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Helsinki, May 2 (AFP/APP): Finnish-led consortium Fennovoima said on Monday it has terminated a contract with Russian group Rosatom to build Finland’s third nuclear power plant, citing risks linked to the Ukraine war. “The war in Ukraine has worsened the risks for the project,” Fennovoima […]

Washington, May 2 (AFP/APP):Donald Trump vented fury at protesters outside the White House in 2020, saying “Can’t you just shoot them?” according to then defense secretary Mark Esper in book excerpts released Monday. Esper wrote that he sat in the Oval Office with “the president […]

Yerevan, May 2 (AFP/APP): Opposition parties in Armenia on Monday staged protests to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resign over his policy on the long-contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Arch-foe Caucasus neighbours Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a dispute since the 1990s over the […]

Beijing, May 2 (AFP/APP): One person was pulled out alive Monday from the rubble of a building that collapsed three days ago in central China, state-run television said, with hopes of finding more survivors fading fast. The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province — […]

Addis Ababa, May 2 (AFP/APP): Ethiopian police using tear gas briefly clashed with young Muslims in Addis Ababa on Monday during prayers to mark the end of Ramadan, AFP reporters saw. The incident occurred outside the international stadium in the heart of the capital, where […]

Jerusalem, April 30 (AFP/APP):Israeli forces carried out a manhunt Saturday in the occupied West Bank after a Jewish settlement guard was shot dead in an attack claimed by a Palestinian armed group, in the latest wave of violence. Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, one of the main […]

London, April 30 (AFP/APP):A lawmaker from Britain’s ruling Conservative party announced Saturday he will resign, after admitting he had deliberately watched pornography on his mobile phone in the House of Commons chamber. Neil Parish, who represents a seat in southwest England, said he was standing […]

Energodar, Ukraine, May 2 (AFP/APP): Nearly two months after it was seized by Russian forces, there are few signs of the fighting for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine that sparked global fears of a potential atomic disaster.   Other than a scorched administrative […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, May 2 (AFP/APP): Ukrainian authorities planned to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol on Monday, after dozens were finally brought to safety following weeks trapped under heavy fire in a steel complex. The sprawling Azovstal plant is the last holdout of Ukrainian forces in […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, May 1 (AFP/APP): The evacuation of the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol has started, with an initial group of 100 civilians en route to Ukrainian-held territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday. “Evacuation of civilians from Azovstal began. The […]