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Five years after last visit, Macron to return to Algeria in bid to reset ties
Issued on: 20/08/2022 - 17:21
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Algeria next week in a bid to improve strained ties between Paris and Algiers, 60 years after the country won its independence from France.
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Russia accuses Kyiv of poisoning some of its soldiers in Ukraine
A tank of Russian troops drives in Russian-held part of Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterAug 20 (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry accused Ukraine on Saturday of poisoning some of its servicemen in the Russian-controlled part of…
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The DOJ under Barr wrongly withheld parts of a Russia probe memo, a court rules
Then-Attorney General William Barr appears before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2019. A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Justice Department under Barr…
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Ottawa says travel woes on the mend as Pearson now 2nd worst airport in world for delays |
Fatima Sherefa, 17, had a rough night at Toronto's Pearson Airport on Aug. 6. Her flight from Toronto home to Winnipeg had been delayed several times and then, just after midnight, it was cancelled. Sherefa says Air Canada staff didn't offer hotel accommodation for the night, and instead passed out yoga mats to stranded travellers.Sherefa says…
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Hurricane center begins advisories for Potential Tropical Cyclone Four
The National Hurricane Center began advisories on what it is calling Potential Tropical Cyclone Four for system located in the Gulf of Mexico.As of 5 p.m., the system was located about 400 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande River with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph headline northwest at 14 mph.A Tropical Storm Warning issued…
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‘It’s a rip-off’: GOP spending under fire as Senate hopefuls seek rescue
Comment on this storyCommentRepublican Senate hopefuls are getting crushed on airwaves across the country while their national campaign fund is pulling ads and running low on cash — leading some campaign advisers to ask where all the money went and to demand an audit of the committee’s finances, according to Republican strategists involved in…
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U.S. leads FIBA Women’s WC Power Rankings, China second
Players and staff of team China pose for photos after securing their participation at the FIBA Women's World Cup in Australia by beating Mali 84-64. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)Defending champions the United States led the latest FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Power Rankings, followed by China in second place. The two teams…
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Low water levels on Danube reveal sunken WW2 German warships
PRAHOVO, Serbia, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Europe's worst drought in years has pushed the mighty river Danube to one of its lowest levels in almost a century, exposing the hulks of dozens of explosives-laden German warships sunk during World War Two near Serbia's river port town of Prahovo.The vessels were among hundreds scuttled along the Danube by…
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COVID-19 infection risk in Germany remains high despite falling cases
A passenger wearing a face mask gets off an S-Bahn train in Berlin, capital of Germany, April 1, 2022. (Photo by Stefan Zeitz/Xinhua)In the coming weeks, Germany's Robert Koch Institute expects to see continued high numbers of hospitalizations, both COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care and fatalities from the disease, particularly in the…
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