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Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:31:04 GMT
'Very scared': The resistance fighters of liberated Kherson
The two middle-aged women toting yellowish water from a river in plastic jugs showed their resistance by refusing to buy Russian food shipped in by the Kremlin. And the local radio talk show host chose to speak only Ukrainian during the Russians' e...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:22:10 GMT
Afghan supreme leader orders full implementation of Islamic law
Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted late Sunday that the "obligatory" command by Hibatullah Akhundzada came after the secretive leader met with a group of judges. Akhundzada, who has not been filmed or photographed in public since the Taliban returned to po...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:40:17 GMT
Biden to set 'guardrails' in Xi superpower summit
The superpower sitdown, on the sidelines of the G20 summit, will be the pair's first face-to-face since Biden took office and comes with the world's two largest economies vying for international primacy. Xi arrived in Bali on Monday afternoon, on o...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:20:12 GMT
Australians rescued from roofs after flash floods

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 07:52:10 GMT
France, UK sign new deal on thwarting migrant Channel crossings 
Under the agreement, Britain will pay France 72.2 million euros ($74.5 million) in 2022-2023 so that Paris can increase by 40 percent the numbers of security forces patrolling its northern beaches, the French interior ministry said. This means some...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 07:18:29 GMT
UN climate talks enter home stretch split over money
Somewhere in the middle, China -- accounting for 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, by far the largest share -- is feeling pressure from both sides, not only to enhance its carbon cutting goals but to step up as a donor nation, negotiato...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 07:11:26 GMT
Biden to set 'guardrails' in first face-to-face talks with Xi as president
US President Joe Biden meets China's Xi Jinping in Bali on Monday hoping to set "guardrails" for relations between the countries, as the world's 20 largest economies hold their first major post-pandemic summit.

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 06:27:53 GMT
France, UK sign deal tackling illegal immigration across Channel
France and the UK on Monday signed a new agreement to work together to stop migrants crossing the Channel to England in small boats, a source of huge bilateral tension.

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 06:02:21 GMT
Brazil's Lula headed to UN climate talks with vow to save Amazon
Lula's trip Monday to the COP27 talks in Sharm el-Sheikh will be his first international visit since beating Brazil's far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the October 30 runoff election. The 77-year-old, who promised on the campaign trail to work ...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 06:00:04 GMT
Live: Zelensky addresses troops in Kherson, says 'we are moving forward'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kherson and addressed troops there on Monday, days after Russian forces were forced to retreat from the southern city after months of occupation. Read FRANCE 24’s live blog for all the latest developm...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:50:14 GMT
Musk sees aliens, tunnels in a candlelit G20 vision of the future
The seemingly disembodied billionaire Twitter owner appeared by video link on Monday to address business leaders in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 summit, only his face and hands visible on an otherwise black screen. "We had a power outage three ...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 04:44:09 GMT
Testy Verstappen refuses to help Red Bull team-mate 
The world champion, who collided with his 2021 title rival seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton on lap seven of a stormy race, told his race engineer not to ask him to concede position again in stern fashion. “I told you already last time – you g...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 04:22:09 GMT
Hong Kong protest song replaces China anthem at S. Korea rugby match
The city's sports teams play the Chinese national anthem, but before Hong Kong took on South Korea in the final of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series in Incheon on Sunday, "Glory to Hong Kong" was broadcast instead. The song was written by an anonymous c...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 03:18:30 GMT
Western thirst for African gas raises alarm at COP27
European countries have been scrambling for alternative sources of gas after the continent's former top supplier, Russia, slashed exports in apparent retaliation for Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February. Gas-rich Norway h...

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 03:14:56 GMT
Paris Saint-Germain beat Auxerre 5-0 in final game before World Cup
Paris Saint-Germain's stars came through their final game before the World Cup unscathed, with France forward Kylian Mbappe opening the scoring in the unbeaten league leader's 5-0 home win against Auxerre on Sunday.



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