At least three people died Saturday when an apartment complex in The Hague collapsed after a huge explosion and fire, authorities said, with little hope of finding survivors under the rubble.The blast and resulting inferno destroyed at least five homes but it was not clear how many people were buried in the debris, Mayor Jan …
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Rebels on a lightning advance through Syria said they were nearing Damascus on Saturday, although Bashar al-Assad’s government denied that the army had withdrawn from areas around the capital.”Our forces have begun the final phase of encircling the capital,” said rebel commander Hassan Abdel Ghani, with the Islamist-led alliance that launched the offensive.The leader of …
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol escaped impeachment Saturday over his brief declaration of martial law, after lawmakers from his ruling party boycotted a vote despite huge protests outside parliament.Yoon stunned the nation and the international community on Tuesday night by suspending civilian rule and sending troops to parliament, but was forced into a U-turn …
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At least one person died Saturday when an apartment complex in The Hague collapsed after a huge explosion and fire, the city’s mayor said, with little hope of finding survivors under the rubble.The blast and resulting inferno destroyed at least five homes but it was not clear how many people were buried in the debris, …
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Rescue workers with sniffer dogs were scrabbling through the wreckage of a three-storey apartment block in The Hague that collapsed after an explosion and inferno in the early hours of Saturday.The cause of the blast was not immediately clear but police appealed for information about a car seen speeding away from the scene shortly after …
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Ghanaians voted in elections on Saturday with frontrunners vice president Mahamudu Bawumia of the NPP ruling party and opposition NDC party ex-president John Mahama facing off in a tight race for the country’s top post.Ghana’s struggling economy dominated the election after the West Africa gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation …
With Donald Trump, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and dozens of other world leaders in town Saturday for the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral, Emmanuel Macron has succeeded in making Paris the capital of international diplomacy for the day.President-elect Trump earlier landed in Paris on his first international trip since his election win, joined later by …
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Rebels on a lightning advance through Syria said on Saturday they have begun to encircle Damascus as government forces denied they had withdrawn from areas near the capital.”Our forces have begun the final phase of encircling the capital, Damascus,” said rebel commander Hassan Abdel Ghani, with the Islamist-led alliance that launched the offensive.The defence ministry …
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A motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was on the brink of failing Saturday, after lawmakers from his ruling party boycotted the ballot despite huge protests outside parliament.Yoon stunned the nation and the international community Tuesday night by suspending civilian rule and sending troops to parliament, but was forced into a U-turn …
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US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday arrived in Paris to join other world leaders for the reopening of the French capital’s Notre Dame cathedral, celebrating the restoration to its former glory half a decade after the devastating fire.Held up as an example of French creativity and resilience by President Emmanuel Macron, Notre Dame’s renaissance so …
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