A new law in Poland has prompted outrage, with many arguing it would block government rivals from running for office. President Andrzej Duda now says he will introduce changes to the bill. . Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on Friday he would propose changes to a controversial law on undue Russian influence that he signed earlier this week ... .
June 2 (Reuters) - Several regions in western Russia were hit by shelling and drones on Friday in overnight attacks from Ukraine, but no one was injured, local officials said in posts on the Telegram messaging app ... There were no reports of any injuries. Reuters could not immediately verify the reported attacks ... Our Standards ... Read Next ... ....
Summary. Companies. Prince, celebrities accuse tabloids of phone-hackingHarry to appear in witness box in London's High CourtRoyal aides likely to feature in cross-examinationHarry first senior British royal to testify since 1890s... His appearance in court is likely to attract worldwide attention ... The palace has not commented ... Our Standards ... ....
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Bilal Tamimi, a local activist, told the official Palestinian news agency WAFA that Israeli forces ambushed a vehicle at the entrance to Nabi Saleh village on Thursday night. As soon as the vehicle approached them, the soldiers opened fire on the car, injuring the two-year-old boy with a gunshot in his head and his father in his shoulder ... ....
One survivor told local TV news reporters that he was sleeping when the accident happened, and woke to find himself trapped under around a dozen fellow passengers, before somehow crawling out of the carriage with only injuries to his neck and arm ... – Crowded wards – ... “In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families.
In an interview with the Israeli channel I24 news, the multinational writer, who dedicated his career to analysing the politics in both states he calls home, revealed the details of "the breakup phone call" the two leaders allegedly had back in 2021 right after the Pegasus scandal ... Macron responded in a very clumsy way I cannot tell what he said ... ».
“We are going to keep our focus on Afghanistan...A day before, several American senators were reported to propose a bill to sanction Taliban authorities in response to its human rights violations in Afghanistan, Fox NewsReported ... Jim Risch told Fox News ... On May 2, the UNSC held a meeting in Doha to address the situation in Afghanistan ... .
Climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, and geopolitical conflicts have caused enormous disruptions to energy and food markets, driving prices to record highs, impacting the poor most severely. In Cambodia, hard-earned development gains were lost, and the country’s Human Development Index regressed to its 2018 level ... Interconnectedness ... Photo. UNDP ... ....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is ready to have talks with Russia without preconditions about a future nuclear arms control framework even as it is enacting countermeasures in response to Russian PresidentVladimir Putin's decision to suspend the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries ...The Pentagon in... .
MOSCOW — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released excerpts of his correspondence with prison administrators Friday, detailing his sarcastic demands for things like a bottle of moonshine, a balalaika and even a kangaroo. His requests were denied ... 6 in the Vladimir region east of Moscow ... Among his denied requests ... previous coverage ... .
Next week, Apple may unveil its most ambitious new hardware product in years, but it’s in a product category that is anything but a proven winner ... The highly-anticipated release of an AR/VR headset would be Apple’s biggest hardware product launch since the debut of the Apple Watch in 2015 ... artificial intelligence ... “There will be interest.” .
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TOKYO, June 2 (Reuters) - Japan's birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly. The fertility rate, or the average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime, was 1.2565.