A photo of Cho Kuk, a minor third-party leader in South Korea, has been doctored to falsely depict him holding a banner calling for a boycott of Japanese imports. Posts with the doctored image have been circulated in Facebook groups supporting the sitting president Yoon Suk Yeol and said it showed Cho trying to gain […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s second-largest party withdrew from government on Thursday to join its longtime rival in a new coalition, as pressure mounts on the prime minister to step down. The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the second largest party, has announced that it is withdrawing its support for the prime minister
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Other EU leaders have expressed concern over media reports that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban may meet the Russian president. Vladimir Putin Friday in Moscow. Orban, whose country now holds the EU’s rotating presidency, is the bloc’s only national leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in
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The Labour Party is expected to secure a landslide victory on Thursday night, ending the Conservative Party’s 14-year reign in the UK. Labour is on course to win 410 seats in the British House of Commons, a significant margin above the 326 seats needed for a majority, according to a report from the British party.
Mahrang Baloch during a public appearance. The 30-year-old has become a prominent figure in the Baloch movement. Credit: Mehrab Khalid/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (Rome) Thursday, July 4, 2024 Inter Press Service ROME, Jul 4 (IPS) – A 30-year-old woman speaks to tens of thousands of people gathered in southern Pakistan. Men of all ages listen
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The news Chinese authorities this week announced they will focus more on sustainable aviation fuels, opening the country’s first center for industrial research and regulation, with the company aiming to become a global market leader. China’s aviation emissions are about half those of the US, but would “quadruple“by 2050 in a scenario where the average
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Scientists in South Africa were stunned to discover that termite mounds still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than 30,000 years old, making them the oldest known active termite mounds. According to researchers from Stellenbosch University, some of the hills near the Buffels River in
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he would never declare a ceasefire in Ukraine without Kiev meeting certain conditions. Ukraine could use a ceasefire to arm itself against new attacks, so a lasting solution to the conflict must first be negotiated, Putin said. Putin referred to previous agreements on the conflict in Ukraine, made before
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress on Thursday passed a law establishing a statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before 2002, a move that rights groups warn could encourage impunity and hamper investigations into serious abuses. It could also benefit figures such as: former president Alberto Fujimori and retired military personnel accused of
Read the full story on Backfire News Jesus Saves: Brazilian Priest’s Crucifix Stops Bullet in Near-Fatal Car Theft Father Jairo Luis Gusberti had a life-changing experience in the Christ the Redeemer neighborhood of Caxias do Sul, located in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. While driving two of his parishioners home around
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