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Queensland premier wins state vote on tough virus response

BRISBANE, Australia — The incumbent premier of Queensland won a third consecutive term in Australian state elections in which voters strongly endorsed her government’s tough policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including closing state borders. Annastacia Palaszczuk, dubbed the…
  • 01.11.2020

Indonesian leader condemns France attacks, Macron’s comments

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Paris and Nice and comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that were deemed offensive toward Islam and the global Muslim community. Widodo, the leader of the…
  • 31.10.2020

Indonesian leader condemns France attacks, Macron’s comments

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Paris and Nice and comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that were deemed offensive toward Islam and the global Muslim community. Widodo, the leader of the…
  • 31.10.2020

American hostage Philip Walton rescued in dramatic military operation: Officials

An American citizen abducted last week in Niger has been rescued during a high-risk U.S. military raid in neighboring Nigeria, officials told ABC News early Saturday. The mission was undertaken by elite commandos as part of a major effort to…
  • 31.10.2020

American hostage Philip Walton rescued in dramatic military operation: Officials

An American citizen abducted last week in Niger has been rescued during a high-risk U.S. military raid in neighboring Nigeria, officials told ABC News early Saturday. The mission was undertaken by elite commandos as part of a major effort to…
  • 31.10.2020

Democrats hold turnout edge in Florida, with Republicans nipping at their heels

As a record-breaking early voting cycle winds down in Florida, and with the race for president between Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden remaining close in the state, both campaigns are hoping to squeeze as many votes out…
  • 31.10.2020

UK could see new lockdown in days as virus cases surge

LONDON — The British government is considering imposing a new national lockdown for England, after its scientific advisers warned that hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus could soon surpass the levels seen at the outbreak’s spring peak when daily deaths…
  • 31.10.2020

Armenia asks Moscow for help amid Nagorno-Karabakh fighting

YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia’s leader urged Russia Saturday to consider providing security assistance to end the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the biggest escalation in the decades-long conflict between his country and Azerbaijan. Following more than a month of intense fighting in…
  • 31.10.2020

Sudan deal plunges migrants in Israel into new uncertainty

TEL AVIV, Israel — Usumain Baraka speaks impeccable Hebrew, considers Israelis among his best friends and can quote passages from the Old Testament. But as a Sudanese asylum seeker, Baraka has no legal status in Israel and lives a precarious…
  • 31.10.2020

Thousands protest in Jerusalem against Israeli PM

JERUSALEM — Thousands of Israelis protested in Jerusalem on Saturday in the latest weekly demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his handling of the coronavirus crisis and the corruption charges he faces. Protesters waved Israeli and pink flags, which have…
  • 31.10.2020