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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence, the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said the pullout would begin in January 2025. France has had up to 600 troops in […]
You think taking care of a baby is as simple as changing diapers, feeding, and rocking to sleep? Actually, it can be a lot more complicated than that. Imagine you’re in a quiet house, everything seems normal until the baby’s bright yellow eyes make you shiver. Diapers mysteriously disappear, refrigerator doors open to another space, […]
epa06052221 Portuguese soccer agent Jorge Mendes (C) arrives at court to testify as suspect in the framework of the tax fraud investigation ‘Falcao Case’ in Pozuelo de Alarcon, near Madrid, Spain, 27 June 2017. Mendes, agent of soccer players including Cristiano Ronaldo, Fabian Coentrao, Angel Di Maria, and coach Jose Mourinho, has to testify for […]
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email A farming chief has called on Keir Starmer to pause his “disastrous” reforms to agricultural inheritance tax in the latest blow to the prime minister over […]
Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images The 2024-25 iteration of NBA trade season is off and running. The Los Angeles Lakers might have already brokered its best deal. Those are big words, obviously, with the amount of time remaining before the Feb. 6 trade deadline, but L.A.’s recent trade for Dorian Finney-Smith felt like a master-class […]
Russia and Ukraine swapped more than 300 prisoners of war on Monday in an exchange brokered by the United Arab Emirates ahead of New Year’s Eve, officials from both countries said. The two sides have exchanged hundreds of captive soldiers since Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, in one of the […]
For the rest of his NFL career, Jayden Daniels may never produce another play more memorable than the Hail Mary touchdown he threw in October to win only his eighth career game. But that stunning, game-winning score to beat the Chicago Bears wasn’t the last clutch performance of Daniels’ rookie season. Because of his knack […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature South Korea reviewing plans for inspection of B737-800 fleet South Korea is reviewing plans to conduct a “special inspection” of all Boeing 737-800s in operation in the country, following Sunday’s crash, AFP has reported. “101 B737-800 series aircraft are currently in […]
Jimmy Carter, former US president and rights advocate, dies at 100 Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, a broker of peace in the Middle East in his time, and a tireless advocate for global health and human rights, has died, it was announced Sunday. He was 100 years old. A Georgia Democrat, […]
Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has passed away, according to a statement from his nonprofit organization, The Carter Center, on Sunday, 29 December 2024. Carter died peacefully at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he had been in hospice care since February 2023. He was surrounded by his […]