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A strike at the Eiffel Tower over poor financial management caused closures for the second consecutive day.Despite increased visitor numbers leading up to the Olympics, the strike may continue for several weeks.The strike seeks salary increases proportional to ticket sales revenue and improved maintenance of the 135-year-old landmark.A strike at…
A car crash in southern Serbia has killed three migrants and injured 11 others, and the driver was detained for suspected people smuggling, police in the Balkan country said on Tuesday.The 43-year-old Serbian driver had no driver’s license and was among those injured in the crash, according to a police…
Military leaders in Guinea have dissolved the government without explanation, announcing plans to appoint a new one.Gen. Amara Camara announced in a video address that daily operations would continue under deputy secretary generals until the formation of a new government.Guinea has been under military rule since President Alpha Conde’s ousting…
Taiwan on Tuesday protested China’s boarding of a tourist boat near the Kinmen archipelago.The Chinese coast guard boarded the King Xia for about 32 minutes on Monday.Taiwan’s coast guard escorted the boat back to Kinmen, and it resumed its voyage.Taiwan on Tuesday protested China’s boarding of a tourist boat, as…
A Haitian judge investigating the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted about 50 people in connection with his death, including the late president’s widow, an ex-prime minister and a former chief of Haiti’s National Police.Judge Walther Wesser Voltaire said in documents made public by AyiboPost that Martine Moïse…
A landslide triggered by heavy rain and snowfall buried more than two dozen houses in a remote village in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least five people and leaving more than 20 others missing, a provincial official said Monday.’UNACCEPTABLE’: TALIBAN DEMANDED TREATMENT ‘SIMILAR TO RECOGNITION’ TO ATTEND UN MEETINGThe landslide, which…
Nigerians are facing one of the West African nation’s worst economic crises in years triggered by surging inflation, the result of monetary policies that have pushed the currency to an all-time low against the dollar. The situation has provoked anger and protests across the country.The latest government statistics released Thursday…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden has forced the crew to abandon the vessel, authorities said Monday. Another ship reportedly came twice…
A building collapsed in a southern suburb of Beirut late Monday, killing four people and injuring three others as search operations continued for more people under the rubble, a paramedic official said.The building that collapsed in the suburb of Choueifat Monday night crumbled after days of heavy rain in Lebanon.…
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister on Monday ruled out any further concessions to protesting farmers, on the eve of their planned rally that will see tractors converging on central Athens.Kyriakos Mitsotakis voiced hope that Tuesday’s protest in the capital would mark the end of weeks of unrest among…
