A banner with a protest message on the Sitong Bridge in Beijing in October.Credit…Social media, via Reuters HONG KONG — Thousands of posters condemning China’s top leader have appeared on university campuses in New York, Barcelona, Stockholm, Tokyo and elsewhere in recent days as Chinese students and dissidents spread the message of a lone protester …
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Comment this story Comment LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson, after campaigning hard to return, abruptly dropped out of the race to return as British prime minister on Sunday, saying it was in the national interest to withdraw from leadership aspirations — for now. The dramatic development makes Rishi Sunak, the former finance minister who is …
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Bob Woodward’s voice is well known in Washington and former President Trump’s is familiar around the world. But we hear both in a new way in Woodward’s new audiobook. The Trump tapes. Woodward has released the transcript and raw audio of about twenty interviews he did with Trump in 2019 and 2020. Trump responded by …
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Russian minister says Ukraine could use ‘dirty bomb’ Missile crashes into Mykolaiv apartment block Ukrainian forces on the offensive in the Kherson region Kherson is the gateway to Russian-annexed Crimea MYKOLAIV, Ukraine, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Under pressure in southern Ukraine, Russia fired missiles and drones at Ukrainian-controlled Mykolaiv on Sunday, destroying an apartment block …
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s military leadership withdrew its officers from the Russian-annexed city of Kherson, across the Dnieper River, in anticipation of an advance by Ukrainian troops, the Institute for Defense think tank said. the War Study on Sunday. To delay the Ukrainian counteroffensive while the Russians complete their withdrawal, Moscow has left newly …
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) walks with members of the new Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the nation’s top decision-making body, as they meet with the media at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 23, 2022. Noël Celis | AFP | fake images BEIJING — President of China …
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Shopkeepers and factory workers reportedly went on strike in Iran on Saturday, as national women-led protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini entered their sixth week and solidarity rallies were held around the world. The death of Amini, 22, after her arrest for allegedly violating Iran’s strict dress code for women, has …
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ROME (AP) – Giorgia Meloniwhose party with neo-fascist roots finished first in recent elections, was sworn in on Saturday as Italy’s first far-right prime minister since the end of World War II, pledging to work to help Europe and the United States with common challenges. Meloni, 45, was sworn in before President Sergio Mattarella, who …
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Tens of thousands demonstrate in Berlin in support of the protests in Iran Crowd Koreas ‘Death to Khamenei’ at Berlin rally Protests enter sixth week despite deadly crackdown Revolutionary Guards warn cleric of ‘unrest’ in southeast BERLIN/DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday in a show of …
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine on Saturday ordered all residents of the city of Kherson to leave “immediately” ahead of an expected advance by Ukrainian troops. waging a counteroffensive to recapture one of the first urban areas Russia took after invading the country. In a post on the Telegram messaging service, the …
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