VILNIUS, Lithuania — A DHL cargo plane crashed on approach to an airport in Lithuania's capital and skidded into a house Monday morning, killing a Spanish crew member but not harming anyone on the ground. The cause is under investigation. A surveillance video showed the plane descending...
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BUCHAREST: A hard-right critic of Nato who has praised Russia is set to face a centre-right opposition leader in a presidential election run-off in Romania that could undermine its pro-Western stance after a shock outcome in the first-round vote. Independent hard-right politician Calin Georgescu,...
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Romania’s political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, electoral data showed Monday, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister. Calin Georgescu, who ran independently, will face off against...
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Court sketch showing defendant Dominique Pelicot. — AFP/File AIVGNON: Having evidence in the mass rape scandal, French prosecutors will be putting forward their sentencing requests to judges on Monday against a man who is under trial for allegedly drugging his wife for years so he could invite...
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Countries participating at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku have adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change.The agreement, clinched in overtime at the two-week conference in Azerbaijan's capital, was...
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Russian lawmakers approved an almost 30 per cent hike in defence spending next year, committing the country to yet more huge outlays on its military offensive against Ukraine. Moscow had already ramped up military spending to levels not seen since the Soviet era, pumping out missiles and...
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