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Prime Minister Modi files his nomination to run for a third term in India's general election
Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination on Tuesday to run for a third term in India’s general election in the northern city of Varanasi. Modi hopes to retain his seat in the holy Hindu city, his constituency, from where he ran and won, first in 2014 and then again in 2019. India’s gigantic, six-week long general election began in April, with voting set to go on until June 1 before votes are counted on June 4.
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Verdict expected for German far-right politician Björn Höcke, accused of using Nazi slogan
A court is expected to deliver its verdict Tuesday in the trial of one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party, who is accused of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech. Björn Höcke went on trial at the state court in the eastern city of Halle in mid-April, months before an election in the state of Thuringia in which he plans to run for governor. Höcke is accused of ending a speech in nearby Merseburg in May 2021 with the words “Everything for Germany!” Pros
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Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is sentenced to prison
An Australian judge sentenced a former army lawyer to almost six years in prison on Tuesday for leaking to the media classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. David McBride, 60, was sentenced in a court in the capital, Canberra, to five years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to three charges including theft and sharing with members of the press documents classified as secret. Justice David Mossop ordered McBride to serve 27 months
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NATO member Estonia is 'seriously' discussing sending troops to fill non-combat roles in Ukraine, security advisor says
Madis Roll, national security advisor to Estonia's president, said discussions centered on sending troops to fill "rear" roles amid Ukraine's manpower crunch.
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Trapped in hell under collapsed building but pulled out alive
South African Delvin Safers had already made what he thought was his last phone call to his family.
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New luxury train route in Vietnam offers stunning coastal views, afternoon tea
Anantara has just launched a new five-hour Vietnam luxury train experience that connects the popular resort destinations of Na Trang and Quy Nhon – its second route in the country.
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Portland nurse in Rafah: ‘Perishing before they get here’
Monica Johnston, a Portland nurse who works with burn victims, is currently working the frontlines in Gaza's southern city of Rafah.
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Malaysia's 'Orangutan Diplomacy' draws backlash for alleged hypocrisy
Malaysia's plan to gift orangutans to buyers of its palm oil — an industry that destroys the great apes' habitats — is drawing criticism from conservationists. Malaysia is considering gifting orangutans to foreign countries that buy its palm oil, a strategy dubbed as "orangutan diplomacy." Conservationists instead urge Malaysia to focus on actually tackling deforestation and sustainable palm oil production.
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Brazil's flooded south paralyzed as rivers swell, again
Rivers in south Brazil rose anew Monday as flood rescue efforts intensified and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva conceded authorities had not been "prepared" for a disaster of such magnitude.The heavy rains have also led to the flooding of the Uruguay River which flows between Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
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Cow dung's key role in India's energy industry
India is hoping that biogas, produced from farm waste, will curb its reliance on imported gas.
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Labour pledges 'iron-clad' support for Ukraine against Putin
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey visited Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
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Arthur Irving, who grew his family's oil business and was one of Canada's richest men, dies at 93
Arthur L. Irving, one of Canada's richest people and the son of industrialist K.C. Irving, has died at 93 after a life spent growing the oil business his father founded. Irving Oil said in its statement that he died Monday surrounded by his wife, Sandra, and daughter, Sarah. Forbes Magazine listed Arthur Irving as being among the top 10 richest Canadians in 2023.
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Germany, Nordic nations pledge Ukraine aid 'for as long as it takes'
As Russia's offensive in north-eastern Ukraine escalates, Germany and the Nordic countries affirmed their commitment to bolster arms support for Ukraine during talks held in Sweden on Monday. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz joined the prime ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway for discussions in Stockholm. Scholz said, "We stand united in our support for Ukraine in its defence against the ongoing Russian aggression. We will continue to provide our support to Ukraine for as lon
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Watch: Panda mom honored with Mother's Day feast at Japanese zoo
Dozens gathered at a zoo in the town of Shirahama in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture on Mother’s Day to watch a mommy panda take delight in a feast. Born at Adventure World on Sept. 6, 2000, Rauhin is known as the first female giant panda to deliver twin cubs in Japan in 2008. Around 50 guests attended the special occasion at the zoo on Sunday and watched her enjoy a bouquet of carnation-shaped bamboo and carrots.
