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Arsenal Fail In Premier League Summit Bid As Spurs Lose Thriller
Arsenal missed out on the chance to return to the Premier League summit on Thursday, losing 2-0 to West Ham as Tottenham went down in a six-goal thriller at Brighton.…
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Turkish Parliament Unlikely To Vote On Sweden’s NATO Bid For Weeks
Turkey’s parliament is unlikely to hold a full vote on Sweden’s bid to join NATO before mid-January, parliamentary sources told AFP Thursday. Sweden’s accession to the US-led Western alliance was…
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Turkey’s Parliament Set To Debate Sweden NATO Bid
The Turkish parliament was Tuesday set to resume debate on approving Sweden’s bid to join NATO, a thorny issue that was further complicated after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked it…
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What To Know About Milei’s Bid To Liberalize Argentina’s Economy
Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei this week unleashed a mega-decree to change or scrap 366 economic rules in a country accustomed to heavy government intervention in the market. The move…
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Guatemala’s Arevalo To Rule ‘Without Fear’ After Bid To Block Presidency
Despite a fierce campaign from Guatemala’s ruling class to block Bernardo Arevalo from taking office, the president-elect told AFP he is confident he will be sworn in next month, vowing…
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Turkish Airlines Makes Huge Airbus Order In Bid For Air Supremacy
Turkish Airlines claims to fly to more countries than any other carrier AFP Turkish Airlines said on Friday it has decided to purchase more than 200 Airbus aircraft — with…
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Turkish Airlines Makes Huge Airbus Order In Bid For Air Dominance
Turkish Airlines said on Friday it has decided to purchase more than 200 Airbus aircraft — with the option for over 100 more — in the coming decade as it…
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‘It’s Finished!’: IEA Boss Says COP28 Bid Farewell To Fossil Fuels
While the UN’s COP28 climate summit marked a pivot moment, when the world pledged to say “goodbye” to fossil fuels, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol told AFP on Friday,…
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Israel Bombs Gaza Targets After US Vetoes Rare UN Ceasefire Bid
Israel bombarded targets in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas that has triggered alerts of an…
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Israel Strikes Gaza After Failed UN Ceasefire Bid
Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a ceasefire in the two-month war. Hamas…
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Dublin Crowds Bid Farewell To Irish Songwriter Shane MacGowan
Crowds lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to their pay respects to Irish songwriter Shane MacGowan, who died last month at the age of 65. MacGowan, lead singer of…
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Macron Hosts Hungary’s Orban In Bid To Break Ukraine Deadlock
French President Emmanuel Macron meets Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday in a bid to break the deadlock ahead of an EU summit after the Hungarian leader threatened to block…
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Turkey’s Erdogan In Athens In ‘New Chapter’ Bid
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travels to Athens on Thursday in a keenly watched visit billed as an attempted “new chapter” between the NATO allies and historic rivals after years…
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Guinea-Bissau Dissolves Parliament After Coup Bid
The president of Guinea-Bissau dissolved parliament on Monday ahead of fresh elections, saying an “attempted coup” had plunged the West African nation into a new crisis. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo…
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Far-right Wilders In Fresh Bid To Form Dutch Govt After False Start
Far-right, anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders sought to kick-start the arduous process of forming a coalition on Tuesday, still reeling from the collapse of initial efforts before talks had even…
