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India election results: Big wins, losses and surprises

Posted by June 4, 2024

With most of India’s 640 million votes counted following the country’s six-week-long election, the world’s – and history’s – largest democratic exer

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UN rights chief condemns ‘unprecedented bloodshed’ in occupied West Bank

Posted by June 4, 2024

Israeli forces kill, injure and arrest many Palestinians every day during numerous raids in the occupied territory.The United Nations has renewed its call for a

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Tripling clean electricity by 2030 ‘achievable’, says leading energy report

Posted by June 4, 2024

A global goal to triple the production of electricity from clean sources such as solar and wind power by 2030 is “ambitious but achievable”, says the world

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Photos: Four dead as floods sweep southern Germany

Posted by June 4, 2024

Rescuers battled to evacuate people from flooded areas in southern Germany that have claimed four lives, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it a “warning” tha

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Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report

Posted by June 4, 2024

Report says Ethiopia and allies had ‘intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group’ and calls for prosecution at ICJ.There is compelling evidence that Ethi

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India’s stock market dips as expectations of Modi landslide recede

Posted by June 4, 2024

Selloff comes after polls predicting large majority for National Democratic Alliance sent stocks to all-time highs.Indian financial markets sold off sharply as

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China denies fuelling Russia-Ukraine war tensions, says it supports peace

Posted by June 4, 2024

Comments come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia and China of attempting to undermine Swiss peace summit.China has said it believes

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Epoch Times executive arrested over alleged $67m money laundering scheme

Posted by June 4, 2024

Weidong Guan is accused of involvement in ‘sprawling’ scheme to launder money to benefit himself and the right-wing outlet.A top executive at the Epoch Time

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China’s Chang’e-6 lifts off from far side of Moon with…

Posted by June 4, 2024

Probe’s successful departure from the Moon means China is closer to becoming the first country to return samples from the far side of the Moon.A Chinese space

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Follow the vote: India election live results 2024

Posted by June 4, 2024

Al Jazeera breaks down the results of the Lok Sabha elections after a seven-week voting process.After 44 days of an election across seven phases, the Election C

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Leaders praise ‘historic’ victory as Sheinbaum triumphs in Mexican election

Posted by June 3, 2024

Leaders from across the Americas have offered congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum, whose thumping victory in Mexico’s national election will make her the fir

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Will Israel and Hamas accept President Biden’s ceasefire plan?

Posted by June 3, 2024

Th proposal has stirred heated debate in Israel, while Hamas says more work needs to be done.US President Joe Biden has announced a three-phase plan he says pav

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