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Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 - President Joe Biden's State Department and Pentagon on Thursday promised a smooth transition to the team of Donald Trump, who has promised major shake-ups.
Nov 14, 2024
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 - The EU said Thursday that unacceptable attacks by Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev on the bloc, France and the Netherlands risked undermining the COP29 climate conference being held in Baku.
Nov 14, 2024
London (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 - The UK announced Thursday that it would introduce legislation to ban new coal mines, as the Labour government ramps up its plans to make Britain a clean energy leader.
Nov 14, 2024
Paris (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 - Military equipment built in France is being used in Sudan on armoured vehicles supplied by the UAE, in violation of the UN arms embargo on the Darfur region, Amnesty International said Thursday.
Nov 14, 2024
Antananarivo (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 - A chunk of ground which broke off from a riverbank in western Madagascar killed 16 people after slamming into a passenger boat, police and local media said Thursday.
Nov 14, 2024
Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Officials in southern China ramped up security on Wednesday at the site of one of the country's deadliest mass-casualty events in years, snuffing out makeshift memorials to the 35 people killed when a man drove a car into a crowd at a sports complex.
Nov 13, 2024
Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Officials in southern China ramped up security on Wednesday at the site of the country's deadliest attack in a decade, snuffing out makeshift memorials to the 35 people killed when a man drove a car into a crowd at a sports complex.
Nov 13, 2024
New York (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - New York has urged its 8.5 million residents to save water as America's biggest city endures an unprecedented period without significant rainfall, creating potentially dangerous drought conditions and fanning the flames of deadly wildfires.
Nov 13, 2024
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Residents of India's capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum.
Nov 13, 2024
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of its 20th anniversary next month.
Nov 13, 2024
Paris (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - French prosecutors in the embezzlement trial of France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday demanded she get a jail sentence and a ban from public office if convicted, potentially barring her from running for president in 2027.
Nov 13, 2024
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2024 - Political leaders in the United States, Finland and Canada announced Wednesday that the three nations will build world-class icebreakers for the Arctic and polar waters.
Nov 13, 2024
Valencia, Spain (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Spain's eastern Valencia region braced for more torrential rain on Wednesday, two weeks after the country's worst floods in generations killed more than 200 people there.
Nov 13, 2024
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2024 - The Biden administration has sanctioned the West Darfur commander of the Rapid Support Forces on accusations that troops under his control have been responsible for violence targeting civilians, including sexual and ethnically motivated attacks.
Nov 13, 2024
London, UK (SPX) Nov 13, 2024 - Mangrove forests in the Maldives are facing a severe threat as they succumb to rising sea levels and climate changes, according to a new study led by Northumbria University researchers and published
Nov 13, 2024
Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - The IMF and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to two new loan programs that would provide the central African country with close to $3 billion, the Washington-based institution said Wednesday.
Nov 13, 2024
