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Two people have been killed and 10 others injured in a knife attack at a primary school in China's southern Jiangxi province, police said. The attack took place at about midday (04:00 GMT) at the school in Guixi city. Police said the it was carried out by
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"If there is another attack in the next few weeks or months, Afghanistan's tourism industry will be over," said Joe Sheffer, founder of the Safarat tourism agency, which specialises in tours to the country. He spoke to AFP after the attack by one or more gunmen
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday accused Argentine President Javier Milei of not being "worthy" of the countries' "fraternal bonds" after Milei sparked a diplomatic row with comments about Sanchez's wife. "I am fully aware that the person who spoke yesterday
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Rafael Adriano Peres could hardly move as he lay on a mattress in a refuge center in Porto Alegre, after being hit by a car when historic floods swept southern Brazil this month. The 35-year-old suffered two broken ribs but couldn't return home from hospital as water had
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Vietnam's National Assembly on Monday elected Tran Thanh Man as its new chairman, one of several key changes in an ongoing reshuffle of the country's top leadership. Man, 61, who had served as deputy speaker of the house since 2021, replaces Vuong Dinh Hue, who resigned
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The EU should be firm about ensuring that a military conflict doesn’t break out over Taiwan, which it considers part of a “one single China,” the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. Tensions around the self-governing island, which Beijing considers to be an inalienable part of
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China's agriculture minister is being investigated for suspected violations of law and discipline, the country's anti-graft watchdog said on Saturday. Tang Renjian, 61, is under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and law" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and National Supervisory
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Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter dispute about reforms to the chamber, just days before President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office without a legislative majority. Even before votes started to be cast, some lawmakers screamed at and shoved each other outside the
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Uganda's military has captured a commander of an Islamic State-allied rebel group who is an expert in making improvised explosive devices, or bombs, that the group has used to carry out deadly attacks in the past, the army said on Sunday. The insurgent, Anywari Al Iraq, a Ugandan,
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz will undergo medical tests on Sunday due to "high temperature and joint pain", state news agency SPA reported. The examinations will be conducted at the royal clinics at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah. The king, 88, was last admitted to
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The State Department issued a Worldwide Caution Security Alert on Friday due to the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against US citizens and interests. “Due to the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against US citizens and interests, the Department of State advises US citizens
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Brazil's southernmost state capital may suffer severe flooding for weeks to come, experts warn, compounding the struggles of half a million people forced to abandon their inundated homes. Parts of Rio Grande do Sul state have seen more than 630 mm (25 inches) of rain so far this
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French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital Noumea, the top French official in the Pacific island territory said on Friday. The number of police and gendarmes on the French-ruled island will rise to 2,700 from
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Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent a two-hour operation on Friday that have increased hopes for his recovery, a deputy prime minister said, following an assassination attempt this week that sent shockwaves through Europe. Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak also said any decision to transfer Fico back to
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Storms and heavy rainfall have left many parts of northern Italy under water, with the cities of Padua and Vicenza particularly affected. Emergency services have been using dinghies to rescue people from their homes, and footage from the scene shows cars floating in the streets. The governor of the Veneto
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A helicopter used by the Afghan air force crashed as it attempted an emergency landing in central Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 12, the defence ministry said. The Mi17 aircraft encountered "technical issues" as it attempted to recover the bodies of people who had fallen