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Oct 1, 20242 min read
UN peacekeepers patrol southern Lebanon - what is their mandate?
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations peacekeepers were deployed to patrol Lebanon's southern border with Israel in 1978 after Israel invaded...


Oct 1, 20242 min read
Passengers set for world's first continual cruise after repair delay in Belfast
BELFAST - Cruise passengers are to set sail from Belfast on Monday on a three-and-a-half-year world voyage after being stranded in the...


Oct 1, 20243 min read
Big US oil companies reveal massive payments to foreign governments
The three largest U.S. energy exploration companies paid more than $42 billion to foreign governments last year, about eight times more...


Oct 1, 20242 min read
Austria's president takes charge as far right isolated after election victory
VIENNA - The far-right Freedom Party's historic victory in an Austrian parliamentary election has left it isolated and partly at the...


Oct 1, 20243 min read
Factbox-When and where is the Vance-Walz US vice presidential debate?
Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance will face off next week in the only scheduled U.S. vice presidential debate, a chance for each...


Oct 1, 20242 min read
FBI will pay $22.6 million to settle female trainees' sex bias claims
The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to pay $22.6 million to settle a lawsuit by 34 women who claim they were wrongly dismissed from...


Oct 1, 20241 min read
Turkey's Erdogan says UN should recommend use of force if Israel not stopped
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the United Nations General Assembly should recommend the use of force, in...


Oct 1, 20243 min read
Scientists explain Mount Everest's anomalous growth
Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and...


Oct 1, 20242 min read
Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...


Oct 1, 20242 min read
French far-right leader Le Pen stands trial over alleged misuse of EU funds
PARIS - Marine Le Pen, the leading figure of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, went on trial on Monday accused of...


Oct 1, 20242 min read
G7 aims to finalise deal on $50 billion loan to Ukraine by end-Oct, EU says
BRUSSELS - The Group of Seven (G7) countries want to reach a political agreement on the $50 billion loan for Ukraine by the end of...


Oct 1, 20242 min read
Kenya lawmakers plan impeachment move against deputy president, majority leader says
NAIROBI - Kenyan lawmakers plan to launch impeachment proceedings against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, accusing him of undermining...
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