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Eiffel Tower forced to close and tourists evacuated after an incident at the famous Paris attraction

The Eiffel Tower was evacuated on Christmas Eve after the fire alarm went off because of a technical problem in a lift. Around 1000 people left the historic French landmark on Tuesday morning so that French emergency services could check the problem. Visitors queue at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower as the site was closed and then reopened after …

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2 hours, 52 minutes ago

Royal Mail postal workers 'told by higher-ups to fake deliveries so bosses could keep their bonuses'

Daily Mail

A 'disturbing' claim has emerged that Royal Mail postal workers are being told by higher-ups to 'fake deliveries' so their bosses can hold onto bonuses. A 'disturbing' claim has emerged that Royal Mail postal workers are being told by higher-ups to 'fake deliveries' so their bosses can hold onto bonuses This would risk a number of parcels not coming in …

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3 days, 22 hours ago

Warring tribes in Pakistan’s northwest ordered to hand over weapons after weeks of deadly clashes

Associated Press

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Warring tribes in Pakistan’s northwest were ordered to hand over their weapons after weeks of deadly violence, authorities said Friday. Clashes in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have killed at least 130 people in recent weeks, triggering road closures and other measures that have disrupted people’s access to medicine, food, fuel, education and work. On …

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4 days, 13 hours ago

Sri Lanka Navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in the Indian Ocean

Al Jazeera

The 102 refugees, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee. More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port. The 102 people, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port …

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Parliament's standards commissioner is urged to probe Keir Starmer's corruption minister Tulip Siddiq - over claims she and her family took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant

Daily Mail

Parliament's standards commissioner was last night urged to probe Tulip Siddiq after the Treasury minister was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. ‘Without proper clarification and transparency from Ms Siddiq, I feel that she risks bringing her position, and the wider House, into significant disrepute.’ Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission has launched the probe into Ms Siddiq over the alleged embezzlement …

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1 week ago

White House national security spokesman gives major update amid drone hysteria

Raw Story

After sifting through the reports over the past few weeks of reports of drones over New Jersey, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Monday the truth is not out there. "Having closely looked at the tips and collated them as best we can from concerned citizens, we assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial …

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1 week ago

Kupwara police attach properties of drug peddlers from Karnah

Hindustan Times

Police on Monday, for the first time, attached properties of drug peddlers from the border Karnah in Kupwara. The police spokesman said adding that one of the properties attached is located in Pingla Haridal which belongs to Riyaz Ahmad Shah son of Talib Hussain Shah. Under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Kupwara police have attached two residential properties …

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Ousted Leader Assad Claims He Wanted To Stay In Syria But Was Evacuated By Russia

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING DAMASCUS — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western Syria after it came under attack. The spokesman for the transitional government’s political department said in an interview Monday that “the Assad regime is finished …

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1 week ago

Syria's ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russian allies evacuated him

Associated Press

DAMASCUS — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western Syria after it came under attack. AP AUDIO: Syria’s ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russian allies evacuated him AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Sino-US sci-tech agreement extended

China Daily

The extension of the Agreement Between the United States and China on Cooperation in Science and Technology is in line with the interests of the two peoples, and is what the international community hopes to see, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Monday. The agreement, one of the first government-to-government agreement signed between the two countries since they established …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Syria’s ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russian allies evacuated him

LA Times

Syrian Civil Defense members, known as the White Helmets, carry one of several bodies that were found near a road linking to the airport in Damascus. “The only course of action was to continue fighting against the terrorist onslaught.” In Damascus, residents dismissed Assda’s comments and some said he had abandoned Syria’s people long ago. The spokesman for the transitional …

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1 week, 4 days ago

PLA garrison committed to prosperity, stability in Macao: spokesperson

China Daily

BEIJING -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army garrison stationed in Macao will remain a bulwark of the prosperity and stability of the special administrative region, a military spokesman said on Friday. Looking ahead, the PLA Macao Garrison will ensure its continued competence to maintain the trust of local residents and safeguard Macao's prosperity and stability, said Wu Qian, a spokesman …

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1 week, 4 days ago

PLA military exercises 'in accordance with needs and situation'

China Daily

The People's Liberation Army will decide whether or not to carry out exercises near Taiwan in accordance with related needs and situations, according to a military spokesman. Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry, said on Friday in Beijing that it is the PLA's lofty mission to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, take care of the …

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1 week, 4 days ago

PLA garrison committed to prosperity, stability in Macao: spokesperson

China Daily

BEIJING -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army garrison stationed in Macao will remain a bulwark of the prosperity and stability of the special administrative region, a military spokesman said on Friday. Looking ahead, the PLA Macao Garrison will ensure its continued competence to maintain the trust of local residents and safeguard Macao's prosperity and stability, said Wu Qian, a spokesman …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Japan organisers say 2026 Asian Games preparation on track after reports of governing body asking for improvements

The Hindu

Preparations for the 2026 Asian Games in Japan are going “smoothly”, its chairman said Wednesday, after reports the governing body told organisers to make significant improvements. Japanese media said the Olympic Council of Asia is not happy with preparations for the event in Nagoya and the wider Aichi Prefecture area and has accused organisers of not sticking to the host …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Chhattisgarh: Agniveer Aspirant with Sickle Cell Dies After Fitness Test

