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Month: September 2023

France, Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology during Macron’s visit to Dhaka

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the signature of a deal to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system. This came on Monday during Macron’s two-day visit

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Greece’s shipping minister resigns a week after a passenger pushed off a ferry ramp drowns

Greece’s shipping minister has resigned over the death of a man who was pushed off a ferry ramp by a crew member after arriving late. Political opponents had accused Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Miltiadis Varvitsiotis of initially downplaying the fatal Sept. 5 encounter. Amateur video showed the passenger running onto the ferry’s

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Moroccan soldiers and aid teams battle to reach remote, quake-hit towns as toll rises past 2,400

By SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press TAFEGHAGHTE, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan soldiers and aid teams in trucks and helicopters battled Monday to reach remote mountain towns devastated by a monstrous earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people, with survivors desperate for help to find loved ones feared trapped under the rubble. Moroccan officials

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McCarthy juggles government shutdown and Biden impeachment inquiry as House returns to messy fall

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a man who stays in motion — enthusiastically greeting tourists at the Capitol, dashing overseas last week to the G7 summit of industrial world leaders, raising funds back home to elect fellow Republicans to the House majority. But beneath the whirlwind

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European Union home affairs chief appeals for release of Swedish EU employee held in Iranian prison

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s home affairs commissioner is calling for the release of a Swedish employee of the EU’s diplomatic corps who spent a second birthday in an infamous Iranian prison. The Swedish government said last week that Johan Floderus was arbitrarily detained in Iran last year. EU

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Dutch court sentences former Pakistani cricketer to 12 years over a bounty for a far-right lawmaker

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has sentenced a former Pakistan cricketer to 12 years in prison over allegations that he incited people to kill firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. Khalid Latif did not appear Monday in a high-security courtroom near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for his trial. He’s believed to be in Pakistan,

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Libyan city of Derna is declared a disaster zone after devastating flooding. Dozens are feared dead

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Authorities in eastern Libya have declared the city of Derna a disaster zone after the Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods over the weekend in different parts of the North African nation. At least 20 deaths have been reported. Dozens of others were reported missing, and authorities

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Voting rights activists sound alarms over private tool that could lead to canceling voter registrations

By Fredreka Schouten and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — Voting rights groups are urging election officials to reject a new tool championed by some conservatives as a way to root out fraudulent voter registrations – arguing that the private software depends on unreliable information and could be used to improperly disenfranchise legitimate voters. The leaders

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Fieles a la realidad, pero sin el elevado precio, ni funcionalidad: así son las armas señuelo que Ucrania quiere que Rusia destruya

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Estas armas fueron creadas con un único objetivo: ser destruidas lo más rápido posible. Y en eso, se jacta la empresa siderúrgica detrás de ellas. Estas armas señuelo tienen un éxito notable: cientos han sido atacadas por las fuerzas rusas casi tan pronto como fueron desplegadas. Cañones D-20 ucranianos, obuses

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