Scotland's under-pressure leader insists he won't resign before crunch confidence vote next week
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by Pan Pylas
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Scotland's leader insisted Friday that he won't be resigning as he fights for his political survival amid the fallout of his decision to pull the plug on a three-year power-sharing agreement that has made his Scottish National Party a minority government ..read more
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Andrew Tate's trial on charges of rape and human trafficking can start, a Romanian court rules
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by Stephen McGrath
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A court in Romania's capital on Friday ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women ..read more
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Zelenskyy presses the U.S. and allies for Patriot missiles, expected in new $6 billion aid package
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by Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv needs Patriot missiles to create an air shield against further Russian missile attacks, and it's likely he'll get them in an additional $6 billion aid package expected to be announced by the U.S. as soon as Friday ..read more
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Burkina Faso Suspends BBC and Voice of America after covering report on mass killings
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by Jessica Donati
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Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country's armed forces ..read more
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Moulin Rouge's four windmill blades fall off the iconic Parisian club; none injured
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by Brad Matthews
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The four windmill blades at the famous Moulin Rouge, a 134-year-old Parisian cabaret club in Paris, fell off early Thursday morning. No one was injured ..read more
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Ukraine's farm minister is the latest corruption suspect as Kyiv aims to undo recent Russian gains
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by Illia Novikov
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A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered the detention of the country's farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation, while Kyiv security officials assessed how they can recover lost battlefield momentum in the war against Russia ..read more
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Egypt sends delegation to Israel, its latest effort to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas
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by Samy Magdy, Bassem Mroue, David Rising
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Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza's city of Rafah -- on the border with Egypt -- could have catastrophic consequences for regional stability ..read more
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South Korean police raid office of incoming head of doctors' group over protracted strikes
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by Hyung-jin Kim
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South Korean police said Friday they searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of an association of doctors and confiscated his mobile phone as he faces accusations that he incited the protracted walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents ..read more
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Philippine police kill an Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in 15 beheadings and other atrocities
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by Jim Gomez
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Philippine forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, who had been implicated in past beheadings, including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese, in a clash in the south, police officials said Friday ..read more
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These are the countries where TikTok is already banned
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by Kelvin Chan
5h ago
TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new legislation threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests. It would be the biggest blow yet to the popular video-sharing app, which has faced various restrictions around the world ..read more
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