DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected U.S. airstrikes around Yemen’s rebel-held capital killed at least six people and wounded 26 overnight, the Houthis said Monday as they also claimed shooting…
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MPs reject two-tier policing claims in 2024 riots
Cachella Smith & Stewart WhittinghamBBC News
PA MediaPolice forces were in several cases unprepared for the level of violence that broke out in riots after the murder of three children in Southport last summer, a report by MPs has found.
It left…
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89.
He was a prolific author and essayist with such celebrated…
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Indian fugitive held in Belgium over $1.8 billion bank scam – DW – 04/14/2025
Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium following an extradition request from India, authorities in New Delhi said on Monday.
The 65-year-old is accused of being involved in an alleged fraud of nearly $1.8 billion…
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IDF chief Zamir warns of troop shortages, questions scope of Gaza war aims
Israel’s new military chief has warned the government that a shortage of combat soldiers could limit the army’s ability to carry out its political leadership’s ambitions in Gaza, amid ongoing fighting with Hamas that has stretched into its…Continue Reading
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Ecuador’s Noboa re-elected in presidential vote seen as test of his ‘war on drugs’ | Ecuador
In an election seen as a referendum on his “war on drugs”, Ecuador’s right-wing president, Daniel Noboa, won Sunday’s presidential runoff, defeating leftist candidate Luisa González.
With 92.61% of ballots counted, the incumbent had…
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Nobel literature prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies – DW – 04/14/2025
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa died on Sunday, 14 April, 2025, aged 89.
The Nobel laureate died in Peru’s capital Lima surrounded by his family and “at peace,” his son Alvaro Vargas Llosa, a well-known political commentator, said on X.
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Nobel literature prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies – DW – 04/14/2025
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa died on Sunday, 14 April, 2025, aged 89.
The Nobel laureate died in Peru’s capital Lima surrounded by his family and “at peace,” his son Alvaro Vargas Llosa, a well-known political commentator, said on X.
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