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Lukashenko invites Wagner mercenaries to train Belarusian military
The President offered the invitation during a speech on Friday, CNN quoted the Belarusian state news agency Belta as saying. “Unfortunately, they (Wagner mercenaries) are not here... And if their instructors, as I already told them, come and pass on combat experience to us.
Ex-Brazilian Prez Bolsonaro barred from running for office for 8 yrs
On Friday, five out of seven judges found Bolsonaro guilty, dashing his hopes of making a political comback in the next presidential election slated to take place in 2026, reports CNN. The case stems from a meeting Bolsonaro held with foreign ambassadors in July 2022.
Unesco approves US proposal to rejoin organisation
During an Extraordinary Session of the General Conference on Friday, 132 member states voted in favour, while Russia, North Korea, Palestine, Belarus, China, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Nicaragua, Syria voted against the return of the US to the organisation, reports Xinhua news.
471 arrested in France as violence continued for 4th night
In a statement, he said a "downturn" was witnessed in the unrest on Friday, with 471 arrests compared to the 917 the previous night, reports the BBC.Although the situation in the Paris region was calmer in the Paris region, things remained tense in Marseille and Lyon, he added.
Russia extends ban on transportation of goods by trucks from unfriendly countries
"The ban on international road transport of a number of goods on the territory of Russia by vehicles of unfriendly states has been extended until December 30, 2023," said the document on Friday as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.
EU leaders fail to reach consensus on migration
Poland and Hungary continued to oppose a proposed obligation for EU countries to welcome migrants to their land or else pay a fee of 20,000 euros ($21,826) for each migrant, Xinhua news agency reported.
US Supreme Court strikes down Biden administration's student loan debt relief plan
In a 6-to-3 decision along ideological lines, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Biden administration's arguments that the plan was lawful under a 2003 law called the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act (HEROES Act).
Violence continues in France after police officer fatally shot teen
"Last night, our police officers, gendarmes and firefighters bravely faced once again rare violence," the Minister said on Friday on social media, adding that the security forces, following his "firm instructions," arrested 667 people across the country.
China hiding trillions of dollars of forex reserves
Those funds have been hidden in the state banks, and largely escaped scrutiny, Brad W. Setser, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Economic Analysis in the US Department of the Treasury, wrote in The China Project. Institutions that report to China’s central government probably have closer to $6 trillion in foreign assets than the $3.12 trillion reported in December 2022.
UK Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith quits, criticises Rishi Sunak
Taking to Twitter, Goldsmith, in a two-page resignation letter, posted: "It has been a privilege to have been able to make a difference to a cause I have been committed to for as long as I remember. But this govt's apathy in the face of the greatest challenge we face makes continuing in my role untenable. Reluctantly I am therefore stepping down."
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