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Norway, Ireland and Spain say they are recognizing a Palestinian state in historic move

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David Turner

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic ...

Mexico’s drought, heatwave and water shortage are so bad even police are blocking traffic in protest

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s drought, heatwave and water shortages have gotten so bad that even police blocked traffic in protest Wednesday. ...

German far-right AfD in disarray after Nazi remark

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Article information Author, Jess Parker Role, BBC News, Berlin 22 May 2024, 12:06 BST Updated 5 hours ago A top far-right German ...

Zuma lashes out at judges after election ban

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma has said the country’s constitution must be changed after he was barred from running for parliament ...

UK election: PM Rishi Sunak set to announce surprise July vote as his party seeks to defy dire polls

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Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images Sunak was required to call a vote by January. CNN  —  UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to ...

German far-right party bans its top European election candidate from campaigning after Nazi remark

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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party on Wednesday banned its top candidate for next month’s European election from making ...

Serial killer Robert Pickton savagely attacked in prison

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The Canadian serial killer who lured over two dozen female victims to his pig farm is clinging to life after he was ...

France rejects recognizing Palestinian state at present

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France’s Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné has rejected the idea of recognizing Palestine as a state at the present time. “Our position is ...

Spain, Ireland and Norway will recognize a Palestinian state on May 28. Why does that matter?

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Spain, Ireland and Norway said Wednesday that they would recognize a Palestinian state on May 28, a step toward a long-held Palestinian ...

Crisis-hit university students ordered to leave UK

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Nigerian students have been thrown off university courses and ordered to leave the UK after a currency crisis left them struggling to ...