1 min read - USUnited Press International
Snake on a train causes delays for 2,700 passengers
The East Japan Railroad Co. said about 2,700 passengers experienced delays when a snake was spotted about a commuter train.
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Russia's increasingly turning to fast ATVs and motorbikes to find Ukrainian targets, but they're very vulnerable
Ukraine's exploding drones have proven that they can target Russia's light vehicles, according to a Western intelligence update.
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Russia says troops enter border town near Kharkiv
Ukraine is concerned about what could happen if Russian troops get within artillery range of Kharkiv.
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Gaza protests: Oxford university steps up security after 'incident'
University of Oxford says it is "concerned" following "disorder" at an on-site Gaza protest.
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Belfast judge says parts of the UK's migrant deportation law shouldn't apply to Northern Ireland
The United Kingdom's law to deport asylum-seekers shouldn't apply in Northern Ireland, because parts of it violate human rights protections, a Belfast judge ruled Monday. The Illegal Migration Act was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and undermines rights provided in the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998, High Court Justice Michael Humphreys said. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the government would appeal the judgment.
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Woman Shares Her Car with Venomous Snake for Weeks After 4 Failed Attempts to Remove the Reptile
Lisa Kournelis of Australia is driving her car in protective gear to protect her from the venomous red-bellied black snake that moved in
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Tesla criticizes protests against its German factory expansion
The US electric car manufacturer Tesla has criticized the protests by environmental activists in Germany and accused them of misinformation. From Wednesday to Sunday, hundreds of activists protested in front of Tesla's factory near Berlin against the company's planned expansion. They warned of environmental hazards and criticized water consumption. "From our point of view, it is regrettable that the situation on site has been dominated over the last few days by activists, some of whom are prepar
1 min read - USMen's Journal
Protective Mama Bear Charges, Attacks Truck Head-On in Wild Video
Social media has been abuzz with debate about if you'd rather run into a man or a bear in the wild. After a recent harrowing experience in the forest caught on video, two foragers in Japan might opt for the man. Video shared by Nippon TV News 24 Japan documented what happened. The two ...
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German company launches and recovers test rocket in Australia
A test commercial rocket launched by German company HyImpulse from Koonibba in Australia has been recovered largely intact and is on its way back to Germany almost two weeks after launch, a company spokesman said on Monday. The load carried by the rocket has also been recovered. The rocket will now undergo detailed examination at HyImpulse headquarters near Heilbronn. The 12-metre SR75 rocket was launched at the start of the month, in the first commercial launch by a German company in decades. T
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Tourists flock to 1,000-year-old cedar tree resembling Studio Ghibli's Totoro
Local and foreign tourists are reportedly flocking to a rural Japanese village to see a cedar tree that looks like Totoro from the Studio Ghibli film “My Neighbor Totoro.” The "Kosugi no Osugi" cedar tree, located in the town of Sakegawa in Yamagata Prefecture, is over 1,000 years old. The tree first gained popularity after appearing in Japan Railways Group posters and TV programs over 30 years ago.
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306 cattle stolen in wild $165,000 heist over 12-day period, cops say
Three men have been arrested for the alleged theft of 306 cattle worth some $165,195.00 USD. Western Australia Police said the alleged operation took place in October 2022 and involved...
