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Macron names defence minister Lecornu new PM: presidency
Paris (AFP) Sept 9, 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named defence minister Sebastien Lecornu as the new prime minister to replace Francois Bayrou and resolve a deepening political crisis as protests loom in the next days. Macron has told Lecornu "to consult the political forces represented in parliament with a view to adopting a budget for the nation and making the agreements essential for the decisions of the coming months," the Elysee announced. Bayrou, who survived just nine months in office, submitt ... read more |
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Baghdad clashes kill six, including four police: ministry; Two killed after bridge collapses in Iraq: rescuersBaghdad (AFP) Sept 7, 2025 Clashes between members of two local tribes in Iraq's capital Baghdad have killed at least six people, including four policemen who intervened in the violence, the interior ministry said on Sunday. ... more 
Killing Hong Kong's Lai would strengthen democracy message, son saysWashington (AFP) Sept 9, 2025 Locked up for more than four years and ailing, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai would only become a greater symbol if he died in prison, his son said. ... more 
Trump amps up crackdown rhetoric with Chicago 'war' threatWashington (AFP) Sept 6, 2025 President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to unleash his newly rebranded "Department of War" on Chicago, further heightening tensions over his push to deploy troops into Democratic-led US cities. ... more 
UK Greens elect 'eco-populist' as new leaderLondon (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 Britain's Green Party elected a self-styled "eco-populist" as its new leader on Tuesday, as the group seeks to gain traction by exploiting dissatisfaction with the Labour government among left-wing voters. ... more |
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Residents of hunger-racked Myanmar region say junta air strike kills 12Mrauk U, Myanmar (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 A Myanmar junta air strike on a rebel-held town in the country's hunger-ravaged west killed at least 12 people, witnesses of the overnight bombing said on Tuesday. Rakhine state has been blo ... more 
Hong Kong rejects renewal of Bloomberg reporter's visaHong Kong (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 A journalist who works for Bloomberg News in Hong Kong said Saturday she has to leave the city after a foreign journalists' club revealed that authorities had denied renewal of her working visa. ... more 
National Guard to assist immigration law enforcement in 19 statesWashington DC (UPI) Aug 23, 2025 The Trump administration is deploying up to 1,700 National Guard troops to 19 states to assist with Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities. ... more 
Trump visits police, troops deployed in US capitalWashington (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 President Donald Trump on Thursday visited police and troops he has deployed in the US capital in what he calls a crackdown on crime, saying they were going to "stay here for a while." Trump ... more
Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai's 'punditry' not criminal: lawyerHong Kong (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's lawyer clashed with judges on Thursday over whether the pro-democracy newspaper founder's "armchair punditry" on social media and other platforms breached the c ... more |
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Defence begins closing arguments in Hong Kong trial of Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 A lawyer representing Jimmy Lai said Wednesday it was "not wrong to support freedom of expression" as the defence began closing arguments in the jailed Hong Kong media mogul's national security trial. The 77-year-old founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper has contested two counts of foreign collusion, with authorities accusing him of using various platforms to lobby Western nations to sanction China and Hong Kong. The charges are brought under the city's national security law, wh ... read more 
Shouts of 'Free DC' as Vance visits troops deployed in US capitalWashington (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 US Vice President JD Vance's meet-and-greet with troops deployed in Washington was interrupted on Wednesday by repeated shouts of "Free DC," as the National Guard said forces from multiple Repub ... more |
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El Salvador schools to require military-style inspectionsSan Salvador (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 El Salvador's new education minister Karla Trigueros - a military officer with a flair for camouflage - ordered the country's public schools on Monday to mandate "clean uniforms" and "appropri ... more
Hong Kong court postpones closing arguments in Jimmy Lai trialHong Kong (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 /> A court hearing for jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was postponed on Thursday due to bad weather, further lengthening a national security trial that began in 2023. The city's weather ... more 
Report: Pentagon plans call for U.S. troops to put down civil unrestWashington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2025 Hundreds of National Guard troops might be stationed in two states and serve as a quick reaction force that could respond to riots and other civil unrest in U.S. cities. ... more 
Israelis protest against Gaza war expansionWashington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2025 Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied across Israel over the weekend to protest the government's planned expansion of the war in Gaza as the Israeli Defense Forces itself remained split on the issue. ... more 
UK police arrest hundreds for backing banned pro-Palestine groupLondon (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 Police in London arrested 466 people Saturday for supporting Palestine Action at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws. ... more |
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