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'Hands Off!' Anti-Trump Americans flood Washington

When Liz Gabbitas joined thousands of fellow protesters Saturday in the US capital, she thought her message to the Trump administration would be best delivered through her homemade sign: a cardboard guillotine.

Leading garment producer Bangladesh holds crisis talks on US tariffs

Bangladesh's interim leader called an emergency meeting on Saturday after textile leaders in the world's second-largest garment manufacturing nation said US tariffs were a "massive blow" to the key industry.

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Liz Truss becomes Downing Street's briefest incumbent

Liz Truss is set to become the shortest-serving prime minister in Britain's history, after the public, MPs and the markets comprehensively rejected the self-styled heir to Margaret Thatcher.

UK's PM Truss quits, Tories vow new leader next week

British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday announced her resignation just six crisis-filled weeks after taking office, becoming the shortest-lived premier in UK history.

Chad protest clashes leave 'about 30' dead, including security forces

Deadly clashes between police and demonstrators protesting at the military's grip on power erupted in Chad on Thursday, claiming "about 30" lives, including around 10 members of the security forces, according to an official toll.

S.Africa paves way for cryptocurrency regulation

South Africa's financial watchdog on Thursday declared cryptocurrency a financial product, paving way for the regulation of the assets in the continent's most advanced economy.

Ukraine curbs electricity use after Russian strikes

Ukraine began curbing electricity consumption on Thursday as it raced to carry out repairs on infrastructure destroyed by Russian bombing as winter approaches.

PM Truss quits as UK's Tories in chaos

British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday dramatically announced her resignation just six weeks after taking office.

Authors must document Russian 'terror', Zelensky tells Frankfurt fair

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday made an impassioned plea at the world's biggest publishing event for authors to write about the "terror" unleashed by Russia's invasion.

Five killed in Chad protest clashes

Five people were killed Thursday when police clashed with demonstrators in the Chadian capital during a banned protest against the ruling military, an AFP journalist saw.

Philippines to get US military helicopters after scrapping Russia deal

The Philippines will acquire heavy-lift military helicopters from the United States, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said Thursday, after scrapping a deal to buy similar aircraft from Russia.

Surovikin: The ruthless face of Russia's campaign in Ukraine

With his shaved head and uncompromising scowl, General Sergey Surovikin has become the face of Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine in just a few days.

'Extraordinary mayhem': Truss's nightmare on Downing Street

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has enjoyed the shortest of political honeymoons -- her chaotic premiership apparently mortally wounded despite having barely begun.

UK PM on brink as political chaos deepens

Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday faced more calls from her own party to step down after a key minister quit and lawmakers rebelled during "a day of extraordinary mayhem".

Tigray peace talks in South Africa on October 24: Ethiopia govt

The Ethiopians government said Thursday that peace talks on the nearly two-year-old war in Tigray would start in South Africa next week.

Izyum races to rebuild and forget Russian occupation

Apart from the blown-up tanks and plants singed by seven months of war, the road leading to Izyum -- once nicknamed "highway to hell" -- could be a normal road in Europe.

Cambodia PM Hun Sen vows to crush exiled opposition figure

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday he would "isolate and finish" exiled opposition figure Sam Rainsy, as the strongman continues to squeeze political challengers ahead of next year's national election.

The bold tactics that have kept Iran protests going

Flashmob-style protests, images beamed onto tower blocks, water fountains dyed blood-red: young Iranians armed with little more than their phones have adopted a slew of tactics to give demonstrations over Mahsa Amini's death staying power.

Stocks drop and dollar rises as inflation, rate fears return

Equities tumbled Thursday, tracking a sell-off on Wall Street, while the dollar regained its strength as surging inflation, interest rate hikes and recession fears returned to the fore.

Russia's liberal 'Echo of Moscow' radio returns, from Berlin

Taken off-air shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the liberal Echo of Moscow radio station has found a new home in Berlin from where it has resumed the fightback against President Vladimir Putin's propaganda.

US must prepare now for China invasion of Taiwan: admiral

The US military must be ready to respond to a potential invasion of Taiwan as soon as this year, a senior admiral said Wednesday, signaling heightened alarm over Beijing's intentions towards the island.

Flood of forlorn Venezuelans brave jungle crossing in Panama

Wading through knee-deep mud, some limping, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants battle against fatigue with their eye on the prize: hope for a new life in the United States.

Crisis-hit Sudan faces biggest threat yet: climate change

Conflict, coups, dire poverty: Sudan is reeling from multiple crises, but environmental activist Nisreen Elsaim warns a bigger problem dwarfs them all -- climate change.

Ukraine restricts electricity use after Russian strikes

Ukraine has urged residents to drastically restrict their electricity consumption starting Thursday to cope with the destruction of power stations by the Russian army as winter approaches.

Cuban missile crisis: 13 days when nuclear war threatened

Sixty years ago the Cuban missile crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Reliving the Cuban missile crisis: 'We were going to be incinerated'

Oscar Larralde vividly remembers hearing the explosions that downed an American spy plane over Cuba in 1962; his island nation was in the eye of a nuclear standoff between the United States and Soviet Union.

60 years after Cuba crisis, nuclear war suddenly thinkable again

For 60 years, the Cuban missile crisis has loomed both as a frightening lesson on how close the world came to nuclear doomsday -- and how skillful leadership averted it.

Politics and football: Brazil election edition

Many dribble around the question, but the few Brazilian footballers who have taken sides in the country's polarizing presidential election have mostly backed far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil jersey hostage to politics a month from World Cup

Every four years, there is an explosion of green and yellow in Julio Cesar Freitas's neighborhood as locals cover the streets in the colors of the Brazilian flag.

Cold weather brings tougher conditions to fighting in Ukraine

The approach of winter will bring tougher conditions to Ukraine including heavy mud, snow and freezing cold that will make operations more difficult for both sides in the war.

Russia's population transfers amount to 'mass deportation', says Ukraine

Ukraine on Wednesday accused Moscow of orchestrating a "mass deportation" of civilians from the occupied region of Kherson where evacuations have begun in the face of advances by Kyiv.

Trump testifies in case filed by rape accuser

Former US president Donald Trump testified Wednesday in a defamation case pitting him against a prominent former American columnist who says he raped her in the 1990s.

Russia, Iran defiant as West presses sanctions over drones in Ukraine

Russia on Wednesday warned the United Nations not to probe alleged strikes by Iranian-made drones in Ukraine, joining Tehran in denying the weapons' origin as the European Union prepared new sanctions.

UK's PM Truss rocked as interior minister departs

British Prime Minister Liz Truss lurched into fresh chaos Wednesday as her hardline interior minister quit, forcing the new leader to turn to one of her strongest critics to shore up her tottering government.

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