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Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:44:11 GMT
Japan minister resigns after criticism over death penalty remarks
Yasuhiro Hanashi's resignation serves a further blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, which is already facing plummeting approval ratings. And it comes just weeks after the minister for economic revitalisation quit following scrutiny o...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:42:09 GMT
'Is he OK?': Wife of jailed Saudi activist fears for his life
Maha al-Qahtani, who is based in the United States, spoke to AFP this week in her first interview since her husband, Mohammad al-Qahtani, was taken into Saudi custody in 2013. "I kept silent for 10 years but now I have run out of patience," she sa...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:22:12 GMT
Amnesty pleads for FIFA to compensate World Cup migrant workers
Amnesty and 24 other groups including Human Rights Watch wrote to Infantino in May urging him to establish a remediation programme for "abuses" suffered by workers. The groups say that many migrant workers -- predominantly from South Asia and South...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:21:59 GMT
'There will be medical checks carried out on the migrants that were on the Ocean Viking'
There will be medical checks carried out on the migrants that were on the Ocean Viking. Teams of doctors will try to assess those people and determine who needs urgent medical attention. FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliar reports from Toulon. 

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 08:37:36 GMT
Live: Several killed by Russian strike on residential building in Mykolaiv
Ukraine said Friday that at least five people had been killed following a Russian strike on a residential building in Mykolaiv, near the front line. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strike was a "cynical response to our successes at...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 08:26:17 GMT
Ethiopia govt says aid flowing to Tigray but rebels deny
"70% of Tigray is under ENDF (Ethiopian National Defence Force)," Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's national security adviser Redwan Hussein posted on Twitter. "Aid is flowing like no other times," he said, adding that trucks of food and medicine had bee...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 08:12:52 GMT
Migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking arrives in French port of Toulon after Italian refusal
France warned Italy of "severe consequences" as it was set to take in on Friday a charity ship carrying more than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, who were denied entry by Rome. 

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 08:06:12 GMT
China confirms Xi to attend G20 summit, meet Biden
The two met prior to Biden taking office in January 2021 and have spoken by phone a number of times since then, but the Covid-19 pandemic and Xi's subsequent aversion to foreign travel have prevented them from meeting in person. Foreign ministry sp...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:22:26 GMT
Finland's foresters decry 'unfair' EU climate plans
"I have started to systematically carry out these loggings, sort of in advance," he said. Like many other Finns, Jappila fears that the EU's upcoming biodiversity strategy, which aims to protect 30 percent of the EU's land area, will make his fores...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:16:12 GMT
Kim Engelbrecht, Emmy-nominated actor celebrates S.African roots
Born and raised in the picturesque city, the Emmy nominated actor, is a well-known face here. "My wife will be happy," gleams a caretaker at the central Company's Gardens park as he takes a selfie with the star. With navy blue eyes, high cheekbo...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:15:35 GMT
Migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking set to dock in France after Italian refusal
France warned Italy of "severe consequences" as it was set to take in on Friday a charity ship carrying more than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, who were denied entry by Rome. 

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:14:12 GMT
'Threat multiplier': How climate change affects health
The World Health Organization, which says climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, has called for the issue to be "front and centre" in negotiations at the COP27 summit being held in Egypt. But quantifying the overall imp...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 06:56:14 GMT
Paul Allen's art collection sells for record $1.6 billion
The successful auction in New York, where five works fetched more than $100 million each, was a sign that the art market continues to grow despite global economic uncertainty in the wake of the Ukraine war. The record figure for an art auction had ...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 06:46:52 GMT
Migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking docks in French port of Toulon after Italian refusal
A rescue ship carrying 230 migrants docked at the French port of Toulon on Friday, maritime authorities said, amid a French-Italian row over which country is responsible for them. 



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