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30/05/2024

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🎧 Звуки моря на закате - весь вечер у моря! Sounds of the sea at sunset - all evening by the sea!Atsipalaiduokite skambant raminantiems jūros garsams saulė...

21/05/2024

China says Lai inauguration speech ‘confession of Taiwan independence’, warns of ‘countermeasures’
May 21, 2024 12:04 pmAFP
China slammed on Tuesday the inauguration speech of new Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te as a “confession of Taiwan independence”, and warned it would take “countermeasures”. “Yesterday’s speech… can be...

21/05/2024

EU accused of financing dumping of migrants in Sahara
May 21, 2024 11:48 amAFP
The European Union admitted on Tuesday to a “difficult situation” after a journalism consortium said Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania were dumping migrants in the desert, using the bloc’s funds. The wide-ranging investigation by...

21/05/2024

Raisi death reshapes Iran succession, puts focus on Khamenei son
May 21, 2024 11:44 amAFP
The death in a helicopter crash of president Ebrahim Raisi, seen as a possible successor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reshuffled the cards in the succession process and increased the spotlight on the Iranian number one’s son...

21/05/2024

Associated Press says Israel shut down its Gaza live video feed
May 21, 2024 11:21 amAFP
The US news agency Associated Press said Tuesday Israel had shut down its live video feed of war-torn Gaza after authorities accused it of violating a new ban on Al Jazeera. “The Associated Press decries in the strongest terms the actions of...

21/05/2024

China FM says Taiwan ‘separatists’ to be ‘nailed to the pillar of shame in history’
May 21, 2024 11:17 amAFP
China’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Taiwan “separatists will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history”, a day after the self-ruled island inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its new president. “Lai Ching-te’s betrayal...

21/05/2024

Saudi prince ‘reassures’ cabinet on king’s health: state media
May 21, 2024 11:05 amAFP
Saudi Arabia‘s de facto ruler on Tuesday offered reassuring words about the health of the Gulf kingdom’s ageing monarch who has a lung infection, state media said. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, first in line to the throne...

21/05/2024

Russia starts tactical nuclear drills to answer West’s ‘threats’
May 21, 2024 10:50 amAFP
Russia on Tuesday announced the start of tactical nuclear weapons drills in its southern military district, close to Ukraine, in what it said was a response to “threats” by the West. The defence ministry said the drills would test the...

21/05/2024

10 bodies found in Mexico’s Acapulco, some in the street: official
May 21, 2024 10:48 amAFP
Ten bodies were found scattered around Mexico’s once-glamorous resort city of Acapulco, which has been engulfed by violence linked to organized crime, local security officials said. The bodies of two women and four men were left Monday night...

21/05/2024

Trump trial defense rests case, without ex-president testifying
May 21, 2024 10:45 amAFP
Donald Trump’s defense lawyers rested their case in his criminal trial Tuesday without the former president testifying, with the judge foreseeing jury deliberations beginning next week. “Next Tuesday… you will hear the summations...

21/05/2024

Singapore to send investigators to Bangkok after flight incident: transport ministry
May 21, 2024 10:38 amAFP
Singapore said it will send investigators to Bangkok after one person was killed and 30 injured Tuesday when a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 plane from London hit severe turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing in the Thai capital...

21/05/2024

One death, injuries after ‘severe turbulence’ on Boeing plane: Singapore Airlines
May 21, 2024 6:42 amAFP
One person died and multiple people were injured aboard a Boeing 777 plane that experienced “severe turbulence” while heading from London to Singapore before it was diverted to Bangkok on Tuesday, Singapore Airlines said. “We can...

21/05/2024

Australian PM urges end to Assange’s incarceration
May 21, 2024 5:51 amAFP
Australia’s prime minister called for an end to Julian Assange’s imprisonment on Tuesday, after the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition from a London prison to the United States was temporarily halted. The UK High Court has granted...

21/05/2024

US, Philippines to train Filipinos in nuclear power
May 21, 2024 5:48 amAFP
The Philippines and the United States agreed Tuesday to train Filipinos how to build and operate nuclear power plants, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to boost its electricity supply. The announcement comes after Manila and Washington struck a...

