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Climate-threatened Fijian utopia rejects calls to relocate

Climate-threatened Fijian utopia rejects calls to relocate

As the sun sets over Fiji's tiny Serua Island, its climate-threatened inhabitants soak in one of the reasons they have rejected attempts to relocate their village -- the "$100 million views".

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Arab World Institute president outlines plans for stronger Kuwait-France cultural links

Arab World Institute president outlines plans for stronger Kuwait-France cultural links

Anne-Claire Legendre, President of the Arab World Institute and former French ambassador to Kuwait, returned to the country within the delegation accompanying French President Emmanuel Macron during his official visit. She stayed on in Kuwait the following day, using the opportunity to reconnect with the country and explore ways to further strengthen the longstanding cultural ties between Kuwait and France.

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Israel to give verdict on Netanyahu in pivotal election

Israel to give verdict on Netanyahu in pivotal election

A deeply divided Israel will head to the polls on Tuesday for the first time since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, with voters delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's rightward drift.

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Bolsonaro's party says it recognizes Lula's election win in Brazil

Bolsonaro's party says it recognizes Lula's election win in Brazil

Flavio Bolsonaro's Liberal Party on Monday recognized the outcome of Brazil's presidential runoff, despite the candidate's objections to the poll won by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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$1m bounties, dawn arrests: Trump presses voter fraud campaign

$1m bounties, dawn arrests: Trump presses voter fraud campaign

As the US heads toward November's midterms, Donald Trump and Republicans are issuing increasingly dire warnings of voter fraud, while Democrats and voting-rights activists mobilize against what they call a campaign of intimidation designed to scare people away from the ballot box.

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Meghan on TV menu for 'Junior MasterChef Australia'

Meghan on TV menu for 'Junior MasterChef Australia'

Prince Harry's wife Meghan says she has agreed to feature as a special guest in television cooking sensation "Junior MasterChef Australia".

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Gasping for air: Borneo residents struggle as island burns

Gasping for air: Borneo residents struggle as island burns

Sudarsono shuddered as he inhaled from an oxygen tank while being evacuated from his small house in Palangkaraya on Indonesian Borneo, yellow, acrid wildfire smoke billowing all around.

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South Korea's chip boom fuels forecast-beating third-quarter growth

South Korea's chip boom fuels forecast-beating third-quarter growth

South Korea's economy grew more than three times faster than expected in the third quarter, driven by booming semiconductor demand, central bank data showed Tuesday.

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Doha exhibition charts a millennium of Chinese maritime ceramics trade

Doha exhibition charts a millennium of Chinese maritime ceramics trade

Qatar Museums (QM) Chairperson Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani inaugurated Monday the ‘Boats Floating Afar: The Maritime Trade of Ancient Chinese Ceramics’ exhibition at the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ).

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US-brokered truce begins in Ukraine city occupied by Russia

US-brokered truce begins in Ukraine city occupied by Russia

A truce between Ukraine and Russia aimed at allowing humanitarian aid into the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky entered into force early Tuesday, having been announced by US First Lady Melania Trump last week.

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