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Both Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Beijing have ruled out any further concessions to protesters
World
26.04.2024
Embattled Hong Kong leader set for town hall meeting
A building goes up in flames in Jakarta as a protester hurls rocks at police during violent demonstrations against the government's proposed change to the criminal code
World
26.04.2024
Indonesia braces for more violence after law-change protests
Several schools were closed and residents of twelve towns including Rouen were told to stay at home as the fire spread
World
26.04.2024
Chemical plant fire breaks out in northern France
US director of National Drug Control Policy Jim Carroll says he is 'convinced' China wants to combat opioid trafficking
World
26.04.2024
US says China agrees 'full cooperation' against fentanyl
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Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (left) and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar take part in a presidential debate at Tolo News TV station in Kabul. Current President Ashraf Ghani faced derision when he declined to particpate
World 26.04.2024
Little hope for peace as Afghans prepare for weekend vote
Strongman Khalifa Haftar, field marshal of the self-styled Libyan National Army, has rejected repeated calls by the United Nations for resumed peace talks
World 26.04.2024
Libyan strongman Haftar says open to dialogue
The first gay pride event in Beirut was held in 2017 but consisted mostly of conferences and workshops, whereas the opening of this year's edition had been due to be a concert at on of the capital's best known venues
World 26.04.2024
Clerics force cancellation of Beirut gay pride opening
Boris Johnson faces an angry backlash for his dismissive response to MPs complaining about his rhetoric and citing the fate of a colleague murdered by a far-right extremist during the Brexit referendum campaign
World 26.04.2024
Top British EU official attacks 'dangerous' Johnson
Iran boasts that it remains a bulwark against opiate smuggling from Afghanistan to Europe, despite EU governments' failure to do more to mitigate the impact of unilateral US sanctions
World 26.04.2024
Iran seizes 8.8 tonnes of narcotics destined for Europe
Tensions boiled over in Westminster after Boris Johnson went on the offensive as MPs returned to work following a Supreme Court ruling calling his government's suspension of parliament unlawful
World 26.04.2024
Outrage at Johnson's rhetoric in Brexit impasse
The Indian government says it has built more than 100 million toilets, particularly in rural areas, a major public health issue in the country of 1.3 billion people
World 26.04.2024
Two children beaten to death in India for defecating in open
The quake rattled already frayed nerves in the city of Mirpur in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir
World 26.04.2024
Shallow tremor rocks quake-hit area of Pakistan
The Russian army says the network of caves could shelter up to 5,000 people
World 26.04.2024
In Syria, a vast underground hideout housed rebel base
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