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Vehicles and trucks for export wait for transportation from a port in Yantai in eastern China’s Shandong province on Jan. 2, 2025. AP/CHINATOPIX/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/CHINATOPIX/AP HONG KONG — China’s exports in December grew at a faster pace than expected, as factories rushed to fill orders to beat higher tariffs that U.S. President-elect … Read more
Electoral body says President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s party secured 124 of 188 National Assembly seats in vote boycotted by opposition. Chad’s governing party has taken the majority of seats in last month’s parliamentary election that was mostly boycotted by opposition parties, according to provisional results. President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s party, the Patriotic Salvation Movement, has … Read more
The government provides HIV medicines free of charge. Yet in one indigenous territory, cases and deaths are increasing at an alarming rate. (Image credit: Adam Williams for NPR) Source link
Karen State, Myanmar – Thaw Hti was a tiny speck amid a march of hundreds of thousands that snaked its way through the streets of Yangon in 2021, demanding a return to democracy after the Myanmar military seized power. “We had signboards and they had guns,” she said, recounting with bitterness the events of March … Read more
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro prepares to be sworn in for a third term despite accusations of stealing the last election. Thousands took to the streets to demand a return to democracy. Source link
Billionaire’s interest in Europe divides opinion – while some leaders raise alarm, Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni insists there is ‘no danger’. Elon Musk has urged German voters to get behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in next month’s national election during a broadcast with the party’s leader. The United States technology billionaire, who is … Read more
Viktar Babaryka, a former presidential hopeful, stands inside a defendants’ cage during his trial in Minsk, Belarus, on July 6, 2021. Ramil Nasibulin/AP/Pool BelTa hide caption toggle caption Ramil Nasibulin/AP/Pool BelTa TALLINN, Estonia — An imprisoned opposition activist in Belarus resurfaced Wednesday in a video shot by a pro-government blogger after over 700 days of … Read more
Takeshi Ebisawa faces a maximum punishment of life in prison after pleading guilty to six counts in a Manhattan court. A Japanese crime boss has pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell nuclear material from Myanmar to Iran along with drug trafficking and weapons offences, authorities in the United States have said. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a … Read more
Authorities in South Korea are continuing to try to arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, following his failed declaration of martial law over a month ago. As the country continues to be mired in political crisis, analyst are studying the health of the country’s democracy. And as our correspondent in Seoul tells us, … Read more
California firefighters have battled wind-whipped wildfires that have torn across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes and clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled, straining resources as officials prepared for the situation to worsen. The blaze that broke out on Tuesday evening in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles spread so rapidly that staff at … Read more