Calin Georgescu, a critic of the EU and Nato, looks set to face the pro-Europe prime minister in the second round.
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Sunday, November 24, 2024
Saturday, November 23, 2024
'Trust and reserve judgement' on rebrand, says Jaguar
The iconic carmaker's rebrand has certainly caught people's attention, but will it pay off?
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Landmark $300bn for poorer nations in COP29 climate deal
A deal is salvaged at the UN summit as poorer nations are promised record funding for climate action.
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In stifled sobs and fierce accusations, family falls apart at mass rape trial
Gisèle Pelicot, 71, is the woman at the centre of this trial, but no-one has emerged unscathed in her family.
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Friday, November 22, 2024
Who has joined Trump's team so far?
Trump's latest picks include a former NFL player, a House legislator, and Wall Street financer to lead housing, labour, and the treasury.
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Trump nominates Scott Bessent to lead US Treasury
It ends what has proven to be one of the more protracted decisions for the president-elect as he assembles his team.
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Thursday, November 21, 2024
Fury over Serbia station tragedy prompts first arrests
Fifteen people died in Novi Sad three weeks ago, prompting thousands to take to the streets.
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Trump picks Pam Bondi as attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdraws
Bondi is a former Florida attorney general and long-time ally of Trump.
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Town council in Canada at standstill over refusal to take King's oath
The council has refused to take the oath due to the Crown’s history with Canada’s indigenous people.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Fallen trees cause widespread damage after bomb cyclone
Two people died in the storm that hit the West coast of the US and Canada overnight.
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'Dreams quashed': Foreign students and universities fear Australia's visa cap
A bill limiting the number of foreign students Australia accepts has caused anxiety at home and abroad.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/VA5QzRD
Fate of Gaetz ethics report uncertain after congressional panel deadlocked
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the next attorney general is at the centre of a number of allegations, which he denies.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/P6nt3wv
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Trump joins Musk to watch Starship test launch
The president-elect visited the launch site in Texas to watch the spacecraft's sixth test flight.
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'Bomb cyclone' to bring rain, snow and winds to US northwest
The storm will bring damaging winds, snow and excessive rainfall that could lead to mudslides.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/SZzNrKe
Monday, November 18, 2024
Trump and Xi Jinping’s ‘rollercoaster’ relationship has soured - can they rebuild it?
What their dynamic means for the future of US-China relations
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/IM7yRT5
Car driven into crowd outside primary school in China
State media says "several students and adults were injured and fell to the ground".
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/b8XS30m
The activists facing jail in Hong Kong's largest national security case
Pro-democracy icons such as Joshua Wong and Benny Tai will be sentenced in the controversial case.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/sPETVFc
Sunday, November 17, 2024
Malala: I never imagined women's rights would be lost so easily
Malala Yousafzai is involved in a new film documenting the lives of Afghan women under Taliban rule.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/xjQwnoW
Top Republican says Trump nominees are ‘disruptors’
Donald Trump Jr said some nominees are controversial and the president-elect has "back-up plans"
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/1xp0sYU
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Russia's soldiers bringing wartime violence back home
Many of the attackers have previous criminal convictions and were released from prison purely to fight.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/4Q1sYvc
Friday, November 15, 2024
'Bulldozer justice' now illegal in India - but who will pay for my broken home?
The court has banned authorities from arbitrarily razing down homes but victims say the ruling changes nothing for them.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/uTRNUmr
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Bitcoin hacker sentenced to five years in prison
Ilya Lichtenstein laundered the stolen cryptocurrency with his wife Heather Morgan aka Razzlekhan.
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The missing puzzle piece in India’s child stunting crisis
A new study finds that caste plays a vital role in high rates of stunting in children in India.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/NauXAeE
Five takeaways from Trump’s first week as president-elect
He has made his early priorities clear - and stunned some in Washington and around the world while doing so.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/Kgxl02A
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Menopause, the other menstrual taboo for Indian women
In India, where conversation on menstruation is still taboo, menopause awareness is far behind.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/FfX4A01
Brazil Supreme Court evacuated following blasts
Local officials told the AFP news agency that a body was found outside the building in an apparent attack.
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'Nowhere is safe': Concerns grow as Israel strikes new areas of Lebanon
Residents of the mixed area of Aramoun express alarm after a strike on Wednesday kills eight people.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/IRazn7M
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Surge in Russian drone strikes test Ukrainian defences and devastate families
Russia is launching mass drone strikes on Ukraine. A 14-year-old girl was one of the latest victims.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/MRgA5zT
US flights to Haiti halted for month after attacks
America's aviation regulator suspends US flights to the country after three gun attacks on planes.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/STnIC6U
Monday, November 11, 2024
How will Trump's new 'border tsar' approach immigration?