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: An applicant for the army agniveer enrollment died after completing a 1.6 km run, a part of physical fitness test, in Raigad in Chhattisgarh, a government spokesman said here on Tuesday. The process for the army agniveer enrollment was going on in the Boiridar stadium in district headquarters of Raigad on December nine when one of the aspirants for …

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1 week, 6 days ago

South Korea’s court issues arrest warrant for ex-defense minister over imposition of martial law

Live Mint

A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for the former defense minister related to the imposition of martial law. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gave an order to "drag out" lawmakers from parliament after he declared martial law on Dec. 3, an army commander said on Tuesday amid concerns of a power vacuum with Yoon's office saying …

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2 weeks ago

Winds whip Southland, fuel Malibu fire: Where SoCal Edison has shut off power

LA Times

An extreme wind event has prompted Southern California Edison to shut off power to tens of thousands of customers in Los Angeles and Ventura counties and the Inland Empire. Officials at the National Weather Service issued a rare “Particularly Dangerous Situation” red flag warning to last through 2 p.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. “We always try to …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Haryana: Road mishaps claim 4 lives in 24 hours in Mahendergarh, Jind

Hindustan Times

Four people died in separate road accidents in Mahendergarh and Jind within 24 hours. In Jind, two persons were killed after their speeding car rammed into a shop in Jind’s Safidon on Thursday night, said police. In Mahendergarh, two traders were killed and three were critically wounded when the car they were travelling in flipped after crashing into a divider …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Put a ring on it on the ring road: 400 want to be wed on the A10

Dutch News

Some 400 couples have registered to say “I do” on the A10 ring road on June 21 next year when traffic will be halted for a street party to celebrate Amsterdam’s 750th birthday, local broadcaster AT5 reports. We will have to draw names out of a hat,” a spokesman for the capital’s local council said. “We need to give every …

2 weeks, 6 days ago

China Coast Guard warns Philippines following crash in South China Sea

China Daily

A Philippine government vessel deliberately crashed into a China Coast Guard ship in waters near Huangyan Island in the South China Sea on Wednesday, a CCG spokesman said. The CCG spokesman Liu Dejun said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon that the Philippines dispatched coast guard vessels, government ships and several fishing boats to intrude into the territorial waters of …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Cessation of hostilities in Syria urged

China Daily

UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities amid the recent escalation of violence in Syria, his spokesman said on Monday. Guterres' statement came after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group designated as terrorist group by the Security Council, and its allied opposition factions launched a major rebel offensive last week in northwest Syria's Aleppo …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

MSNBC reacts to claims Kamala Harris paid $500K to Al Sharpton nonprofit before interview

Raw Story

Kamala Harris' campaign reportedly paid half a million dollars to Al Sharpton's nonprofit shortly before she took part in a friendly interview with the civil rights activist and MSNBC host — but a network spokesman said they were unaware of the payment. The Harris campaign made a $250,000 contribution to Sharpton's National Action Network on Sept. 5 and another on …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Heavy rains flood tents in Gaza, bringing further misery to Palestinians

Al Jazeera

Heavy rain has flooded tents for displaced Palestinians across Gaza, bringing more misery to 2.3 million people who have been facing nonstop Israeli bombardment since last October. The Palestinian Civil Defence said thousands of displaced people were affected by the seasonal flooding and demanded new tents and caravans from aid donors to shield them. “Rainfall has caused severe damage to …

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Eiffel Tower forced to close and tourists evacuated after an incident at the famous Paris attraction

Royal Mail postal workers 'told by higher-ups to fake deliveries so bosses could keep their bonuses'

Warring tribes in Pakistan’s northwest ordered to hand over weapons after weeks of deadly clashes

Sri Lanka Navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in the Indian Ocean

Parliament's standards commissioner is urged to probe Keir Starmer's corruption minister Tulip Siddiq - over claims she and her family took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant

White House national security spokesman gives major update amid drone hysteria

Kupwara police attach properties of drug peddlers from Karnah

Ousted Leader Assad Claims He Wanted To Stay In Syria But Was Evacuated By Russia

Syria's ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russian allies evacuated him

Sino-US sci-tech agreement extended

Syria’s ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russian allies evacuated him

PLA garrison committed to prosperity, stability in Macao: spokesperson

PLA military exercises 'in accordance with needs and situation'

PLA garrison committed to prosperity, stability in Macao: spokesperson

Japan organisers say 2026 Asian Games preparation on track after reports of governing body asking for improvements

Chhattisgarh: Agniveer Aspirant with Sickle Cell Dies After Fitness Test

South Korea’s court issues arrest warrant for ex-defense minister over imposition of martial law

Winds whip Southland, fuel Malibu fire: Where SoCal Edison has shut off power

Haryana: Road mishaps claim 4 lives in 24 hours in Mahendergarh, Jind

Put a ring on it on the ring road: 400 want to be wed on the A10

China Coast Guard warns Philippines following crash in South China Sea

Cessation of hostilities in Syria urged

MSNBC reacts to claims Kamala Harris paid $500K to Al Sharpton nonprofit before interview

Heavy rains flood tents in Gaza, bringing further misery to Palestinians