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At least 17 killed in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikes

At least 17 people were killed Friday in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikes -- including just outside Kyiv and hundreds of miles east of Moscow -- as both sides intensify strikes with diplomacy in a deadlock.

India's youth-led 'Cockroach' movement holds new round of talks with govt

Leaders of India's youth-led "Cockroach" movement held a second round of talks with government officials on Friday, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged legal reforms and swift punishment for those involved in exam paper leaks.

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Who could get key roles in a UK Labour government?

With the Labour party widely expected to win next month's UK general election, speculation has turned to who leader Keir Starmer could appoint as senior ministers.

UK election campaign enters final straight

Britain goes to the polls next week in a general election that looks set to end 14 years of Conservative rule marked by economic turbulence, Brexit, political scandal and upheaval.

Bolivian army chief arrested after coup attempt

Bolivia's army chief was arrested Wednesday after sending soldiers and tanks to take up position in front of government buildings in what President Luis Arce called an attempted "coup d'etat".

N.Korea says successfully conducted multiple-warhead missile test: KCNA

North Korea claimed to have successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, according to state-run KCNA news agency Thursday.

Bolivian president slams 'coup' as troops, tanks deploy

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday slammed an attempted "coup d'etat" after soldiers and tanks deployed outside government buildings and tried to knock down a door of the presidential palace.

Alarm as troops, tanks deploy outside Bolivia presidency

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday called for democracy to be respected after soldiers and tanks deployed outside government buildings and tried to knock down a door of the presidential palace.

Sunak, Starmer clash in final TV debate before election

The two men bidding to be British prime minister faced off late on Wednesday in the last head-to-head TV debate before the country's general election next week.

Bid to murder Argentina's Kirchner was for 'social good': suspect

The man who tried to shoot Argentina's ex-president Cristina Kirchner point blank in the face told his murder trial on Wednesday that the failed assassination bid was "an act of justice" for "the social good."

US Supreme Court to allow emergency abortions in Idaho: report

The US Supreme Court is set to allow abortions for women experiencing medical emergencies in Idaho, according to a copy of a verdict briefly posted on its website and seen by Bloomberg News on Wednesday.

US jails ex-Honduras president for 45 years on drugs charges

A court in New York on Wednesday sentenced former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison after he was convicted of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States.

Trump, Biden gird for historic US presidential debate

Joe Biden and Donald Trump prepared Wednesday for the biggest moment so far in the US election -- the first of two high-stakes debates that could upend the race.

US issues rare criticism of India in religious freedom report

The United States offered rare criticism of close partner India in a report published Wednesday on religious freedom, while also voicing alarm over rising bigotry worldwide against both Jews and Muslims.

'The people have spoken': Kenya's Ruto pulls finance bill after protest deaths

Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious tax hikes would "be withdrawn", dramatically reversing course after more than 20 people were killed in clashes with police and parliament was ransacked by protesters opposed to the legislation.

'Potentially apocalyptic': stark UN warning if Gaza war spreads

The outgoing United Nations humanitarian chief warned Wednesday that a spread of the Israel-Hamas war to Lebanon would be "potentially apocalyptic", as fighting raged on in the southern Gaza Strip.

Brazil's Lula waiting for apology from Milei for talking 'nonsense'

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he would not speak to his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei until he apologized for the "nonsense" he had spoken about Brazil.

Amazon cloud giant AWS wants public sector to embrace AI

Amazon's AWS, the world's biggest cloud computing outfit, is making a major push to persuade the public sector to join the artificial intelligence revolution, as the generative AI race with Microsoft and Google heats up.

WikiLeaks founder Assange returns home a free man

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man Wednesday after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.

'You can't kill all of us': Kenya protesters vow to march again

Kenyan protest organisers called Wednesday for fresh peaceful marches against controversial tax hikes, as the death toll from nationwide demonstrations climbed to 13, an official from the leading doctors' association told AFP.

NATO names Dutch PM Rutte as next boss

NATO's 32 nations on Wednesday appointed outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the alliance's next head, handing him the job at a crucial moment with Russia on the march in Ukraine and US elections looming.

Battles in Gaza's Rafah as US warns Israel over Lebanon

Fighting raged Wednesday between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in Gaza's southern city of Rafah, witnesses said, as fears grow of a wider regional war drawing in Lebanese Hamas ally Hezbollah.

NATO names Dutch PM Rutte as new boss

'Shaken to the core': Kenya protest death toll climbs to 13

The death toll from protests in Kenya has climbed to 13, an official from the main doctors' association told AFP Wednesday, after anti-tax hike rallies turned violent and police opened fire at demonstrators who ransacked parliament.

Indian opposition chief vows lawmakers will not be silenced

India's new leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday that his lawmakers would not be silenced, in his first speech since formally taking up a post vacant for a decade.

'People don't want mayhem': how crime boosted France's far right

Tom Maiani was behind the wheel of his car every night, all night, for two weeks in July 2023, as youths in French housing estates rioted over the police killing of an unarmed teenager of North African descent near Paris.

Street artist Obey says French far right 'hijacked' iconic image

Having gained worldwide renown for his Barack Obama campaign poster, it was a shock for Shepard Fairey, better known by his tag Obey, to discover his work being used by the far right in France.

India's Rahul Gandhi faces new test in revived fortunes

Once dismissed as an "empty suit", perennial Indian premier-in-waiting Rahul Gandhi emerged from his third consecutive election defeat with his reputation enhanced and his party back from the political wilderness.

'Shaken to the core': Kenya shocked as protests turn deadly

Kenya was in a state of shock Wednesday following unprecedented scenes that left parts of parliament ablaze and gutted, as protests over proposed tax hikes turned deadly, prompting President William Ruto's government to deploy the military.

Costly odyssey for cancer care in war-torn Sudan

Doctors in eastern Sudan say Mohammed al-Juneid's wife, displaced and diagnosed with cancer, needs treatment elsewhere in the war-torn country. But the road is long and dangerous, and the journey expensive.

N. Korean test of likely hypersonic missile fails: Seoul military official

North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, but the launch ended in a mid-air explosion, an official from Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

UK faces strained finances after election

Britain will see little difference on public spending whichever of the country's main parties wins next month's general election, with state coffers strained largely by huge Covid expenditure.

Austrian ex-minister exiled in Russia denies she is 'Kremlin agent'

Austria's highly controversial former foreign minister Karin Kneissl -- who now lives in Russia -- told AFP she feels slandered as Vienna reels from an unfolding Russian spying scandal.

UK Conservatives' 14 years of economic unrest

Britain's Conservatives are expected to lose the July 4 general election in large part because of economic turmoil from Brexit, high taxation and a budget that exacerbated a cost-of-living crisis.

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