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'Tens of thousands' may be dead

MAYOTTE, Dec 18 (Reuters/AFP): Tens of thousands of people could have died in Mayotte after a devastating cyclone and doctors are also bracing for a surge in disease, a dental surgeon at the islands' only hospital said on Tuesday.Three days after Cyclone Chido tore through the French overseas territory off...

China visit to foster cross-strait peace

TAIPEI, Dec 18 (AFP): Former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou headed to China on Wednesday for a trip he said was aimed at building "a bridge for peace", after Beijing last week intensified military drills around the island.Ma, who belongs to the Beijing-friendly main opposition party Kuomintang, was president of the...

Iran MPs request changes to strict hijab bill

TEHRAN, Dec 18 (AFP): Iranian lawmakers have asked to amend a bill that would impose tougher penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, local media reported on Wednesday.The bill, already approved in parliament but not yet submitted to the government for final confirmation, has stirred a heated...

Climate change makes cyclone Chido stronger

PARIS, Dec 18 (AFP): Climate change intensified Cyclone Chido as it barrelled toward the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, said a preliminary study by scientists studying the link between global warming and tropical storms.The assessment by Imperial College London also estimated that cyclones of Chido's strength were 40 percent more...

Yoon fails to appear before graft watchdog

SEOUL, Dec 18 (AFP): South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to appear before the country's corruption watchdog on Wednesday, it said, after he was summoned for questioning over his martial law bid.Yoon was stripped of his duties by parliament over the weekend following his short-lived December 3 martial...

UN's Syria envoy calls for 'free and fair elections'

DAMASCUS, Dec 18 (AFP): United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen called Wednesday for "free and fair elections" in Syria and urged humanitarian assistance to the war-torn country after Bashar al-Assad's ouster this month.Addressing reporters in Damascus, Pedersen said "there is a lot of hope that we can now see the...

UN pushes for Iran N deal talks

NEW YORK, Dec 18 (Reuters): A top UN official on Tuesday pushed world powers and Iran to urgently work to restore a 2015 deal that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for restrictions on its nuclear program, warning that its "success or failure matters to all of us."Iran's deal with...