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People across Israel protest defence minister’s firing | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country fights wars on multiple fronts across the region. The move sparked protests across the country on Tuesday, including a mass gathering that paralysed central Tel Aviv. Netanyahu and Gallant have repeatedly been at odds […]

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After Spain’s Deadly Floods, Search for the Missing Grows Desperate

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Some families in Spain were planning funerals on Tuesday, days after their relatives’ bodies were found in the aftermath of floods that killed at least 217 people. Others were still waiting for news, caught between grief and hope that a missing relative could still be alive somewhere in the muck. A full week after the

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Harris or Trump? Voting under way in US election after turbulent race | US Election 2024 News

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Polling stations have opened in a number of states across the United States, with the votes deciding not only who the country’s next president will be but also the makeup of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Election Day on Tuesday is the culmination of weeks of early voting in some locations. Several states began early

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Next Gen Diplomacy: Foreign Policy & Elections | Elections

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What do young people truly think about the US’s role in the world today? Are they more idealistic than older generations? Do they hold the answers to solving today’s global challenges? A discussion on US foreign policy ahead of the elections, by the people of today who want to change tomorrow. This special election episode

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Ukraine confirms 1st engagement with North Korea troops: South Korea media

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SEOUL (Kyodo) — Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has confirmed his country’s military has engaged for the first time with North Korean troops, South Korea’s public broadcaster KBS reported Tuesday. Umerov told KBS in an interview on Monday local time that a “small-scale” engagement had taken place, without detailing when and where the fighting took

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Record 600 police officers sacked for misconduct in England and Wales

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Sackings come as UK police chiefs battle to restore public trust following a series of scandals. A record number of police officers have been sacked in England and Wales amid efforts to restore public faith in policing following a series of scandals. A record 593 police officers were fired and banned from returning to the

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Gunmen storm hospital, kill patient and 2 police officers in Mexico

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Gunmen stormed a hospital in Mexico Monday to attack a man recovering from a gunshot wound, killing him and two police officers, authorities said. The attackers shot the man more than 10 times in the central town of Atlixco, then killed police who tried to stop them from fleeing, the public security secretariat in Puebla

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Nigeria president orders release of minors charged over protests

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At least 30 minors were charged with treason and inciting a military coup after they took part in August protests against the rising cost of living. Nigeria’s president has directed that all minors detained during protests against the rising cost of living in August be freed and treason charges against them dropped, Information Minister Mohammed

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Record high air pollution shuts schools in Pakistan’s Lahore | Environment News

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Record high air pollution has forced the authorities in Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore to close primary schools for a week and issue work-from-home mandates. The country’s cultural capital held the top spot on a real-time list of the world’s most polluted cities on Sunday after recording its highest-ever pollution reading of 1900 near the

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Risk of the German government collapsing appears higher than ever | articles

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The Lindner paper is just another step in an almost endless list of ever growing tensions within the German government. Up to now, the risk of snap elections had been relatively low as none of the three coalition parties had an interest in earlier elections, given their weak polling results. It now increasingly looks as

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