Homan has described the US border as "the biggest national security vulnerability" the nation has seen since 9/11.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/Am1kC3w
'Man of his word': Jan 6 rioters expect Trump will keep pardon promise
Several Capitol riot defendants have asked for hearings to be delayed in anticipation of pardons.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/GoDjkEn
Mauritius prime minister accepts 'huge defeat' in election
"The population has decided to choose another team," says Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/UBbiVSP
Trump appoints UN ambassador Elise Stefanik and border tsar Tom Homan
All eyes are on the president-elect's picks for his top team as his party closes in on full control of Congress.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/nvh6C1y
China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings
It started as a social media trend but brought traffic gridlock between two cities.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/bmZ7ASt
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Starmer set for Trump and Ukraine talks with Macron
The pair are likely to discuss Donald Trump's US election win when they meet for Armistice Day events in Paris.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/wfN7gtn
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Fema official ordered storm crews not to help Trump voters
The director of the emergency agency says a supervisor has been fired for "reprehensible" actions.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/d5jtiRY
Why a sex tape leak could actually be a ploy for power in Equatorial Guinea
Dozens of videos involving a senior civil servant have flooded social media, shocking people in the central African country.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/OpgMD5Q
How a hologram is being used to solve a sex worker's murder
The fatal stabbing of a Hungarian teenager, killed shortly after she gave birth, has baffled police for 15 years.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/lfvkwQn
Irish man suspected of killing US nurse arrested in Hungary
Mackenzie Michalski was reported missing by friends after a night out in Budapest on Tuesday.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/MPgduWq
Friday, November 8, 2024
Crypto expert with links to gang shot dead at Brazilian airport
Antônio Vinicius Gritzbach had recently agreed to hand over information about the Primeiro Comando da Capital group.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/Ip4NXyz
'Life turned to dust': A family's grief after Spain floods
Brothers Izan, 5, and Rubén, 3, were dragged from their father's arms in Valencia's deadly floods last month.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/Ob0BFle
Pictures from space show mighty smog choking Lahore
The smog covering Pakistan's second largest city has been captured in satellite images.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/cajRJrd
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Dozens of monkeys escape US research lab
Officials in rural South Carolina say the female rhesus monkeys escaped into the wild after their pen was left open.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/pG042EA
Up close with the 300 tonne driverless trucks
Big mining firms are switching to driverless trucks and other autonomous equipment.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/q7ZpCSY
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Moldova cleans up its act to attract foreign businesses
Deputy PM admits former Soviet state was until recently a 'highly corrupt country' - but insists things are changing fast.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/gT2JF01
Scot gets dream job as lighthouse keeper on remote Australian island
Sandy Duthie's "dream job" involves solitude, a 160-year history, and a colony of little penguins.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/wISsMrQ
China welcomes Myanmar's embattled leader on first visit since coup
It's not a state visit, but Beijing's invitation to Min Aung Hlaing is still significant.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/AvspMQy
Watch: How election night unfolded
Catch up on the key moments from election night.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/pRYoqc7
Monday, November 4, 2024
Slapping MP shows generational change may not end abuse of power in Nigeria
Will the new generation of Nigerian politicians deliver the change in attitudes that many had hoped for?
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/R8l9NOX
Sunday, November 3, 2024
Watch Chinese space crew return to Earth
Three astronauts from the Shenzhou-18 mission landed in north China after six months aboard the Tiangong space station.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/YPWrUuC
Schools close in Lahore as pollution hits record level
Pakistan's second-largest city tops the world list of most polluted cities.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/0j7seFL
The environmental campaigners fighting against data centres
A growing global movement is seeing people object to data centres in their locality.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/Kh29uVg
Why it costs India so little to reach the Moon and Mars
India has approved 227bn rupees ($2.7bn) for new space projects - but the funding is far from lavish.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/Rp7kTIC
Saturday, November 2, 2024
DNA-testing site 23andMe fights for survival
Once millions used it to find out about their family histories - this week it was almost delisted. What went wrong?
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/0CsqPod
Moldova's pro-EU leader in tight run-off as Russia denies meddling
President Maia Sandu is in a race seen as a choice between Europe and a return to Russian influence.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/qAZmLij
Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists
Representatives of 196 countries have been meeting in Cali, Colombia, as part of the COP biodiversity summit.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/KDanpOV
Friday, November 1, 2024
The rebel painter who ushered in a new era of Indian art
Vasudeo Gaitonde, born 100 years ago, is considered one of South Asia's greatest abstract painters.
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from BBC News https://ift.tt/7sWFzcN
A rare look at the pure joy supporters on both sides feel
Amid an election of deep divisions - we take you to a Trump and Harris rally to feel the energy and excitement.
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Kim Jong Un was China's ally - until he became the 'comrade from hell'
Beijing is caught between its sanctioned neighbours, whose new alliance is causing concern.
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