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France unrest: Refinery strikes continue as Macron survives no-confidence vote
Mar 21, 2023 02:35Strikes at French refineries continue as part of a nationwide movement against pension reform by President Emmanuel Macron.
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Kazakh ruling party wins 54% of vote in snap parliamentary election: Exit polls
Mar 21, 2023 02:30Kazakhstan's ruling Amanat party has won 53.9% of the vote in a snap parliamentary election, official data show, giving President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev a clear mandate to reform the oil-rich nation in line with his social justice objectives.
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Putin meets China’s Xi in Moscow, says open to negotiations on Ukraine
Mar 20, 2023 11:47China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow for an official three-day visit, during which he will discuss Russia's ongoing military campaign in Ukraine as well as other issues of bilateral and international interest with his counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
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Russia opens criminal case against ICC chief prosecutor, judges over arrest warrant for Putin
Mar 20, 2023 11:08Russia has opened a criminal case against chief prosecutor and judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to an arrest warrant they issued for President Vladimir Putin on war crime charges.
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Four in 10 UK hospitals use outdated medical equipment: Study
Mar 20, 2023 08:34Four out of ten of the public hospitals in Britain are using outdated medical equipment such as X-ray machines, CT scanners and radiotherapy treatment devices, Britain's Liberal Democrat lawmakers have reported, citing a new research.
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Xi: China’s peace proposal for Ukraine war reflects unity of global views
Mar 20, 2023 07:25China’s President Xi Jinping has called for “pragmatism” to end the war in Ukraine, saying his country’s peace proposal reflects the unity of the global community’s views and aims to neutralize the consequences of the crisis.
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Putin welcomes China's willingness to help resolve Ukraine conflict
Mar 20, 2023 04:27Russia's President Vladimir Putin says he welcomes China's willingness to help resolve the one-year-plus-long conflict in Ukraine as his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping says Bejing’s proposal on how to solve the crisis reflects global views.
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Black Sea drones show US involvement in war with Russia: Kremlin
Mar 20, 2023 03:59The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says US drone flights over the Black Sea are a sign of direct US involvement in the Ukraine war.
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Azerbaijan preparing for Armenian genocide in Karabakh region: Armenia FM
Mar 19, 2023 10:37Armenia says Azerbaijan is preparing an escalation against Yeravan via the use of an “aggressive rhetoric” aimed at undermining existing agreements between the two countries, claiming that Baku is preparing for genocide of Armenians in the Karabakh region.
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Massive manhunt underway in India's Punjab against pro-Khalistani leader
Mar 19, 2023 10:31A massive search operation has been launched in the north Indian state of Punjab to arrest a radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathizer, Amritpal Singh, after he was declared a "fugitive" by the Punjab police and has been on the run since Saturday.