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Taiwan lawmakers exchange blows in bitter dispute over parliament reforms
By Ben Blanchard and Fabian Hamacher Reuters Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter ...Slovak leader Fico stable after surgery but condition ‘very serious’
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition has stabilised but was still “very serious”, his deputy said Thursday, a day after Fico was ...Xi, Putin hail ties as ‘stabilising’ force in chaotic world
By James EDGAR AFP Leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin framed their nations’ ties as a stabilising force in a chaotic world as they met Thursday ...Shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sends shockwaves across Europe
The shooting Wednesday of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in the town of Handlova following a political event sent shockwaves across Europe three weeks ...Fierce fighting rocks Gaza after US warning of post-war ‘anarchy’
Israel battled Hamas in Gaza , including in far-southern Rafah, despite US warnings against a full-scale invasion of the crowded city and ...Brazil’s flooded south paralyzed as rivers swell, again
By Florian PLAUCHEUR AFP Rivers in south Brazil rose anew as flood rescue efforts intensified and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...Russia rains attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region after launching offensive
By Barbara WOJAZER AFP Russia pummelled more than 30 towns and villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region after launching a surprise ground ...New Caledonia closes airport, imposes curfew after violence
By Lucy Craymer, Kirsty Needham and Gus Trompiz Reuters Authorities in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia shut the international airport, ...Israeli forces step up attacks on Jabalia camp and Rafah in Gaza
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israeli tanks, under cover of heavy fire from air and ground, pushed further into Jabalia in the northern ...Floods kill 37 in Indonesia’s West Sumatra, 17 missing
Flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province killed at least 37 people this weekend while the search for 17 missing people ...














