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Syria rebels enter Aleppo city, reports say

[ad_1] Rebel forces have entered elements of Syria’s second-largest metropolis, Aleppo, a monitoring group says, within the greatest offensive towards the federal government in years. The UK-based group says fighters set off two automotive bombs earlier than advancing into neighbourhoods, with out giving additional particulars. Government forces in the meantime say they’ve regained management of…

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Watch: First look inside Notre-Dame ahead of reopening

[ad_1] A restored Notre-Dame cathedral will quickly re-open in Paris – five-and-a-half years after a hearth ravaged the Gothic constructing. On Friday, France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited the cathedral to mark its imminent re-opening, kicking off a programme of ceremonies that may finish with an official “entry” into the cathedral on 7 December and the…

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Thiaroye killings: France admits West African colonial ‘massacre’, Senegal President Faye says

[ad_1] France has for the primary time acknowledged that its troopers carried out a “massacre” in Senegal wherein dozens – maybe tons of – of West African troops have been killed virtually precisely 80 years in the past, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has mentioned. Those who died have been a part of the Tirailleurs…

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Kremlin critic Alexei Gorinov jailed for further three years over Ukraine war opposition

[ad_1] Getty Images Alexei Gorinov was punished for questioning whether or not his Moscow district ought to maintain a kids’s drawing competitors whereas “children are dying in Ukraine” A Moscow councillor serving time in jail for talking out towards Russia’s battle in Ukraine has been given an extra three years in jail. Alexei Gorinov, 63,…

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Chad cuts key military agreement with France

[ad_1] Chad has stated it’s terminating a key defence cooperation settlement with France, elevating questions on Paris’s waning affect in Africa’s embattled Sahel area. Chadian Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah stated it was time for his nation to “assert its full sovereignty”. The announcement got here simply hours after Koulamallah’s French counterpart, Jean-Noel Barrot, met Chad’s…

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Australia warns travellers against Laos liquors Tiger Vodka and Tiger Whisky

[ad_1] Australia has warned travellers to not drink some liquors in Laos, following a spate of deaths linked to suspected methanol poisoning. Australians ought to keep away from ingesting Tiger Vodka and Tiger Whisky “due to serious safety concerns”, Australia’s foreign affairs department said on its journey advisory web site on Friday. It added that…

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