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A blast at a home in central Mexico that doubled as an unauthorized fireworks producer killed at least seven people and injured 15 others, state officials said. “The explosion occurred inside a house where fireworks were being clandestinely manufactured and stored,” the Morelos state office of civil protection said late on Monday. The accident happened…
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French President Emmanuel Macron told allies Tuesday he plans to keep the government in place and not dissolve parliament, defying opponents and widespread public anger over his pensions reform. Police arrested another 234 people in Paris on Monday night during clashes between protesters and security forces, with several groups burning trash bins, bikes and other…
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A Singapore rights lawyer, one of a handful defending death-row convicts in the city-state, was suspended for five years on Tuesday for making “baseless” allegations against the judicial system. M. Ravi had told an online publication outside the Supreme Court in 2020 that the public prosecutor had been “overzealous in his prosecution”, after he helped…
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Montenegro’s President Milo Djukanovic, who is the country’s longest-serving leader, will face a run-off election against pro-European challenger Jakov Milatovic, official results have confirmed. Projections released after Sunday’s vote, which followed months of political deadlock, had already predicted the men would head to the April 2 second round of voting. Djukanovic got 35.4 percent of…
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Argentinian Jorge Sampaoli was sacked as coach of struggling Sevilla on Tuesday, with the club just off the relegation zone. “Sevilla FC have today relieved Jorge Sampaoli of his duties,” the club said in a statement. “Following the defeat at Getafe, which leaves the side just above the relegation zone, the club have decided to…