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Slovak President Andrej Kiska (pictured February 2019) was asked by ethnic Hungarian MPs to veto legislation banning foreign national anthems at public events they had voted for "by mistake"
World
06.08.2024
Slovak president vetoes foreign anthem ban
US President Donald Trump says he'll be attending Normandy 75th anniversary ceremonies at a meeting with WWII veterans and their families in the Oval Office
World
06.08.2024
Trump to attend 75th anniversary of Normandy landings in France
A woman (pictured February 2019) places candles next to a memorial for journalist Jan Kuciak and his fance Martina Kusnirova, who were gunned down in their home in February 2018
World
06.08.2024
Ex-soldier confesses to shooting slain Slovak journalist: reports
Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzon, defence coordinator of the Australian editor of WikiLeaks Julian Assange, said there is "evident political persecution" against his client
World
06.08.2024
Assange lawyer accuses Washington of 'persecution'
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde says the IMF is working to collect data on the rising amount of loans to developing countries, including from China
World 06.08.2024
IMF, World Bank urge caution with China loans
Lucano made a name for himself by welcoming migrants to Riace to tackle the dwindling population
World 06.08.2024
Pro-migrant Italian mayor charged with setting up fake marriages
Shepherd, pictured in court in Georgia, was convicted in his absence last year over the death of Charlotte Brown, a 24-year-old woman he took on a champagne-fuelled first date on his speedboat
World 06.08.2024
Fugitive UK speedboat killer starts jail stretch
The Event Horizon Telescope project provided the first ever image of a black hole and its fiery halo
World 06.08.2024
Scientist superstar Katie Bouman designed algorithm for black hole image
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI said the 1960s sexual revolution also diagnosed paedophilia as "allowed and appropriate"
World 06.08.2024
Ex-pope Benedict blames Church sex abuse crisis on '68
Cameroon are the Africa Cup of Nations holders, having won the continental title for the fifth time in 2017
World 06.08.2024
Africa Cup of Nations: A troubled build-up
Sudanese demonstrators have kept up an unprecedented sit-in for six days in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum
World 06.08.2024
Sudan joy turns to anger for 'hoodwinked' protesters
David Attenborough said the planet was experiencing a 'fresh extinction' that called for concerted action
World 06.08.2024
Do not waste nature's 'capital': David Attenborough
Julian Assange in 2010, when WikiLeaks stunned the United States by publishing tens of thousands of secret files on the US war in Afghanistan
World 06.08.2024
Julian Assange: a decade of stunning leaks of US secrets
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