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French authorities regain full control of New Caledonia's capital after days of deadly unrest
French authorities in New Caledonia regained full control of their Pacific territory's capital, the French interior and overseas minister said on Friday after two weeks of unrest that had left seven people dead and significant destruction in the archipelago that has seen decades of tensions between those seeking independence and those loyal to France. Gerald Darmanin said in a post on X Friday that “a major police operation has taken place successfully” in the Riviere-Salee district of Noumea,
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Renault and Geely announce new firm to make car powertrains
A new company developed by French carmaker Renault and China's Geely, and headquartered in the United Kingdom, is set to design, develop, produce, and sell hybrid and combustion powertrains. The new company called HORSE Powertrain will be headquartered in London. Renault and Geely each has 50% stake in the new company. The respective operational entities of HORSE Powertrain, namely Horse and Aurobay, will be deconsolidated respectively from Renault Group and Geely. Matias Giannini has been appoi
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Indian airline gives female travelers option to choose seats next to other women
IndiGo, one of India’s biggest airlines, has just launched a new feature that allows female travelers to see where other women are seated when selecting their own seats.
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South Africa heading for 'coalition country' as partial election results have ANC falling under 50%
South Africa was heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time Friday as partial election results put the ruling African Nation Congress well short of a majority. With more than half of votes counted across the country's nine provinces, the ANC had received just under 42% of the national vote, according to the early results as counting continued. The count from more than 12,000 of the 23,000 polling stations raised the strong possibility that the ANC would
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TV: Egypt denies agreeing with Israel to reopen Rafah border crossing
Egypt has denied it has agreed with Israel to reopen the vital Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian TV channel reported on Friday. Earlier this month, Israel took control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, in an operation that halted aid deliveries via the facility into the heavily populated coastal strip. Citing a high-level source, Egypt's state-affiliated al-Qahera News TV said on Friday that "there is no truth" in media reports about an Egyptian-Israeli agre
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Italy's migrant jails are squalid and chaotic. A young man from Guinea was desperate to escape
It was still dark and quiet outside when Ousmane Sylla had his last prayer in the courtyard of an Italian migrant jail. Chaos took over the detention and deportation center of Ponte Galeria on the outskirts of Rome. Sylla’s death in February shined a spotlight on the conditions inside these de-facto jails for migrants, raising questions about Italy’s migration policy as its government, led by far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni, vowed to build more such facilities across the country as well as ab
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Serbs will head to the polls again after fraud reports led to tensions during a December ballot
Voters in Serbia will go to the polls this weekend for a municipal vote in dozens of cities and towns, including a rerun ballot in the capital of Belgrade where ruling populists were accused of an election fraud in December. The right-wing Serbian Progressive Party of President Aleksandar Vucic is seen as a favorite ahead of the Sunday balloting, aiming to further cement an already vast hold on power. The populist strongman is formally seeking to have his troubled nation join the European Unio
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