Portugal’s centre-right prepares to rule, far-right warns of instability
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Portugal’s centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) won Sunday’s general election by a slim margin and is preparing to govern without an outright majority as the far-right Chega party warned of instability if it is not included in government. With 99.1 per cent of the vote counted, the AD won 79 seats in the […]
South Korea deploys military, public doctors to strike-hit hospitals
Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korea will start deploying military physicians and doctors from public health centres to strike-hit hospitals on Monday to help care for patients affected by the walkout of nearly 12,000 trainee doctors from 100 hospitals over government reform plans. Twenty military surgeons along with 138 public health doctors will be assigned […]
Atomic bomb movie ‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture at the Oscars
Los Angeles, US Reuters Oppenheimer, the blockbuster biopic about the race to build the first atomic bomb, claimed seven Academy Awards including the prestigious best picture trophy on Sunday as Hollywood celebrated a triumphant year in film. Irish actor Cillian Murphy won best actor for playing theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, leader of the US […]
From camels to control rooms: India prepares for its mammoth election exercise
New Delhi, India Reuters From transporting voting machines on camelback to remote corners of its vast western desert to bolstering control rooms for monitoring malicious deepfakes, India is preparing to run the world’s largest election due by May. More than 960 million Indians are registered to vote at over one million polling stations across the […]
Venezuela arrests close ally of opposition leader Machado
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Venezuela’s Attorney General on Saturday announced the arrest of a regional campaign leader for opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, citing alleged conspiracy, among other crimes. Attorney General Tarek William Saab accused Emill Brandt Ulloa of taking part in violent demonstrations against the government in January, adding he will be prosecuted in an […]
Irish Government “walloped” by referendum defeats
Dublin, Ireland Reuters Irish voters have rejected proposals to replace constitutional references to the makeup of a family and a mother’s “duties in the home” in a significant defeat for the government. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar had pitched the vote, held on Friday to coincide with International Women’s Day and counted on Saturday, as a […]
Libyan leaders agree to form new unified government
Benghazi, Libya Reuters Three key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the “necessity” of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections. A political process to resolve more than a decade of conflict in Libya has been stalled since an election scheduled for December, 2021, collapsed amid disputes over the […]
US military airlifts embassy personnel from Haiti, bolsters security
Washington DC, US Reuters The US military said on Sunday it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added US forces to bolster embassy security, as the Caribbean nation reels under a state of emergency. The operation was the latest sign of Haiti’s troubles as gang […]
Welcome to The Cove: No twerking. No drinking. No smoking. But it’s still a party at this Christian nightclub
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The Netherlands opened a Holocaust museum amid protests against Israeli President’s presence
Amsterdam, The Netherlands AP The Netherlands opened the National Holocaust Museum on Sunday with a ceremony presided over by the Dutch King as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence prompted protest because of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The museum in Amsterdam tells the stories of some of the 102,000 Jews who were deported from the Netherlands […]