Bones unearthed at Waterloo two centuries after battle
A British-led archaeological dig has uncovered new human bones at the site of the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium.. The dig was then interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Italy's government on shaky ground ahead of new confidence vote
Italians woke to political uncertainty Friday amid an unprecedented government crisis that has put Mario Draghi's future as prime minister on tenterhooks and raised the spectre of snap elections.. Accounts of behind-the-scenes political jostling filled Italian newspapers Friday.
Search operations continue after deadly Russian strikes on Ukraine's Vinnytsia
Ukrainian rescuers on Friday continued search operations in the central city of Vinnytsia, where Russian strikes killed at least 23 people, including children. . Ukrainian rescuers said they were continuing to clear debris on Friday and over four hundred people were involved in the operations.
China asks UN Security Council for ban on small arms to Haiti
China has asked the UN Security Council to vote on banning small arms to Haiti, setting up a potential stand-off Friday with the United States whose revised draft resolution does not reflect Beijing's proposal.. "An embargo of weapons against criminal gangs are the minimum the Council should do in response to the appalling situation," she added, echoing the Chinese proposal for Security Council member states to ban small arms.
UK owes apology for 'grave wrong' of forced adoptions: inquiry
Britain should formally apologise to unmarried mothers who were forced to give up their babies for adoption, according to an official report Friday that gave harrowing detail of the anguish suffered by the women.. "The mothers' only 'crime' was to have become pregnant while unmarried.
Former Pakistan PM Khan faces popularity test in provincial by-election
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan faces a popularity test this weekend in a by-election for 20 assembly seats in the country's most populous province.. The machinations led to a change of government in the province, which is now headed by Hamza Sharif, son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Do signs point to an Israel-Saudi normalisation deal?
The United States has hinted that more Arab nations could take steps to improve ties with Israel, ahead of President Joe Biden's arrival in Saudi Arabia on Friday.. Biden, who will arrive in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, is to travel directly from the Jewish state to Saudi Arabia, becoming the first US president to fly from there to an Arab nation that does not recognise Israel.
China's Xi makes first Xinjiang visit since crackdown
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a public visit to Xinjiang, state media reported Friday, his first since a crackdown in the region saw Beijing accused of detaining over a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in camps.. The group had made "great progress" in reform and development, Xinhua reported Xi as saying during a Wednesday trip to the city of Shihezi in the region's north.
India reports first case of monkeypox
India has reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox after a 35-year-old man with a history of travel to the Middle East showed symptoms, officials said.. The federal government rushed a multi-disciplinary team to the southern state of Kerala in view of the confirmed case of monkeypox there, according to an official statement.
G20 finance chiefs meet as Indonesia warns of energy, food catastrophe
Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs met in Indonesia Friday for talks on the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with the host warning them failure to tackle energy and food crises would be catastrophic.. After Russia's delegation addressed the meeting, a Western official told AFP Moscow did not send their finance minister or central bank governor in person "after the very direct criticism" that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov faced last week at talks in Bali.
