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Austria FM set to replace Kurz embattled after graft claims

Vienna, Oct 10 (AFP/APP):Austria’s top diplomat Alexander Schallenberg on Sunday said an “enormously challenging task” awaited him after embattled Chancellor Sebastian Kurz named him as his successor in a spectacular leadership change in the EU member. Kurz — at age 35 one of Europe’s youngest […]

More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel to UK in two days

London, Oct 10 (AFP/APP):Britain has rescued or intercepted a total of 1,115 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel over just two days, the country’s interior ministry said on Sunday. Rising numbers of Channel crossings by migrants in small boats have contributed to growing tensions […]

Russians offered food for booze after bootleg liquor kills 34

Moscow, Oct 10 (AFP/APP):Authorities in central Russia said Sunday they are offering food in exchange for alcohol, after 34 people died from drinking bootleg liquor containing highly toxic methanol. The deaths are the latest in Russia from the consumption of a cheap alcohol substitute, a […]

Sixteen feared dead in plane crash in central Russia

Moscow, Oct 10 (AFP/APP):An aircraft carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said, with sixteen people feared dead. The L-410 plane carrying 23 people crashed around 9:23 a.m. local time (0623 GMT) during a flight over the republic of Tatarstan, the […]

Former Israeli soldier attacked on Berlin street

Berlin, Oct 9 (AFP/APP):A former Israeli soldier was attacked in the German capital Berlin, police said Saturday, with one or several unknown assailants spraying him with an irritant and throwing him to the ground. The 29-year-old was wearing a top with the Israel Defence Forces […]

Taliban warns US not to ‘destabilise’ Afghan government: Taliban FM

Doha, Oct 9 (AFP/APP):The Taliban warned the United States not to “destabilise” the regime during their first face-to-face talks since the US withdrawal, its foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Saturday. “We clearly told them that trying to destabilise the government in Afghanistan is […]

Near-final results show Czech PM lost election to centre-right alliance

Prague, Oct 9 (AFP/APP):The Czech centre-right Together alliance won a general election by a razor-thin margin on Saturday, near-final results showed, in a dramatic reversal after preliminary results had put the country’s billionaire prime minister in the lead. With over 99.9 percent of votes counted, […]

Japan PM Kishida to ‘devote’ himself to ending COVID-19 crisis

Tokyo – October 9 (Online): Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday he would do his utmost to lead Japan out of the COVID-19 crisis while protecting its territory and people in an increasingly tough security environment. However, Kishida, is struggling to find his […]

China’s Xi says ‘reunification with Taiwan must be fulfilled’

Beijing – October 9 (Online): China’s President Xi Jinping has said that “reunification” with Taiwan “must be fulfilled”, as heightened tensions over the island continue. Xi said unification should be achieved peacefully, but warned that the Chinese people had a “glorious tradition” of opposing separatism. […]

Guards shoot six migrants dead at Libya detention centre: IOM

Tripoli, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):Guards at a Libyan detention centre shot dead six migrants on Friday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. The UN agency’s Libya chief Federico Soda said there was “massive overcrowding” at the facility in Tripoli. “Shooting broke out and six migrants […]

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