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Right-wing Israelis block aid to Gaza coming from the West Bank
Right-wing Israeli activists attempted to block the transport of aid via Jordan to the Gaza Strip by holding up trucks at the border between the West Bank and Israel on Monday, Israeli and Palestinian media reported. The Times of Israel reported that four activists of the Tzav 9 group, which opposes sending aid to the Gaza Strip for as long as Israelis are held hostage, had been arrested. The activists, numbering around 100, are reported to have pulled aid out of the trucks onto the road at the
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German building industry workers go on first strike in years
The first strike in Germany's construction industry in about two decades began on Monday as workers demanded higher wages. More than 1,000 construction workers stopped work in the state of Lower Saxony at the start of the nationwide wave of strikes, according to the trade union IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU). Additionally, 300 workers came to a rally in Osnabrück and a further 150 to a smaller one in Langenhagen near Hanover, the union said. The strike is to be continued on Tuesday and extended
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Major NATO airborne exercise starts in Romania
A major NATO exercise involving airborne troops went into its main phase in Romania on Monday with paratroopers dropped to the south of the city of Cluj-Napoca. In the exercise, the troops are tasked with liberating the military airfield at Câmpia Turzii, which has been seized by hostile forces. Around 1,500 troops were to land around the airfield. The "Swift Response" exercise is part of a series of manoeuvres under the name "Steadfast Defender" launched by NATO in reaction to the changed secur
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Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor
Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar were supported Monday in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings. The bloodshed on Saturday morning in Let Htoke Taw village in Sagaing region’s Myinmu township, reported by independent media, was the latest of three mass killings in the past few days in Myanmar’s brutal civil war. The Associated Press couldn
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Canada’s labor board delays start of potential CN, CPKC rail strike
Federal officials have pushed back a potential CN and CPKC rail worker strike in order to review whether a work stoppage would jeopardize Canadians’ health and safety. The post Canada’s labor board delays start of potential CN, CPKC rail strike appeared first on FreightWaves.
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Violent protests continue in Pakistan-held Kashmir against price hikes. Talks with the IMF begin
Protests against price hikes continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with police, officials said Monday, while government talks began with the International Monetary Fund in pursuit of billions of dollars in new support. The prime minister in Pakistan-held Kashmir, Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, met with the protests' organizers and said he would reduce prices of wheat and electricity, viewed by many as a barometer for the market. Pakistan’s monthly infla
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Polish activists criticize Tusk's government for tough border policies and migrant pushbacks
Refugee rights activists on Monday criticized Poland's pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus and for continuing a policy initiated by predecessors of pushing migrants back across the border there. The activists organized an online news conference after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk made his first visit to the border area since he took office in December. Tusk met Saturday in that eastern region with border guards, soldiers and police, and vo
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Argentina monthly inflation seen back in single digits in April
Argentina's monthly inflation rate likely dipped back into single digits for the first time in half a year in April, analysts polled by Reuters estimated, amid a gradual slowdown in price rises as the country's economy stalls. The embattled South American country likely saw the consumer price index, or CPI, advance 9% in the fourth month of the year, the median response from 22 analysts showed, down from 11% in March and well below a peak above 25% in December. Libertarian President Javier Mil
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German scientists urge urban areas to adapt due to climate crisis
German researchers have highlighted the increasing threat of floods, heat and drought in a study presented on Monday. According to experts, these dangers are increasingly having an impact on cities in Germany as a result of climate change. The authors of the study, who conducted the research as part of a water management and environmental initiative in collaboration with a building materials lobby group, said cities should be assessing how well-equipped they are against climate change and extrem
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Brazil's Lula delays state visit to Chile over historic floods
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday put off a state visit to Chile to focus on the historic floods in the south of the country that have left 147 dead.The presidency said that the trip would no longer take place as scheduled on May 17 and 18, due to the "need to monitor the situation linked to flooding in Rio Grande do Sul and coordinate aid to the affected population and reconstruction efforts."
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Putin replaces defense minister with economist
In a surprising shake-up, Putin replaced Sergei Shoigu with civilian economist Andrei Belousov
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Collapsing billboard kills 3 and hurts 59 in heavy rains in Mumbai. Scores might be trapped
A billboard has collapsed and killed three people and injured 59 in India's financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain, the Press Trust of India reported Monday. Scores of people were thought to be trapped after the collapse in the suburb of Ghatkopar, Mumbai police said on social media platform X. At least 47 people had been rescued and were receiving hospital treatment, said Devendra Fadnavis, deputy chief minister of Maharashtra state.
