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France 24: Taliban warns US not to ‘destabilise’ new Afghan regime in face-to-face talks

The Taliban warned the United States not to “destabilise” the regime on Saturday during their first face-to-face talks since the US withdrawal, as a …
France 24

Reuters: Foreign ministry says Poland will continue to respect EU law

Poland will continue to respect European Union law, its foreign ministry said on October 9, after the country’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled that …
Reuters

Death toll from Batumi residential building collapse rises to 8

TBILISI – Rescuers on October 9 pulled from the rubble of the residential building that collapsed in central Batumi on October 8 the bodies of two …
Interfax-Ukraine

CNN: The energy crisis couldn’t have come at a worse time for climate

Chinese officials are ordering coal plants to dramatically ramp up production. The European Union is facing a revolt over its ambitious Green Deal on …
POLITICO

Reuters: Croatia confirms migrant pushback

Croatia acknowledged on October 8 that its police officers had participated in a violent pushback of migrants on the border with Bosnia, and Greece …
Reuters

Euronews: Migrants seen leaving France on boats for UK

A group of French police officers watched dozens of migrants boarding a dinghy on October 8 to get across the Channel to Britain, footage by British …
Euronews

Reuters: France, Germany say Poland must abide by EU rules

PARIS – Poland has a legal and moral obligation as a member of the European Union to abide by the bloc’s rules completely and unconditionally, the …
Reuters

Associated Press: US to hold talks with Taliban over easing evacuations

The U.S. officials will meet senior Taliban figures this weekend for talks aimed at easing the evacuation of foreign citizens and at-risk Afghans from …
Associated Press

Agence France-Presse: Philippines’ Nobel Prize winner Ressa says award for ‘all journalists’

Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa on October 10 said her Nobel Peace Prize was for “all journalists around the world”, as she vowed to …
Agence France-Presse

BBC: Facebook apologises as services including Instagram hit again

Facebook has apologised after again reporting problems with its services, days after a major outage hit WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook for hours. …
BBC

Reuters: US delegation to meet Taliban in first high-level talks since pullout

A U.S. delegation will meet with senior Taliban representatives in Doha on Saturday and Sunday in their first face-to-face meeting at a senior level …
Reuters

Al Jazeera: Nobel Prize winners 1901-2021

Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah is the latest recipient of a Nobel Prize. On October 7, the Swedish Academy announced Gurnah the winner of the top …
Al Jazeera

Reuters: EU faces crisis after Polish court ruling

WARSAW – A Polish court ruling challenging the supremacy of EU law plunged the European Union into an existential crisis on Oct. 8 and raised the …
Reuters

Al Jazeera: Poland challenges supremacy of EU law in snub to Brussels

Poland’s top court has challenged the supremacy of European Union law in a landmark ruling, widening the diplomatic rift between Warsaw and …
Al Jazeera

Reuters: US electronics firm struck deal to transport and hire Uyghur workers

U.S. remote-control maker Universal Electronics Inc told Reuters it struck a deal with authorities in Xinjiang to transport hundreds of Uyghur workers …
Reuters

New York Times: Kristalina Georgieva’s tenure at the IMF is in limbo as its board weighs allegations against her

The tenure of Kristalina Georgieva as managing director of the International Monetary Fund faces a pivotal moment on Friday, when the fund’s executive …
New York Times

France 24: How and when will French Church compensate victims of ‘systemic’ child abuse?

France’s Catholic Church has asked for “forgiveness” after a devastating report this week laid bare the “systemic” sexual abuse of children by …
France 24

Agence France-Presse: Germany puts 100-year-old on trial for Nazi crimes

A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard became the oldest person yet to be tried for Nazi-era crimes in Germany as he went before the court on …
Agence France-Presse
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