21/05/2024

India shuts schools as temperatures soar
May 21, 2024 5:46 amAFP
Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) with Delhi gripped by a “severe heatwave“. Delhi city officials asked schools...

21/05/2024

North Korea’s Kim ‘sincere’ in Trump talks: Seoul’s ex-president Moon
May 21, 2024 5:42 amAFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered to give up his nuclear arsenal if America guaranteed his regime would survive, former South Korean president Moon Jae-in said in a recently released memoir. Moon, who led South Korea for five years from 2017...

20/05/2024

Iranian President Raisi, Foreign Minister Confirmed Dead In Helicopter Crash
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20/05/2024

Julian Assange wins bid to appeal US extradition ruling: UK judges
May 20, 2024 7:45 amAFP
This is a developing story.. check back for updates

20/05/2024

ICC prosecutor seeks Gaza ‘war crimes’ arrest warrant for Netanyahu
May 20, 2024 7:16 amAFP
CORRECTS TO PROSECUTOR SEEKING WARRANT, NOT ISSUING WARRANT AS STATED IN FIRST STORY

20/05/2024

Saudi Arabia offers condolences to Iran over Raisi’s death
May 20, 2024 6:51 amAFP
Saudi Arabia extended its condolences on Monday to Iran over the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, “offer their condolences to...

20/05/2024

China says Taiwan politics don’t change ‘fact’ there is ‘one China’
May 20, 2024 6:45 amAFP
Beijing’s top diplomat Monday said that Taiwan’s internal politics did not change the “fact” it was part of China, calling efforts towards the island’s independence “dangerous” after it swore in new...

20/05/2024

Ineligible 17-year-old voted eight times for Modi: police
May 20, 2024 6:38 amAFP
Indian police on Monday detained an ineligible 17-year-old for voting eight times for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, as rivals screamed voter fraud in the ongoing national polls. The Election Commission of India suspended poll...

20/05/2024

London court set to rule on Julian Assange extradition
May 20, 2024 6:36 amAFP
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could find out on Monday whether he has won a reprieve in his last-ditch legal battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the United States. The 52-year-old Australian is seeking permission to appeal a ruling...

20/05/2024

Gallant tells US Israel has ‘duty’ to expand Rafah ground assault
May 20, 2024 6:27 amAFP
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday he told visiting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan of Israel’s “duty” to expand its ground offensive in Gaza’s far-southern city of Rafah. “I emphasised to him...

20/05/2024

Russia claims control of Ukrainian stronghold in east
May 20, 2024 6:21 amAFP
Russia said Monday its forces had captured the Ukrainian village of Bilogorivka, one of the few remaining settlements in the eastern Lugansk region under Kyiv’s control. Lugansk is one of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow claimed to have...

20/05/2024

Iran vice president to assume interim duties after Raisi death: Khamenei
May 20, 2024 5:17 amAFP
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei assigned vice president Mohammad Mokhber to assume interim duties after the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash a day earlier. “In accordance with Article 131 of the...

20/05/2024

Iran’s President Raisi declared dead in helicopter crash
May 20, 2024 12:04 amAFP
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared dead on Monday after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has ultimate...

20/05/2024

Japan says Saudi crown prince visit postponed over King Salman’s health
May 19, 2024 11:45 pmAFP
Japan’s top government spokesman said Monday a planned visit this week by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been postponed “due to the health condition of King Salman”. The announcement came hours after the...

17/05/2024

Putin rejects Macron call for Ukraine ceasefire during Olympics
May 17, 2024 12:44 pmAFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Friday that Moscow would not comply with calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Summer Olympics, pointing to what he said was the unfair treatment of Russian athletes. Asked during a visit to China...

17/05/2024

4 killed, including 3 foreigners, in Afghanistan shooting: officials
May 17, 2024 12:37 pmAFP
Three foreigners and an Afghan were killed on Friday in a shooting in Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan, the interior ministry said. “One Afghan and three foreigner nationals were killed, and four foreigners and three Afghans were...