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Macron expected to name new PM to reboot presidency

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to name a new prime minister in a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle to reboot the final three years of his presidency. After days of intense behind-the-scenes manoeuvring, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigned yesterday evening, with Education Minister Gabriel Attal, 34, emerging as the favourite to …

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Death toll from Japan earthquake rises above 200

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that flattened parts of central Japan on New Year’s Day has passed 200, with just over 100 still unaccounted for, authorities said. The 7.5 magnitude quake destroyed and toppled buildings, caused fires and knocked out infrastructure on the Noto Peninsula on Japan’s main …

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Poland’s collective shelters for Ukrainian refugees

Daria Hryshchenko has lived in a collective shelter in the town of Konstancin-Jeziorna, 20km outside Warsaw, since April 2022. Just days after Russia’s invasion began, Ms Hryshchenko left her hometown in Lukansk with her mother and their beloved Pomeranian dog. She was five months’ pregnant at the time. They were …

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Man who attacked judge reappears in court for sentence

A man caught on camera leaping over a judge’s bench to attack her last Wednesday in Las Vegas, has been sentenced to up to four years in prison in an unrelated case. Defendant Deobra Redden, aged 30, was captured on camera vaulting over the judge’s bench of Clark County District …

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Did Austin’s secret hospitalisation break the rules?

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin may have violated the law by failing to report his recent hospitalisation to his boss, but likely only faces a reprimand from US President Joe Biden, despite some calls for his resignation, two legal experts have said. What did Austin do? Mr Austin, 70, …

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Blinken on diplomacy push as Israel says war will go on

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to meet Israeli leaders in his quest to prevent the Gaza conflict from spreading in the Middle East, as the Israeli military said its fight against Hamas would continue all year. Mr Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv late yesterday to brief Israeli …

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South Korea passes bill to ban dog meat trade

South Korea’s parliament has passed a bill to end the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would outlaw the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare. Eating dog meat was once seen as a way to improve stamina in the humid Korean summer. But it …

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Probe into whether 737 Max panel was properly bolted

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has said it could not yet tell whether a recovered cabin panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane in mid-air last week had been properly attached. The comments came after Alaska Airlines and the other US 737 MAX …

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Driver arrested after crashing into White House gate

US authorities detained a person who crashed a vehicle into an exterior gate of the White House complex, the Secret Service said. President Joe Biden was out of town at the time of the incident. Security officials did not say whether it was a traffic accident or intended as an …

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‘Like a soap opera’ – Barn owl drama yields 4 chicks

Christmas came early for a group of conservationists in Co Down thanks to an extremely late winter brood of barn owls. The discovery of four chicks in November – one of the latest recorded in Northern Ireland to date – surprised and shocked conservationists from Ulster Wildlife, who inspected the …

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