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China urges UN to define roadmap to exempt non-nuclear states

The United Nation’s Conference on Disarmament should define a roadmap or timetable for an international legal instrument to exempt non-nuclear-weapon states from the threat of nuclear weapons.

February 28, 2024 2:08 pm
 

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US cautions after Hawaii neighbor Kiribati gets Chinese police

The United States on Monday cautioned Pacific Islands nations against assistance from Chinese security forces after Reuters reported that Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a neighbor of Hawaii.

February 28, 2024 1:23 pm
 

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Italy's Meloni loses control of Sardinia in election defeat

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suffered her first significant electoral setback since taking office in 2022, results showed.

February 28, 2024 1:01 pm
 

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Newshub set to close at end of June, Warner Bros. Discovery staff devastated

Up to 300 jobs are expected to be lost as one of our biggest commercial media company’s newsrooms – Newshub – is set to close at the end of June, with dozens of high-profile presenters and journalists out of roles.

February 28, 2024 12:21 pm
 

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G20's legitimacy depends on treatment of world's poorest

The legitimacy of the Group of 20 economic powers depends on its impact on the world’s poorest people.

February 28, 2024 12:16 pm
 

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Navalny's lawyer briefly detained in Moscow

A lawyer for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who accompanied Navalny’s mother last week as she fought to get authorities to hand over his body, was briefly detained in Moscow, Russian news media said.

February 28, 2024 11:34 am
 

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Norway's King Harald in hospital in Malaysia

Norway’s King Harald has been hospitalised in Malaysia with an infection, the Norwegian royal household said.

February 28, 2024 10:27 am
 

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Japan's new births fall to record low in 2023 as demographic woes deepen

The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth straight year to a fresh record low in 2023.

February 28, 2024 9:43 am
 

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Inside the Democratic rebellion against Biden over the Gaza war

The depth of Democratic Party anger over President Joe Biden’s handling of the Gaza war has caught his campaign off guard.

February 28, 2024 8:05 am
 

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France's Macron says sending troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out

France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday there was no consensus on sending troops to Ukraine, but the subject could not be ruled out.

February 27, 2024 6:01 pm
 

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US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

A U.S. Air Force airman who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington in an apparent act of protest against the war in Gaza has died, the military and local police said.

February 27, 2024 5:30 pm
 

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Arab states, Turkey ask World Court to declare Israeli occupation illegal

Arab states urged international judges to rule the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories illegal and Turkey described the occupation as “the real obstacle to peace” on the final day of hearings in a case examining its legal status.

February 27, 2024 4:08 pm

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