In the wake of deadly clashes between the Taliban inAfghanistan and Pakistan last month, Pakistani authorities have intensified their efforts to repatriate Afghan migrants, including escalating police raids on Afghan-run shops and rented…
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Maldives bans smoking for younger generations
Getty ImagesThe Maldives has banned young people born on or after 1 January 2007 from smoking tobacco, becoming the only country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational tobacco prohibition.
The archipelago’s health ministry announced on…
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Tanzania’s president blames foreigners for deadly protests after disputed election
DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday blamed foreigners for last week’s deadly protests following a disputed election in which two main opposition candidates were…
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North Koreans left in the dark as foreign broadcasts cut – DW – 11/03/2025
The US and South Korean governments have halted the operations of media organizations that were broadcasting into North Korea, leaving tens of thousands of residents of the world’s most isolated country in the dark about what is happening in the…
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Pregnant British teen arrested for drug smuggling in Georgia released after guilty verdict
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — British teenager Bella May Culley, who was arrested in Georgia on drug smuggling charges earlier this year, was released from prison Monday as part of a plea deal.
Culley, 19, who…
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Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president | Xi Jinping
It would take someone with nerves of steel to joke about the security of Chinese smartphones in front of Xi Jinping.
Step forward the South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, who, after being given a pair of smartphones by the Chinese leader before…
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Trump, 79, Now Has Printed Out Tweet Listing Wars He Says He’s ‘Solved’ but Can’t Remember
Donald Trump interrupted his own tangent-addled interview on CBS by producing a printed list from his pocket of all the conflicts he says he’s solved since taking the White House in January.
“But I brought… just a little list, of… look at…
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Czech billionaire Babiš clinches coalition deal with the far right – POLITICO
Czechia’s likely next prime minister, populist Andrej Babiš, on Monday signed a coalition agreement with the far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and right-wing Motorists for Themselves (Motoristé sobě) parties.
The…
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Powerful earthquake hits Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds more, officials say
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday local time, according to the USGS and local authorities, sparking fears of mass casualties as the country’s Taliban government said at least 20 people died.
Afghan…
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