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Officers in the southern Netherlands discovered a garden gnome weighing nearly 2kg (4lb) made entirely of the drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy. The unusual find was part of a larger drug bust, and Dongemond Police, in a social media post, noted that while drugs come in various shapes and sizes, “every now and then […]
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Negotiators from small islands and least-developed nations on Saturday walked out of overtime consultations on a climate deal with COP29 president Azerbaijan, saying their interests on finance were ignored. “We’ve just walked out. We came here to this COP for a fair deal. We feel that we haven’t been heard,” said Cedric Schuster, the Samoan […]
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The European Union is ready to raise to $300 billion an offer by wealthy nations for annual climate funding to poorer countries in a bid to break a deadlock in COP29 talks in Azerbaijan, two negotiators said. The offer, which would come with other conditions in the package, is up from $250 billion proposed on […]
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco has been invited among an esteemed group of international dignitaries at the highly anticipated reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, set for Saturday, December 7, according to French media. Following the cathedral’s restoration after the devastating 2019 fire, this inauguration will be a historic moment, and the French government has invited […]
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G7 ministers meeting in Italy next week will discuss the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Friday, saying the issue required further analysis. Israel and its allies denounced the ICC’s decision on Thursday to issue an arrest warrant for the Israeli premier, even as Turkey — and rights […]
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The British government indicted on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be arrested on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant if he travelled to the UK. “The UK will always comply with its legal obligations as set out by domestic law and indeed international law,” said Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesman, refusing to […]
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A New York priest has been stripped of his duties after an investigation revealed mismanagement and violations of diocesan policies, including allowing pop star Sabrina Carpenter to film provocative scenes for her music video Feather inside Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. The October 2023 video featured scenes of Carpenter dancing on the altar in […]
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The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost at least £72 million, with £21.7 million spent on policing and £50.3 million on related costs handled by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), official figures have revealed by British media show. Despite attracting 20 million viewers, significantly fewer than the 29 million who […]
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In a new joint and coordinated security operation between Moroccan and Spanish authorities, Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), affiliated with the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), and the General Intelligence Directorate of the Spanish National Police successfully dismantled a terrorist Daesh-affiliated cell in the Sahel region. This operation, carried out on Friday, […]
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Matt Gaetz, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be US attorney general, on Thursday pulled out of the selection process after widespread opposition including from within his Republican Party. “While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,” […]
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