LONDON (Reuters) - In a week's time, WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange could be on a flight to the United States at the end of his years-long legal battle to avoid extradition. Whatever happens, his wife Stella vows the fight for his freedom will go on. ...
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Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts on Tuesday, stepping up an offensive in the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being displaced in seven months of war. Israel’s international allies and aid groups...
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It took three years of negotiations between member states for the smoke to clear on the most thorny issue of European policy, that of immigration. The new Migration and Asylum Pact attempted to bridge the differences among member states, emphasizing solidarity and a more equitable distribution of...
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A billboard has collapsed and killed 14 people and injured dozens in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain, the Press Trust of India reported on Monday. MUMBAI, India, May 14: A sudden storm in Mumbai resulted in a catastrophic event as a massive billboard collapsed,...
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The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the globe hit a record 75.9 million in 2023, an NGO monitor has found. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said in a report released on Tuesday that 7.7 million people were displaced by disasters and 68.3 million by conflict and...
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