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France launches crackdown in New Caledonia as deadly riots rage – POLITICO

A convoy of armored vehicles and heavy construction machinery was despatched from the capital, with AFP reporting that activists were still manning makeshift roadblocks at midday Sunday local time. At least 230 people have been detained, and Louis Le Franc, the high commissioner of New Caledonia, has since said the road is under government control. […]

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The statistics behind Leverkusen’s historic unbeaten Bundesliga title win

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Bayer Leverkusen is the first team in Germany’s top-flight league to go all season undefeated. Here are the key numbers. Bayer Leverkusen sealed a historic unbeaten Bundesliga season as they lifted the title with a 2-1 win against Augsburg on Saturday. Here are the numbers behind the remarkable run of manager Xabi Alonso’s team in

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Three Spanish tourists killed by gunmen in central Afghanistan – BBC.com

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Three Spanish tourists killed by gunmen in central Afghanistan BBC.com Breaking news live updates: Tourists wounded in deadly Afghanistan shooting are stable, says hospital The Times of India Gunmen kill three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province Reuters Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan shot dead in Afghanistan attack The Guardian 3 Spaniards among six dead in shooting in

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Can the world’s top court stop Israel’s offensive in Rafah? | Israel War on Gaza News

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Israel refutes South Africa’s accusation that its Gaza military campaign is a genocidal act against Palestinians. In its latest appeal, South Africa has called on the United Nations’s top court for urgent measures to order a halt to Israel’s assault on Rafah. Since early this month, Israeli forces have been pounding the southern city where

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Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions

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Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders’ assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions. A Russian court has ordered the seizure of the assets, accounts, property and shares of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank in the country as part of a lawsuit involving the German banks, court documents showed. The banks

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Vatican press conference to discuss apparitions: How to watch

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The Vatican is offering insight on apparitions and other supernatural phenomena on Friday in a press conference set to be streamed live on YouTube. The press conference has been scheduled for Friday at 6 a.m. ET, when the Vatican is set to present guidance on new provisions from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the

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Israel’s PR battle is getting harder | TV Shows

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As Israel’s bombing of Gaza intensifies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a rift in his war cabinet and growing international pressure. And yet, this is a war that the vast majority of Israelis continue to support – thanks in no small part to one-sided coverage by Israeli media. Contributors: Yael Berda – Associate professor, Hebrew

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Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, including Shani Louk

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JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of 22-year-old Louk’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale

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Gunmen kill four, including three Spanish tourists, in central Afghanistan

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No group claims responsibility for attack in Bamyan, which official says also injures seven people. Gunmen have killed an Afghan citizen and three foreign tourists in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, the Ministry of Interior Affairs says. Four foreign nationals and three Afghans were also injured in the attack on Friday when gunmen opened fire, ministry

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Will the Antisemitism Awareness Act repress free speech in the US? | Israel War on Gaza

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We discuss how broadening the definition of anti-Semitism could impact activists and Jewish communities. While Israel’s war on Gaza continues, the United States Senate is expected to vote on the Antisemitism Awareness Act after it passed the House of Representatives this month with a large majority. Rights groups warn that the bill’s use of the

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