The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers will attend a summit in Malta on Thursday, with Sergei Lavrov making his first visit to an EU country since his country’s 2022 invasion of its neighbour.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will also be attending the meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in …
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Lewis Hamilton bids farewell this weekend to Mercedes, the team that carried him to six world titles, as his future outfit Ferrari seek to win a first constructors’ crown in 16 years.Sunday’s floodlit Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks the end of an era as the Briton concludes a remarkable 12-year spell with the Silver Arrows …
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The more than five-year reconstruction of Notre Dame cathedral has featured some near-miraculous recoveries, as well as several controversies. Â Ahead of the official reopening of the cathedral on Saturday, AFP looks at some of the key moments:- The saviours -Paris firefighters won universal praise for their swift and decisive action on the evening of April …
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was still clinging to power Thursday, with his party announcing they will oppose an opposition impeachment motion put forward after his stunning but brief imposition of martial law.Yoon suspended civilian rule late Tuesday and deployed troops and helicopters to parliament only for lawmakers to vote down the measure and …
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Arsenal worked their set-piece magic to beat Manchester United 2-0 on Wednesday, ending Ruben Amorim’s unbeaten start to life in the Old Trafford hotseat and closing the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool.United frustrated the home side at the Emirates in a cagey first half but Jurrien Timber broke the deadlock from a corner after …
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Cash-strapped Cuba on Wednesday was struggling to revive its power grid, after fixing a failure at the country’s largest power plant, which had caused yet another nationwide blackout.Roman Perez Castaneda, the deputy technical director of the Guiteras thermal power plant in central Cuba, said the problem had been resolved, but most of the country was …
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UNESCO on Wednesday welcomed attieke, the quintessential dish of Ivory Coast, and the skills involved in making the fermented ground cassava meal into its list of humanity’s intangible cultural heritage.Pronounced “atchekay”, attieke looks a tad like couscous, takes a couple of days to make from scratch and is a mainstay staple all over the country …
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The head of the British Museum said Wednesday any deal with Greece to loan the prized Parthenon Marbles to Athens was “still some distance” away, as Greek authorities insist on their permanent return.Expectations have grown this week that a deal is imminent to send the ancient friezes back to Greece, easing a decades-long dispute over …
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French lawmakers on Wednesday voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, a historic move which hurled the country further into political uncertainty.For the first time in over sixty years, the National Assembly lower house toppled the incumbent government, approving a no-confidence motion that had been proposed …
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Syrian rebels on Wednesday encircled the key central city of Hama “from three sides”, a war monitor said, despite a counteroffensive launched by government forces to retain control of the city.Hama is strategically located in central Syria and, for the army, it is crucial to safeguarding the capital and seat of power Damascus.The fighting around …
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