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Ukraine will not cross its red line: Crimea officially Russian

NEPS — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:20:57 +0000

Story by Alberto Rojas

Peace talks are on the brink of collapse: the agreement demands too much from the invaded and almost nothing from the aggressor.

In a few hours, this disastrous peace process sponsored by Trump may be history. If there was something that Ukraine had set as a red line from the beginning, it is precisely one of the seven points in the American proposal as an unnecessary sweetener to the Kremlin: the recognition of the Crimean peninsula as Russian territory.

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Gaza: Destruction of vital lifting gear halts search for thousands buried under rubble

NEPS — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 05:50:59 +0000

Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried under the ruins of destroyed homes – but that hope is fading fast.

The destruction of key heavy machinery on Tuesday following reported Israeli airstrikes has brought rescue and recovery efforts to a standstill, making it even harder to reach the estimated 11,000 bodies still trapped under the debris.

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Elon Musk: Judge blocks ‘unfathomable’ $56bn Tesla pay deal

NEPS — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 06:48:40 +0000

By Mariko Oi

Business reporter

A judge in the US state of Delaware has annulled a $55.8bn (£44bn) pay deal awarded to Elon Musk in 2018 by the electric car company Tesla.

The lawsuit was filed by a shareholder who argued that it was an overpayment.

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Imran Khan: Former Pakistan PM jailed another 14 years for graft

NEPS — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 06:45:29 +0000

Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in prison, a day after the former Pakistan prime minister was jailed for 10 years.

By Frances Mao & Carrie Davies

in Singapore and Islamabad

Khan, who was ousted as PM by his opponents in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption.

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Kim Jong-un’s bellicose stance could signal conflict, or his preference for a President Trump

NEPS — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:20:48 +0000

North Korea’s leader has increased his displays of military aggression but analysts are split on whether it’s a sign of electoral interference or a war footing

Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies

When a highly militarised dictatorship fires artillery shells in the direction of its neighbour, which it has just denounced as its “greatest enemy”, then tests cruise missiles and underwater nuclear attack drones, it is reasonable to believe that armed conflict could follow.… Read the rest

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Police raid villa of Jair Bolsonaro as part of spying investigation

NEPS — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:15:15 +0000

Ex-president’s family retreat targeted early on Monday as nine search warrants executed in other parts of the country

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian police have raided the holiday home of former president Jair Bolsonaro as part of an expanding investigation into an illegal spying racket that allegedly existed during his far-right government.

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Haiti: residents trapped as armed gangs target key pocket of Port-au-Prince

NEPS — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:25:46 +0000

Thick smoke rises above strategic neighbourhood of Solino as frantic residents call into radio stations for help

Haiti crisis: how did it get so bad, and is there a way out?

Staff and agencies in Port-au-Prince

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UK ‘will wait and see’ before deciding on further Houthi strikes

NEPS — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:33:03 +0000

As Rishi Sunak prepares to address MPs, Grant Shapps says UK has no interest in wider Yemen conflict

Middle East crisis – live updates

Peter Walker

@peterwalker99

The UK has no interest in taking part in any wider conflict in Yemen but is “waiting to see what happens” before deciding whether further military strikes against Houthi forces might be needed, the defence secretary has said.

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Colombia: at least 34 killed after mudslide hits busy road

NEPS — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:43:28 +0000

Dozens of people also injured after mudslide in mountainous area on road connecting major cities

Associated Press in Bogotá

The death toll from a mudslide in western Colombia has risen to 34, authorities have said.

The mudslide struck a busy municipal road on Friday in a mountainous area connecting the cities of Quibdó and Medellín.

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UK had no choice but to strike Houthis – Cameron

NEPS — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:19:21 +0000

By James Gregory

BBC News

The UK had “no choice” but to take military action against Houthis in Yemen over their attacks in the Red Sea, the foreign secretary has said.

Lord Cameron said the UK had given the group “warning after warning” before joining US-led strikes this week.

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