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President-elect Trump has sought Orban’s take on Ukraine war, sources say

12/01/2024 Newsmaker

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has held multiple phone conversations with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban since winning the November 5...

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Clashes erupt outside Georgia parliament between police, pro-EU protesters

12/01/2024 Newsmaker

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TBILISI, GEORGIA — Violent clashes erupted on Saturday outside Georgia’s parliament between police and demonstrators protesting the government’s decision to delay...

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Trump threatens BRICS nations with 100% tariff if they replace US dollar

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA — President-elect Donald Trump threatened 100% tariffs Saturday against a bloc of nine nations if they act...

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Kosovo arrests 8 linked to canal explosion, tensions with Serbia rise

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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PRISTINA, KOSOVO — Kosovo’s Interior minister Xhelal Svecla said Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a...

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Russian police raid Moscow nightclubs in LGBTQ+ crackdown

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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MOSCOW — Russian police raided several bars and nightclubs across Moscow on Saturday as part of the government’s crackdown on “LGBTQ+...

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Polish leader visits defensive fortifications on border with Russia

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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DABROWKA, POLAND — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk traveled Saturday to his country’s border with the Russian region of Kaliningrad to...

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What to know about plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA — The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution...

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Georgia arrests 107 more people as pro-EU protests continue

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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TBILISI, GEORGIA — Georgia on Saturday said authorities arrested 107 people during a second day of protests sparked by the government’s...

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Ukrainian president says NATO membership can end ‘hot phase’ of war

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says being admitted into NATO could end what he described as the “hot phase of the...

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Iceland votes for new parliament amid disagreements on immigration, economy

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Icelanders will elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime...

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Icebreaker deal would challenge Russian supremacy in Arctic

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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HALIFAX, CANADA — With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding this month, the United States, Canada and Finland are moving...

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Foreign smartphone sales in China drop 44% in October, data show

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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New data released Wednesday from a Chinese government-affiliated research firm showed sales of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple’s iPhone, fell 44.25%...

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Explosion damages canal feeding Kosovo’s main power plants

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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PRISTINA, KOSOVO — An explosion Friday evening damaged a canal in northern Kosovo supplying water to two coal-fired power plants that...

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Moody’s downgrades Hungary outlook on institutional ‘weaknesses’

11/30/2024 Newsmaker

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washington — The U.S. ratings agency Moody’s downgraded its outlook for Hungary’s government debt Friday citing “institutional and governance weaknesses” and...

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Georgian protesters clash with police for 2nd night after EU talks suspended

11/29/2024 Newsmaker

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TBILISI, GEORGIA — Thousands of demonstrators protesting the Georgian government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union rallied outside...

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North Korea: Russia has right to exercise self-defense against Ukraine

11/29/2024 Newsmaker

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seoul — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has told the Russian defense minister that Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons is...

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From VOA Russian: Who is the Belarusian soldier extradited from Vietnam to Minsk?

11/29/2024 Newsmaker

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Vietnam has extradited Vasil Veremeychik, a former anti-Alexander Lukashenko activist who later became a soldier in Ukraine’s Kastus Kalinouski Regiment....

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