Syrian PM ready to cooperate with new leadership
DAMASCUS, Dec 08 (AFP/BBC/AP): Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed al-Jalali said Sunday he was ready to "cooperate" with any leadership chosen by the people, after rebels said "tyrant" President Bashar al-Assad had fled the country.The leader of the Islamist Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, ordered forces not...
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People celebrate fall of Assad in capital
Thousands in cars and on foot congregated at a main square in Damascus waving and chanting "Freedom"DAMASCUS, Dec 08 (Reuters/AFP): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no...
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Zelensky is ready for 'deal' with Russia, Trump says
PARIS, Dec 08 (AFP): US president-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is keen on a "deal" to end the war with Russia, after the pair met in Paris to discuss the future of the conflict.French President Emmanuel Macron hosted three-way talks with Zelensky and Trump...
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S Korean opposition will try again to impeach president Dec 14
SEOUL, Dec 08 (AFP/AP): South Korea's main opposition party will try again on December 14 to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, its leader Lee Jae-myung said Sunday."Yoon, the principal culprit behind the insurrection and military coup that destroyed South Korea's constitutional order, must either resign immediately or be impeached without...
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14,000 young Americans visit China
WASHINGTON, Dec 08 (Xinhua): Over the past year, about 14,000 American youths have visited China for exchange and study since the announcement of China's pledge to invite 50,000 young Americans to visit in the next five years, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said here on Friday."In November...
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Notre Dame re-opens five yrs after fire
PARIS, Dec 08 (AFP): The archbishop of Paris re-opened Notre Dame cathedral on Saturday by symbolically knocking on the doors and entering the 12th-century landmark which has been restored after a devastating fire in 2019.Wearing new designer vestments and carrying a staff cut from one of the roof beams that...
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