PARIS (Reuters) – European states combating Islamist militants in Mali will try to find a way to keep their mission going, but there are limits to the price that France is prepared to pay to remain there, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Saturday. © Reuters/STEPHANE MAHE FILE PHOTO: European Union countries’ Defence Ministers meet […]
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Hip-hop artist Kanye West will have to be fully vaccinated if he wants to play concerts in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday, after media said the performer planned an Australian tour in March. The warning comes just two weeks after tennis superstar Novak Djokovic’s hopes for a Grand Slam
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Argentine singer-songwriter Diego Verdaguer, whose romantic hits such as “Corazón de papel,” “Yo te amo” and “Volveré” sold almost 50 million copies, has died of complications from COVID-19, his family said Friday. The naturalized Mexican-Argentine musician, who was married to singer Amanda Miguel, died Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles, his daughter Ana Victoria
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has gone into self-isolation until Tuesday after being deemed a close contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19, the government said. © Reuters/PRAVEEN MENON Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses her supporters at a Labour Party event in Wellington The exposure took place on Jan 22
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Pope Francis on Friday denounced COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation in a meeting with a “fact-checking” network of Catholic journalists, reports The Associated Press. © getty: Pope Francis Pope denounces COVID-19, vaccine misinformation, calls for truth Francis told the group that people are creating a “distortion of reality based on fear” when it comes to information on COVID-19.
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Russia has expanded a list of EU officials prohibited from entering the country amid worsening tensions over Ukraine. The move comes as “reciprocation” for restrictive measures Brussels put on Moscow.Russia has added a number of European Union officials to a list of people barred from entering the country as a tit-for-tat response to restrictions imposed
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Tens of thousands of Vietnamese on Saturday bade farewell to the late monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh — one of the world’s most influential religious leaders — ahead of his cremation ceremony in the country’s Buddhist heartland. © Nhac NGUYEN Thich Nhat Hanh, who was credited with bringing mindfulness to the West, died aged
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia will seek to be included in consultations about a trade dispute between the European Union and China launched by the EU at the World Trade Organisation, the Australian trade minister said on Saturday. © Reuters/JASON LEE A staff member prepares for the EU-China High-level Economic Dialogue in BeijingThursday’s EU challenge accuses China of
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A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday is set to pronounce a long-awaited verdict in a mass trial over the 2017 murder of two UN experts in a troubled central region. © BERTIL ERICSON UN experts Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp were killed in Kasai, DR Congo while investigating mass gravesDozens of people have
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The US Navy is attempting to retrieve its most advanced fighter jet from the bottom of the South China Sea amid fears that the Chinese military could salvage it first. © Getty Images USNavyF35CJet11 The F35-C Lightning II combat jet crashed on Monday while trying to land on the deck of an American aircraft carrier, leaving seven sailors injured. The
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