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Reuters
Mar 16, 2025

Nightclub fire in North Macedonia leaves 59 dead, over 150 injured

Firefighters doused the charred and smoking entrance to the Macedonia club, named ‘Pulse,’ TV footage from a local broadcaster showed.

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Reuters
Mar 16, 2025

China’s Xi declines EU invitation to anniversary summit, FT reports

Tensions between Brussels and Beijing have grown since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with EU accusing China of backing the Kremlin.

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Web Desk
Mar 16, 2025

Peruvian fisherman rescued after 95 days in Pacific Ocean

Maximo Napa had set off for a fishing trip when stormy weather threw his boat off course and he ended up in the Pacific Ocean.

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Web Desk
Mar 16, 2025

Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency ‘not salvageable’

“From Belarus to Iran, from Russia to Afghanistan, RFE and Voice of America are among the few free sources for people living without freedom”.

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AFP
Mar 16, 2025

Bangladeshi women alarmed by emboldened religious hardliners

“After Sheikh Hasina’s fall, a series of violent incidents followed. The government […] claim the fallen dictator is behind every crime.”

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Web Desk
Mar 16, 2025

US strikes Houthis as Trump vows end to shipping threat

The US re-classified the Houthi movement as a “foreign terrorist organisation,” banning any US interaction with the group that controls swaths of Yemen.

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AFP
Mar 15, 2025

Latest power outage leaves Cubans struggling to get by

The latest blackout began late Friday at a substation near Havana and then spread nationwide, affecting most of the cash-strapped island’s 9.7 million people.

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AFP
Mar 15, 2025

Moscow has no say if Kyiv wants allied troops in Ukraine: Macron

“If Ukraine asks allied forces to be on its territory, it is not up to Russia to accept or not,” Macron said in comments to the French regional press.