to evacuate from their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and heavy rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarling air traffic and forcing major factories to close. At least three people have been killed so far and scores injured in what
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Japan braced Wednesday for its strongest typhoon of the year, with authorities advising tens of thousands of people to evacuate and issuing the highest warning level for wind and storm surges on the main southern island of Kyushu. “Typhoon Shanshan is expected to approach southern Kyushu with extremely strong force
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Thousands of protesters clashed in India’s eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals. The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor’s bloodied body at a state-run hospital in Kolkata on August 9 stoked nationwide anger
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Mudslides and flash flooding caused by hours of torrential rain slammed across a highland Yemeni district, killing at least 33 people, according to media and locals on Wednesday. It came as Yemen’s National Center of Meteorology warned on Wednesday of severe weather over the following 24 hours, mostly in