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Samoa PM apologises after video shows him making Nazi gesture, saying Heil Hitler
SYDNEY, Oct 5 — Samoa’s prime minister apologised today after video surfaced showing him saying “Heil Hitler” and making a Nazi gesture. Prime Minister La’auli Leuatea Schmidt said the footage […]
EU trade chief heads to Beijing for make-or-break talks as trade tensions with China mount
BRUSSELS, Oct 5 — EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will head to Beijing on Thursday for two days of make-or-break meetings with Chinese officials to try to stave off a trade […]
Flavio Bolsonaro beats Lula in surprise Brazil election result, run-off set for Oct 25
BRASILLIA, Oct 5 — Right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in yesterday’s election in which neither scored a majority, sending the tight race to […]
France to close up to 500 schools as student protests escalate ahead of fresh rallies
PARIS, Oct 5 — Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed today because of a wave of student protests that has shaken the country, […]
Extreme heat puts pregnant women and newborns at growing risk, UN climate chief warns
NADI, Oct 5 — Extreme heat is putting pregnant mothers and their newborns at increasing risk, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell will warn today. Speaking at the “pre-COP” […]
Iran says no military solution to US war as talks over Strait of Hormuz hit impasse
TEHRAN, Oct 5 — Sebastien Ricci Iran’s top diplomat insisted yesterday that there would be no military solution to the United States’ war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending […]
In Egypt, displaced Gazan teacher gives uprooted children a school of their own
EL- ARISH, Oct 5 — Palestinian teacher Hadeel Zourob watches dozens of displaced Gazan children file into the region’s only Palestinian school, a place she built after war drove them from […]
Explainer: How school grievances, social media and politics fuel France’s student protests
PARIS, Oct 4 — Protests by teenagers outside their schools have shaken France in recent days, with students blockading entrances to their institutions and security forces on occasion responding with tear […]
US migrant children face immigration court without lawyers as legal aid funding dries up
HOUSTON, Oct 4 — A one-year-old toddler stumbles around an immigration court in Louisiana, crying. He throws a toy that nearly hits a prosecutor. The judge instructs the baby and […]
Iran turns Tehran billboards into a propaganda battlefield as anti-Trump imagery chronicles war
TEHRAN, Oct 4 — Huge billboards on the walls of Tehran mocking US President Donald Trump and depicting American drones under the boot of an Iranian soldier are providing a chronicle […]