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Macron urges parents to keep kids off streets, blames social media for fueling unrest
Jun 30, 2023 11:41French President Emmanuel Macron has urged parents to keep teenagers at home to quell the unrest spreading across the country, calling on social media to stop fuelling what he described as "copycat" violence.
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Flights grounded at Geneva airport due to staff industrial action
Jun 30, 2023 10:20Flights have been canceled at Geneva Airport (GVA) as its staff extended their industrial action in protest to a salary freeze.
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Macron ditches EU summit to rush home amid growing unrest for police killing of teen
Jun 30, 2023 08:02France's President Emmanuel Macron has rushed home from an EU summit for a crisis meeting, after a third night of protests over a policeman's killing of a teen.
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UK govt. Rwanda deportation plan unlawful: appeals court
Jun 30, 2023 06:08A UK court has blocked government plans to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. The country's Court of Appeals said the plan was unlawful. Rights groups and asylum seekers had appealed an earlier decision by another court which gave the go-ahead for the controversial deportation policy.
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Bolivia taps China, Russia in bid to unlock huge lithium riches
Jun 30, 2023 05:43The Bolivian government has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China's Citic Guoan Group as the South American country looks to develop its untapped resources of the battery metal.
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Muslims face structural racism in Germany: Report
Jun 30, 2023 05:30Muslims in Germany face racism, hatred and discrimination on a daily basis, according to an independent commission assigned by the German government.
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Unrest, clashes erupt for 3rd day in France over teenager’s killing by police
Jun 30, 2023 05:20Unrest and clashes have erupted for a third day in a row in France as protests rage on over the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy by police during a traffic stop in the capital Paris, as thousands kept a vigil.
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France's top court upholds hijab ban during football games
Jun 30, 2023 05:12France’s top administrative court has ruled against a group of female Muslim football players in their case against the French Football Federation (FFF), upholding a ban on the Islamic headscarf during games.
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Hungarian parliament postpones vote on Sweden's NATO membership bid
Jun 30, 2023 04:51A Hungarian parliament committee has postponed a vote on Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance, guaranteeing that the Nordic nation will not join the US-led bloc before or during its summit in July.
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US plans to sell $440mn weapons parts, munitions to Chinese Taipei
Jun 30, 2023 04:40The US State Department has announced plans to sell military hardware to Chinese Taipei despite Beijing's strong disproval of Washington's relationship with the island.