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Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak lead race to be UK’s next PM

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters): Boris Johnson and his former finance minister Rishi Sunak were leading the potential contenders to replace British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday, with candidates canvassing support to become Conservative Party leader in a fast-tracked contest.After Truss quit on Thursday, ending her six weeks in power,...

Russian, Ukrainian troops gird for major battle in Kherson

KYIV (Ukraine), Oct 21 (AFP): Russian and Ukrainian troops appeared Thursday to be girding for a major battle over the strategic southern industrial port city of Kherson, in a region which Russian President Vladimir Putin has illegally annexed and subjected to martial law.Fighting and evacuations were reported in the Kherson...

Meloni set to become Italy's first woman PM

ROME, Oct 21 (AFP): Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni was set to be named Italian prime minister on Friday after her party's historic election win, becoming the first woman to head a government in Italy.Her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party-Eurosceptic and anti-immigration-won September 25 legislative polls but needs outside support to...

School teacher beheaded by Myanmar army

BANGKOK, Oct 21 (AFP): The decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a school in central Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military, witnesses said Thursday, marking the latest of many abuses alleged as the army tries to crush opposition to...

Three killed in Indian Army chopper crashes

NEW DELHI, Oct 21 (AP): At least three armed forces personnel were killed after an Indian Army chopper crashed near the border with China in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. The tragedy occurred in a mountainous terrain near Migging village of the state's Upper Siang district this...

Turkey calls for end to embargoes on Iran

ISTANBUL, Oct 21 (AFP): Turkey said on Friday the lifting of Western sanctions on countries including Iran and Venezuela would alleviate the global energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Venezuela has been hit by US oil sanctions since 2019 and Iran is under US sanctions as talks between Tehran...

At least 60 killed in Chad protests

N'DJAMENA (Chad), Oct 21 (AP): Chadian security forces opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the country's two largest cities on Thursday killing at least 60 people, the government spokesman and a morgue official said.Authorities imposed a curfew after the violence, which came amid demonstrations in the central African nation against...