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Interactive Israeli exhibition tells Oct 7 survivor stories
Noam Ben David, 27-year-old survivor of the Nova Music Festival, hid in a garbage container for five hours on Oct. 7, after seeing Hamas gunmen kill her partner. Leaning on the crutches she now needs, Ben David told her story as she visited an interactive exhibition "From Darkness to Light", at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, which opened ahead of Monday's Memorial Day, when Israel commemorates fallen soldiers and Israeli victims of attacks. Ben David, whose experience is featured in the ex
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‘Our struggles are connected’: Atlanta protesters link Cop City to Gaza war
Campus protesters say issue of police training center and its connections to Israel has been on their minds for months
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Greek and Turkish leaders seek to stress thawing relations but tensions remain under the surface
The leaders of Greece and Turkey met Monday for talks aimed at underlining their efforts to put aside decades-old disputes, but they also revealed deep divisions over the Israel-Hamas war. Speaking at a news conference in Ankara following the two-hour face-to-face summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan jumped on comments by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in which he described Hamas as a terrorist organization. “I do not see Hamas as a terror group, ” Erdogan said.
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Microsoft pledges $4.3 billion investment at Macron’s ‘Choose France’ summit
Microsoft announced its most substantial commitment yet to France, pledging on Monday to invest 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) this year to bolster the country’s burgeoning artificial intelligence sector. The move is part of a broader effort unveiled during President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-business event, Choose France, which aims to attract foreign investment and stimulate economic growth. Microsoft’s vice chair and president, Brad Smith, visited the company’s French headquarters with Macron.
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Microsoft pledges to invest €4 billion in France
US tech company Microsoft is to invest €4 billion ($4.3 billion) in cloud technology and artificial intelligence (AI) at locations in Paris and Marseille, French President Emmanuel Macron's office announced on Monday. A new Microsoft branch is to be established at Mulhouse near the German border. Other companies also announced major investments at the Choose France investor conference being held in Versailles near Paris. Online trader Amazon plans to invest €1.2 billion, generating several thous
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German court upholds 'suspected extremist' label in major blow to AfD
Germany's intelligence services can classify the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a suspected extremist group, a higher regional court ruled on appeal on Monday, dealing a heavy blow to the party in a bumper election year. Germany's intelligence services had classified both the party and its youth organization, Junge Alternative (JA), as suspected right-wing extremist groups. There are "sufficient factual indications" of the AfD's endeavours "which are directed against the human
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Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores
When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer Abdul Ghani rushed home from neighboring Kunduz province where he was visiting relatives. “I couldn’t even find the road to my village,” he said, describing how he turned back and went another way to reach his district of Nahrin in Baghlan province. Across Baghlan, others like Ghani and survivors of the disaster were still searching for their missing loved ones and burying their dead on Monday.
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Plane makes successful wheels-up emergency landing in Australia after circling airport for hours
Two passengers and a pilot emerged unscathed from a small plane after it was forced to land without landing gear following a mechanical failure at Newcastle Airport in Australia’s New South Wales.
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Protesters, University of Denver leaders meet for first time since encampment began
For the first time since a pro-Palestine encampment went up at the University of Denver last week, protesters and school leaders met to talk about the group’s demands.
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Sirens sound for the dead and for rockets on Israeli Memorial Day
Traffic slowed to a standstill for the traditional two-minute silence for Israel's annual Memorial Day, observed the day before Independence Day. Speaking after him, armed forces chief Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi took personal responsibility for the failure to stop the cross-border rampage by Palestinian gunmen, the deadliest day in Israel's history. Much public anger has focussed on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a veteran conservative who long promoted himself as gu
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Russia replaces defense minister in surprise cabinet shakeup
Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced his longtime Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with economist Andrei Belousov.
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Netanyahu: Israel in existential struggle against 'Hamas monsters'
As Israel marked Memorial Day on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war in Gaza was a battle for Israel's continuing existence. "The war is about: it's either us, Israel, or them, the Hamas monsters," he said during the Memorial Day ceremony on Mount Herzl, where Israel's main military cemetery is located. "Either existence, freedom, security and prosperity or extinction, massacre, rape and subjugation." Seven months on from Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israel and Israel's fero
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The stunning secret Italian lakes that most tourists don’t know about
Lakes Como and Garda pull in the crowds as much as Italy’s famous cities and best beaches. But Italy has lesser-known but equally spectacular lakes to visit.
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