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NY Times
9 months ago
A recent production of “Othello” proves that small creative flowers can grow between the dreary slabs of cultural concrete laid by the Communist Party.
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NY Times
9 months ago
American negotiators trumpeted plans for a prisoner swap, but that was small recompense for months of diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration.
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Al Jazeera
9 months ago
After weeks of military threats and arguments over a venue, the US and Iran are about to hold talks in Oman.
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NY Times
9 months ago
The authorities are making mass arrests, seizing assets and hunting down doctors who treated protesters. Some Iranians keep showing defiance anyway.
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Al Jazeera
9 months ago
Activists announced at a briefing in South Africa plans to launch the largest civilian-led flotilla to Gaza in March.
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France24
9 months ago
A Paris court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the descendants of an Iraqi Jewish family seeking compensation for a Baghdad villa occupied rent-free by France's diplomatic representation for...
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France24
9 months ago
Ukraine and Russia have conducted their first prisoner exchange in months, each releasing 157 captured soldiers, Russia's defence ministry said Thursday, amid US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at...
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France24
9 months ago
It's snowing in the Alps. Normal weather for February, you say? But cue the sighs of relief of organisers of the 25th Winter Olympics in Milan and the Dolomites resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Organiser...
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Al Jazeera
9 months ago
Scott Bessent used a Senate appearance to defend President Donald Trump's campaign to slash interest and raise tariffs.
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Al Jazeera
9 months ago
Friedrich Merz said concerns about a further escalation with Iran have dominated his trip to the Gulf region.
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BBC
9 months ago
The World Anti-Doping Agency could investigate if evidence emerges that male ski jumpers are injecting their penises in a bid to improve sporting performance.
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France24
9 months ago
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday scrapped a mandate for all vehicles sold in Canada to be electric by 2035, marking another retreat from emissions and climate-focused measures. At the...
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BBC
9 months ago
The Paris museum issues the first pictures of the crown since the theft, saying it was left "badly deformed".
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France24
9 months ago
The Louvre Museum says a crown left behind by thieves fleeing a daring robbery last year is largely intact and will be fully restored. The crown of French Empress Eugénie is missing just one of the e...
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France24
9 months ago
Final preparations are in full swing ahead of the official opening of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday, with several preliminary and qualification events, including ice hockey and curling,...
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BBC
9 months ago
Bezalel Zini, an Israeli military reservist on active duty, is accused of smuggling 14 cartons of cigarettes in exchange for $117,000.
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Al Jazeera
9 months ago
As Ukrainians face the coldest winter in a decade, trilateral talks take place in Abu Dhabi.
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France24
9 months ago
What began as internet outages in a small French village has escalated into an alleged international espionage operation. Authorities have arrested four individuals, including two Chinese nationals,...
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France24
9 months ago
Israeli prosecutors on Thursday filed charges against Bezalel Zini, brother of the chief of Israel's domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet, over the alleged smuggling of cigarettes into Gaza. Zini, a...
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, says neither Israel nor Hamas are interested in moving to phase 2 of the ceasefire becau...