Accept Taiwan, new leader urges Beijing

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Stop threatening Taiwan and accept the existence of democracy, the island state’s new leader has said in a message to China. Shortly after being sworn

Slovak PM out of danger after assassination attempt

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Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, who was shot last week in an attempted assassination attempt is reportedly out of danger. Initially it had

Overseas voting queues reminiscent of 1994 – Ramaphosa

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the sight of scores of voters overseas queues to cast their ballots this weekend reminded him of the first election

New Caledonian capital ‘under siege’ – mayor

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Sonia Lagarde, the mayor of Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia in the South Pacific has said it is ‘under siege’ following days of riots.

US-Japanese interceptor in development

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Japan and the United States have inked a deal to develop interceptor systems to counter hypersonic missiles that might be deployed against them by adversaries

YouTube bans Hong Kong protest song

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YouTube has said that it would comply with a Hong Kong court ruling that banned the distribution of a protest song in the city, heightening

Zimbabwe: food aid desperately needed

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Over half of Zimbabwe’s people are likely to need food aid, the country’s cabinet has heard. This comes as Zimbabwe is reeling under drought and

Last internationally wanted Rwandan genocide suspects confirmed dead

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The last two suspects being sought by a global tribunal on the Rwandan genocide have been confirmed as being dead. The two suspects, named as

French police kill man trying to burn down synagogue

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French police shot and killed a man in the French city of Rouen after he was caught trying to burn down a synagogue. Police were

Yemen holds off on repairing key internet cable

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The Yemeni government is holding back repairs on a key internet cable that’s been damaged in the Red Sea, as it conducts a criminal investigation