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Thousands protest in France over Macron’s choice of PM

09-09-2024 PARIS: More than 100,000 people protested across France on Saturday against the appointment of the centre-right politician Michel Barnier as the new prime minister. His appointment follows an inconclusive election in which the left-wing bloc, the New Popular Front (NPF) won the largest number of seats. The protests were …

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Venezuela opposition candidate leaves country

09-09-2024 The Venezuelan government has said opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left the country, seeking asylum in Spain. Gonzalez has been in hiding, and a warrant issued for his arrest after the opposition disputed July’s presidential election result in which the government-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolas Maduro …

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Super Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam after casualties in China

08-09-2024 HANOI/ HAIPHONG/ BEIJING: Super Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, the meteorological agency said, after tearing through China’s southern island of Hainan where it reportedly killed two people and injured dozens. Yagi, the world’s second-most powerful tropical cyclone in 2024, …

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Dozens hurt in India’s Manipur Ethnic violence

08-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR/ GUWAHATI: Six people, including one civilian, were killed as fresh violence broke out between two warring ethnic communities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur on Saturday, authorities said. The majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis have clashed sporadically since last …

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French left plans protests over new PM Barnier

08-09-2024 PARIS: Protests across France are set to take place against the appointment of Michel Barnier as the country’s new prime minister. The demonstrations were called by parties on the political left, whose candidate for prime minister was rejected by President Emmanuel Macron. Macron chose the former EU Brexit negotiator …

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Boeing Starliner returns to Earth without astronauts

08-09-2024 WASHINGTON: Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the International Space Station. The empty craft travelled in autonomous mode after undocking from the orbiting lab. The capsule, which suffered technical problems after it launched …

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