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Ukraine and Western allies meet to discuss a US peace plan that has sparked alarm in Kyiv and Europe
- GENEVA (AP) — Top European and Ukrainian envoys conferred in Geneva on Sunday ahead of talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio over President Donald Trump's proposal to end Russia's war on Ukraine. The head of the Ukrainian delegation, presidential chief of staff Andrii Yermak, wrote on social media said that they held their first meeting with the national security advisers from the U.K., France and ...

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Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say
- 'Severe lack' in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days Hospitals in Gaza are running out of essential supplies, with new waves of Israeli airstrikes killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 100 in recent days, medical and aid workers in the devastated Palestinian territory have said. Medics told the Guardian on Sunday that stocks of gauze, ...

Source: theguardian.com
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The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump's boycott
- – The in South Africa ended Sunday with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to lead the bloc — after the two days of talks involving leaders of the world's richest and top developing economies. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the summit in Johannesburg closed by banging a wooden gavel on a block like a judge would, in a G20 tradition. The gavel would ...

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World leaders, rights groups react to COP30 climate deal
- The annual United Nations climate conference has ended with an agreement that urges action to address global warming, but falls short of endorsing a phase-out of fossil fuels. After two weeks of heated debates, meetings and negotiations at the COP30 summit in the Brazilian city of Belem, world leaders on Saturday agreed to a deal that calls for countries to "significantly accelerate and scale up climate action ...

Source: aljazeera.com
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'Brazil Just Succeeded Where America Failed' as Coup-Plotting Ex-Pres Bolsonaro Arrested
- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro , a right-wing ally of US President Donald Trump , was arrested in Brazil early Saturday morning following concerns he might flee the country. Bolsonaro was under house arrest awaiting the result of his appeal after he was tried and sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup and the assassination of current Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and ...

Source: commondreams.org
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Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped
- Christian group revises up number of students and teachers missing after one of country's largest mass abduction Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria , a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa's most populous nation. The early Friday raid on St Mary's co-educational school in Niger state in western Nigeria came ...

Source: theguardian.com
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US issues warning to airlines flying over Venezuela amid 'heightened military activity' | World News
- Aviation authorities cite a "worsening security situation" amid a huge US military build-up in the region in recent months. Major airlines have been warned of a "potentially hazardous situation" when flying over Venezuela. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warning comes just days after the US navy's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford, arrived in the Caribbean Sea, in what has been interpreted as a ...

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