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World leaders pledge to work with Trump

HONG KONG, Nov 06 (AFP): World leaders raced to congratulate Donald Trump on Wednesday as he triumphed in a stunning US election victory over Kamala Harris.Here are the first reactions, with many being expressed even before his election win was confirmed:Without directly mentioning Trump, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told...

20 dead in Israeli strike on Beirut

BEIRUT, Nov 06 (AFP/AP): An Israeli strike targeting a residential building in a town south of Beirut on Tuesday killed at least 20 people, Lebanon's health ministry said."The raid by the Israeli enemy on Barja left 20 dead,", the ministry said of the raid on the coastal town around 20...

Trump's climate denial, green rollbacks poised to fuel global warming

WASHINGTON, Nov 06 (AFP): Donald Trump's election victory puts a climate change denier back in the White House, poised to dismantle his predecessor's green policies and jeopardize global efforts to curb human-caused warming.During his campaign, the Republican revived his "drill, baby, drill" slogan and even brushed off climate change just...

Kashmir legislature asks India to restore its partial autonomy

SRINAGAR, Nov 06 (AP): Indian-controlled Kashmir 's regional legislature passed a resolution on Wednesday demanding the federal government restore the disputed region's semi-autonomy that was scrapped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration in 2019.The assembly passed the nonbinding resolution by a majority vote to noisy scenes in the house."This assembly...

Protests erupt in Israel as defence minister fired

JERUSALEM, Nov 06 (BBC): Protests have erupted in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.Netanyahu said a "crisis of trust" between the two leaders led to his decision, adding that his trust in Gallant had "eroded" in recent months and Foreign Minister Israel Katz...

Russia captures 2 Ukrainian villages

MOSCOW, Nov 06 (AFP): Russia said Wednesday it had captured two Ukrainian villages near the town of Kurakhove, in southeast Ukraine, where Moscow has quickly advanced since seizing the city of Vugledar last month.Moscow's forces took the villages of Maksymivka and Antonivka, both south of Kurakhove, where Russia has been...