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Football diehards and Argentinian retirees protest pension reform | Protests News

Retirees have been gathering each week in Argentina’s capital to protest against cuts to their pensions, which have dried up since libertarian President Javier Milei took office in late 2023. But unexpected support came from football supporters on Wednesday, after previous protests in Buenos Aires ended with several injured elderly. One white-haired woman held up […]

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SpaceX delays flight to retrieve NASA astronauts stuck on space station

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NASA says it will reattempt launch to bring home astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on Friday. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has delayed a mission to replace two astronauts stuck on board the International Space Station (ISS) following a last-minute technical glitch. The postponement of the launch on Wednesday means that NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and

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Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine

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Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, dressed in fatigues, visited a command post near the front in Kursk late Wednesday to cheer on his military’s ejection of Ukrainian forces from much of the territory they had been occupying in the Russian border region. The Russian leader’s pointed visit came a day after a U.S. delegation met

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DRC and M23 rebels to begin direct talks next week, mediator Angola says

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A spokesperson for DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi told the Reuters news agency that they had received an invitation from Angola for the talks. The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels will hold talks next week, mediator Angola has announced. A statement from President Joao Lourenco’s office on Wednesday

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African Union warns of Sudan partition risk

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African Union urges member states and international community ‘not to recognise any government or parallel entity’. The African Union says that the announcement of a parallel government in war-torn Sudan risks severing the country, already ravaged by nearly two years of fighting. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been locked in a brutal conflict

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Romania lashes out at Russia as Georgescu election ban furor intensifies – POLITICO

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Romania hit back, saying that the Russian opposition has no access to legal institutions and “opponents are executed a few meters from the Kremlin.” Georgescu, powered by a successful TikTok campaign, scored a surprise win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election in November — but the vote was later annulled and Georgescu was

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Oscar Piastri signs new F1 contract with McLaren

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The Australian driver commits his long-term future to McLaren after signing a multiyear contract extension beyond 2026. Formula One champions McLaren have secured Oscar Piastri for the long term after announcing a multiyear contract extension ahead of the 23-year-old driver’s home Australian Grand Prix. The news, released on Wednesday, followed similar extensions for chief executive

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Japanese streamer stabbed to death reportedly by “hater” on IRL stream

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A Japanese streamer was stabbed multiple times while IRL streaming to over 6,000 people in Tokyo. On March 11 at 9:50 am JST, Ai Mogami was walking the streets of Shinjuku while livestreaming on the Japanese platform WhoWatch. According to NeedToKnow, the streamer suddenly began screaming for over a minute before a man covered in

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How will Mark Carney deal with Donald Trump? | Donald Trump News

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Sharp words for the US president from Canada’s incoming prime minister. Canada’s incoming prime minister, Mark Carney, says he will confront the challenge his country is facing from the United States. US President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on an array of goods coming from Canada. Carney has promised to push back with trade taxes

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Separatists Hijack Train Carrying Over 400 Passengers in Pakistan

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Separatist militants hijacked a train carrying more than 400 people in an isolated mountainous area of southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. The fate of the passengers, dozens of whom the militants said they were holding hostage, was not immediately clear. The militants, Baloch ethnic fighters, forced the train to stop in the Bolan district of Balochistan

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