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Egypt unveils world’s largest museum dedicated to single civilization at grand ceremony

This photo taken on Nov. 1, 2025 shows a drone and light show during the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, Egypt. After two decades of construction, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated the GEM — the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization — during a grand ceremony held near the pyramids

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North Korea denounces denuclearization as ‘pipe dream’

By Anadolu Agency North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong-ho denounced on Saturday the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula as a “pipe dream.” “We will show with patience that denuclearization is a ‘pipe dream’ which can never be realized even if it (South Korea) talks about it a thousand times,” Pak said in a statement

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Russia claims France plans to send up to 2,000 soldiers to Ukraine

By Anadolu Agency Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed Tuesday that France is preparing to deploy a contingent of up to 2,000 soldiers and officers to Ukraine. The core of this formation will consist of stormtroopers from the French Foreign Legion, predominantly from Latin American countries, it said in a statement. “Currently, legionnaires are already

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US, China talks sketch out rare earths, tariff pause for Trump and Xi to consider

President Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. By Reuters Top Chinese and U.S. economic officials on Sunday hashed out the framework of a trade deal for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

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Ivory Coast votes with Ouattara’s legacy, age in focus

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, 83, waves at supporters during a final political rally ahead of Ivory Coast’s presidential election, scheduled for October 25, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, October 23, 2025. Photograpoher Francis Kokoroko By Reuters Ivory Coast is voting in a presidential election on Saturday with incumbent and strong favourite Alassane Ouattara, 83, claiming credit

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EU fails to agree on using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine aid

European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas attends a European Council summit in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 23, 2025. EU leaders failed on Thursday to agree on a plan to use frozen Russian assets to finance new loans for Ukraine, after divisions resurfaced at a European Council summit. Photographer Peng Ziyang By Xinhua News Agency

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Trump downplays second meeting with Putin as Budapest summit put on hold

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump downplayed a second summit with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Tuesday just as the Budapest sit-down was put on hold amid an impasse over a long-elusive Ukraine ceasefire. “I don’t want to have a wasted meeting. I don’t want to have a waste of time. So I’ll see

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Former French President Sarkozy starts 5-year prison sentence

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his house with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on the day of his incarceration at the Sante prison to begin his five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya, in Paris, France, October 21, 2025. Photographer Sarah Meyssonnier By Reuters Former French President Nicolas

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Trump announces end to US aid for Colombia, calls president ‘a lunatic’

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration would end all financial aid to Colombia and impose tariffs on the South American country, accusing its government of failing to combat drug production and calling its president, Gustavo Petro, “a lunatic.” Speaking to reporters upon returning to Washington, Trump confirmed that a

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Cambodia deports 64 South Korean online scam suspects

By Xinhua News Agency Cambodia deported 64 South Korean online scam suspects, including five women, to their birth country on Friday night, said a news release from Cambodia’s Ad-Hoc Committee to Combat Online Scams on Saturday. The suspects were expelled from the kingdom through the Techo International Airport in southern Kandal province, the news release

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