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Macron says phone calls with Putin ‘not pleasant’

By Anadolu Agency French President Emmanuel Macron confessed Friday that his telephone calls with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin concern him and are unpleasant. “It bothers me to talk to him, it’s not pleasant. But what do we do? We have to prepare the cease-fire,” he said in an interview with French digital platform Brut

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Boris Becker found guilty over bankruptcy, could face jail

Former tennis player Boris Becker arrives at Southwark Crown Court, in London, Friday, April 8, 2022. Becker is on trial in London for allegedly concealing property — including nine trophies — from bankruptcy trustees and dodging his obligation to disclose financial information to settle his debts. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) By The Associated Press Tennis great

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Philippines’ Pacquiao says he is not to be counted out of presidential race

Philippine senator and retired boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, a presidential candidate for the 2022 election, gestures during his campaign rally at a covered court in Rodriguez, Rizal Province, Philippines, February 17, 2022. Reuters/Lisa Marie David By Reuters Shrugging off his low rating in opinion polls, Philippine politician and former boxing star Manny Pacquiao says his

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Turkey suspends trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi killing

File – People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2020, marking the two-year anniversary of his death. In a surprise development, the prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi requested Thursday March 31,

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Villa Somalia rejects African Union Chairperson Madeira expel by corrupt Roble

Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission: Credit to Photo Amisom Mogadishu, 07 April, 2022: The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, commends the role of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the share of state building in Somalia and the fight against

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Germany launches massive operation against neo-Nazi groups

By Anadolu Agency German police conducted coordinated raids against neo-Nazi groups in multiple cities early on Wednesday. Hundreds of police officers searched dozens of buildings in 11 federal states, targeting suspected members of neo-Nazi groups Combat 18, Atomwaffen Division, Knockout 51 and Sonderkommando 1418, public broadcaster ARD reported. An active soldier was among 50 suspects

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Sudan pro-democracy groups call for fresh anti-coup protests

Sudanese demonstrators take to the streets to protest last year’s military coup which deepened the country’s political and economic turmoil, in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, March. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali) By The Associated Press Sudan’s pro-democracy groups called for mass protests on Wednesday, denouncing an October military coup that plunged the country into political turmoil

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Obama and Biden reunite at White House to tout Obamacare, new provision

U.S. President Joe Biden greets friend and former President Barack Obama during an event on the Affordable Care Act, the former president’s top legislative accomplishment, as Vice President Kamala Harris reacts in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis By Reuters Former President Barack Obama returned to

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UAE sentences Israeli woman to death, testing new ties

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, left, shakes hands with United Arab Emirates ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja during the opening ceremony for the new UAE Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) By The Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an Israeli woman

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Germany reports rise in attacks against Russian, Ukrainian migrants

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pictured before the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, March 30, 2022. Kay Nietfeld/POOL via Reuters By Reuters Attacks against Russian and Ukrainian migrants in Germany have risen since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in remarks made available on Tuesday. Faeser told the

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