Indonesia launches Southeast Asia’s first high-speed rail
JAKARTA, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) - Indonesia launched Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project backed…
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Last-gasp deal averts US government shutdown
By Frankie TAGGART WASHINGTON, Oct 1, 2023 (AFP) - The US Congress passed an 11th-hour funding bill Saturday to keep…
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President Biden says Ukraine aid must be passed after shutdown deal
WASHINGTON, Oct 1, 2023 (AFP) - US President Joe Biden welcomed a deal to avert a government shutdown on Saturday…
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N. Zealand PM contracts Covid during election campaign
WELLINGTON, Oct 1, 2023 (AFP) - New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Sunday that he had contracted Covid-19,…
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Israel, Saudi moving towards ‘framework’ for deal: US
WASHINGTON, Sept 29, 2023 (AFP) - Israel and Saudi Arabia are moving towards the outline of a historic US-brokered deal…
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At least nine killed in Zimbabwe gold mine collapse
CHEGUTU, Zimbabwe, Sept 30, 2023 (AFP) - At least nine miners were killed after a shaft in a Zimbabwean gold…
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UN concerned about arrests of environmental activists in Vietnam
(UN GENEVA, Switzerland) The UN Human Rights Office spokesperson, Jeremy Laurence, has voiced deep concerns regarding the arrest, detention, and…
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Muizzu: Pro-China winner of Maldives election
MALÉ, Maldives, Sept 30, 2023 (AFP) - The next president of the Maldives is an ardent advocate of Chinese…
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Record number of children attacked and killed in DR Congo: UN
KINSHASA, Sept 30, 2023 (AFP) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to see record numbers of children…
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Guatemala prosecutors seize vote tallies after scuffle
GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 30, 2023 (AFP) - Police from the Guatemala prosecutor's office scuffled Saturday with magistrates in the electoral…
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