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- December 6, 2024
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US tells citizens leave Syria ânow while commercial options remain availableâ
US citizens in Syria should immediately leave the country “while commercial options remain available,” the State Department said Friday, as Islamist-led rebel forces continue their offensive against President Bashar al-Assad’s troops. “The security situation continues to be volatile and unpredictable with active clashes between armed groups throughout the country. The Department urges US citizens to depart […]
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- Economics , News , Politics
- December 6, 2024
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South Korea president apologises but doesnât resign over martial law fiasco
South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol apologised but stopped short of resigning Saturday over his declaration of martial law, with a vote to impeach him hours away and mass street protests planned in Seoul. Yoon stunned the nation and the international community Tuesday night by imposing martial law for the first time in over […]
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- Economics , News , Politics
- December 6, 2024
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Uranium production: Iran plans to boost it, says IAEA
Iran plans to “significantly increase” production of highly enriched uranium, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday in a confidential report seen by AFP. An updated design of Iran’s Fordo plant showed that the effect of the change “would be to significantly increase the rate of production of uranium enriched up to 60 percent,” the International […]
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- Economics , News , Politics
- December 6, 2024
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Blinken tells counterpart confident in South Korean democracy
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his South Korean counterpart Friday that Washington was confident in its ally’s “democratic resilience”, in their first conversation since President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempt to impose martial law. Blinken “spoke with Foreign Minister (Cho Tae-yul) following deeply concerning developments in (South Korea). He welcomed the lifting of martial […]
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- Economics , News , Politics
- December 5, 2024
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Russia denies interfering in Romania elections: foreign ministry
Russia on Thursday denied it was interfering in Romania’s elections, as the EU member gears up for the second round of a presidential vote that could see a pro-Russian candidate win. “The campaign for the Romanian presidential election… is accompanied by an unprecedented outburst of anti-Russian hysteria. We firmly reject all hostile attacks, which we […]
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- Economics , News , Politics
- December 5, 2024
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Hezbollah chief says group will be by Syriaâs side amid rebel offensive
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said Thursday that his Lebanese militant group, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, would be by Damascus’s side as Islamist-led rebels press a sweeping offensive. In a televised address, Qassem denounced “terrorist groups” who want to “destroy Syria again… to bring down the regime” and “create chaos”. “They will not […]
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- Economics , News , Politics
- December 5, 2024
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Russiaâs Lavrov blames West for new âCold Warâ, warns it could turn âhotâ
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday blamed the West for triggering a new Cold War, and warned it risked turning into an East-West conflict, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported. In remarks to an OSCE summit in Malta, RIA quoted Lavrov as saying that the West was behind a “reincarnation of the Cold […]
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- Economics , News , Politics
- December 4, 2024
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Trump picks crypto-friendly lawyer to head US securities regulator
US President-elect Donald Trump nominated veteran Washington attorney Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a move cheered by the cryptocurrency industry as bitcoin broke the $100,000 mark for the first time. Atkins, an SEC commissioner from 2002 to 2008, founded risk consultancy firm Patomak Global Partners in 2009, whose clients include […]
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- Economics , News , Politics
- December 4, 2024
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Over one million fentanyl pills seized in Mexico: minister
Mexico, which has been threatened with steep tariffs by US President-elect Donald Trump if it does not curb fentanyl trafficking into the United States, has announced a record haul of more than one million fentanyl pills. “The largest seizure of fentanyl in history has been carried out. More than a ton of fentanyl pills, two […]
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- December 4, 2024
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Russia supporting North Korea nuclear programme in exchange for troops: NATO chief
NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday that Russia was giving support to North Korea’s missile and nuclear programmes in exchange for Pyongyang sending troops to use in the war with Ukraine. “In return for troops and weapons, Russia is providing North Korea with support for its missile and nuclear programmes,” Rutte told journalists after a […]
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