Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, who died in a shock helicopter crash outside Kyiv Wednesday, was a deeply respected politician with a readiness to venture near frontlines. The 42-year-old trained lawyer was one of nine people on board a …
Arab-Israeli freed after serving 40 years for killing soldier
Arab-Israeli Maher Younis receives visitors congratulating him, in Israel’s Arara. Younis was released after serving 40 years in jail for killing an Israeli soldier. His release comes two weeks after his cousin Karim Younis was freed after serving the …
Massive crowds in Shanghai during CNY travel rush as Covid restrictions lift
Huge crowds on Thursday throng a central train station Shanghai, where many travellers say they were elated to be heading home — some for the first time in years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
Taiwan and Hong Kong prepare to celebrate Lunar New Year
Shoppers in Taipei and Hong Kong crowd markets as the Lunar New Year approaches. Also known as the Spring Festival, lunar new year is a key date in the calendar for Chinese communities and in several southeast Asian countries, with citizens preparing t…
‘Just a starting point’: Nationwide strike in France against Macron’s pension reform
A nationwide day of strikes and protests against a planned pension reform that would see retirement aged pushed up by two years to 64 will to be followed by more days of protests, the head of France’s hardline CGT union said on Thursday.
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Here’s the latest for Thursday January 19th: US to reach spending limit; New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to leave office; NY lawmakers reject Governor’s judicial pick; Actor Julian Sands reported missing while hiking.
The 30-year battle to reform France’s pension system
Trains ground to a halt in France on Thursday, schools were shut and businesses disrupted as workers walked off their jobs in an attempt to derail a planned pension reform that would see the retirement age pushed up by two years to 64. FRANCE 24’s Inte…
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices yet to decide any cases
The Supreme Court is off to a historically slow start in failing to resolve any cases in which it has heard arguments since early October.
Top Israeli legal official tells Netanyahu to fire key ally
Israel’s attorney general has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he must fire a key Cabinet ally following a court ruling disqualifying the minister from serving in government.