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Finland eyes Erdogan's green light for NATO

Finland's leader arrived in Ankara on Friday to receive Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's verdict on his Nordic country's stalled drive to join the NATO defence bloc.. Finnish President Niinisto then said on Wednesday that he had been invited to Turkey by Erdogan to personally "receive the answer when they announce the decision" on NATO. Analysts agree that Erdogan is all but certain to announce that he will put Finland's ratification before parliament.

Fri, Mar 17, 2023 2 mins read
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Xi Jinping to visit Russia next week

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Moscow next week, where he will hold talks with his strategic ally Vladimir Putin just over a year into Russia's war in Ukraine.. The visit comes just over a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, kicking off a war that has isolated Moscow on the international stage.

Fri, Mar 17, 2023 3 mins read
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Cambodia celebrates return of 'priceless' stolen Angkor jewellery

Cambodian leader Hun Sen unveiled a collection of stolen Angkor crown jewellery on Friday which was recently returned to the kingdom after decades in Britain, pleading for other long-lost treasures to be handed back.. Two 10th-century sculptures recently returned by the United States were also displayed on Friday.

Fri, Mar 17, 2023 1 mins read
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'No longer safe' from quakes: fear of 'Big One' grips Istanbul

The helmet-topped engineer drove his pointy instrument into the concrete to test whether Durmus Uygun's building will crumble when the feared big quake finally strikes Istanbul.. Two blocks from Uygun's building, hardware store owner Ali Nezir has started selling whistles to locals who fear getting trapped under tonnes of concrete.

Fri, Mar 17, 2023 3 mins read
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Kim Jong Un and daughter oversee North Korea's ICBM launch

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter, personally oversaw the recent test-firing of the country's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, state media images showed Friday.. Some of the images showed him watching the launch with his daughter -- never named by state media but identified as his second child Ju Ae by South Korean intelligence.

Thu, Mar 16, 2023 2 mins read
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Grey area: chilling past of world's biggest brain collection

Countless shelves line the walls of a basement at Denmark's University of Odense, holding what is thought to be the world's largest collection of brains.. - Unlocking hidden secrets - The collection, long housed in Aarhus in western Denmark, was moved to Odense in 2018.

Thu, Mar 16, 2023 3 mins read
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Their time to slime: who will be 'Mollusc of the Year'?

Will you choose beauty?. In a public vote ending Sunday, five species of soft-bodied invertebrates are vying to follow in the illustrious trail of previous winners, dubbed the "world's most beautiful snail" and "weirdest octopus". 

Thu, Mar 16, 2023 4 mins read
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The mafias of Italy: the old guard and the upstarts

Hollywood made the Cosa Nostra famous, but Italy has other organised crime groups, the youngest of which -- the "Fourth Mafia", based in Foggia in the southeast -- is making a violent name for itself.. - Foggia mafia - Sometimes referred to as Italy's "Fourth Mafia", the mafia operating across the vast province of Foggia in the southern region of Puglia is the country's youngest, and least evolved, with its origins in the Camorra.

Thu, Mar 16, 2023 2 mins read
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Northeast Brazil sees more fierce gang violence

Marauding attacks by gang members in northeast Brazil continued for a third night despite a beefed up presence of security forces, authorities said on Thursday.. It is very sad," Reinaldo Silva, a mason in Natal, told AFP. Authorities dispatched an additional 220 federal police to the state but reinforcements may climb as high as 800 in coming days, Justice and Security Minister Flavio Dino told CNN. At least 28 urban areas in the state have been hit by the disturbances this week, authorities said.

Thu, Mar 16, 2023 1 mins read
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