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Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit said on Friday she regretted her friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, seeking to contain one of the biggest scandals to hit the country’s royal family. The U.S. Justice Department’s release of millions of Epstein documents has sent shockwaves around the world, revealing the disgraced financier’s ties to prominent people, including the crown princess and top Norwegian politicians, business executives and diplomats. “I was manipulated and deceived,” Mette-Marit said in a tearful interview with public broadcaster NRK screened on Friday morning. “Of course, I wish I had never met him,” she said of Epstein. FILES SHOW FREQUENT CONTACT The…
China poses a pressing threat given its military build-up continues unabated and effective deterrence is needed to make sure any attack would be very risky for Beijing, Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Friday. China does not currently plan to invade Taiwan in 2027 and seeks to control the island without the use of force, the U.S. intelligence community said on Wednesday, striking a measured tone on one of the world’s biggest potential flashpoints. Beijing has stepped up pressure on Taiwan, which it views as its own territory, with frequent military drills. Taiwan’s democratically elected government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims. Speaking…
Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia’s largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Some in Australia’s Muslim and Jewish communities are angry over a fine line walked by the centre-left government since the Gaza war began, expressing concern for Palestinians, repeatedly urging a ceasefire, and backing Israel’s right to self-defence. Video images showed protesters interrupting proceedings about 15 minutes after Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke joined worshippers at Lakemba Mosque in western Sydney to mark the end of the Muslim fasting month of…
Leading European nations, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement, opens new tab on Thursday saying they were ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and would take steps to stabilise energy markets. This is the full text of the statement from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada: We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces. We express our deep concern…
A fire at a car parts factory in the South Korean city of Daejeon has injured 55 people, 24 of them seriously, the fire agency said on Friday. President Lee Jae Myung ordered the mobilisation of all available resources to deal with the fire and save lives, the presidential Blue House said in a statement. The National Fire Agency said it was concerned the number of injuries could rise at the blaze in Daejeon, about 160 km (99.42 miles) south of the capital Seoul. Firefighters were struggling to contain the fire as one of the two buildings affected had collapsed,…
United Arab Emirates authorities said on Friday they had dismantled a “terrorist network” funded and operated by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran, and arrested its members. According to the state news agency, the network was involved in “money laundering, financing terrorism and threatening national security.” here was no immediate comment from Hezbollah or Iran. Since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in late February, Tehran has launched large-scale missile and drone attacks across the Gulf, with the UAE among the most heavily targeted countries. Emirati officials say hundreds of strikes have been directed at the country, hitting sites including…
Myanmar’s parliament will start the process to elect a new president on March 30, officials said on Friday, a vote many analysts expect will be won by the head of the junta that seized power in a coup in 2021. Following a controversial election that was won by a military-backed party, the military and each of the upper and lower houses of the parliament will nominate a presidential candidate. After a vetting process, the parliament will elect one of the three as president, officials of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw said at an event that was broadcast by state media. The other two candidates…
The U.S. military’s request for $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran war met with stiff opposition in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, as Democrats and even some Republicans questioned the need for the money after large defense appropriations last year. A U.S. official confirmed a Washington Post report that the Department of Defense has asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion request to Congress to fund the war in Iran. President Donald Trump has not yet sent a request for the Senate and House of Representatives to approve the huge sum and his administration…
The escalation comes amid rising protection risks for civilians and aid workers, with three humanitarian personnel killed between 7 and 16 February in Jonglei and Upper Nile states, according to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA.Access to some of the worst-affected areas remains uneven despite renewed pledges by authorities to allow relief operations.Last Friday, Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher arrived in the country for a five-day mission to draw international attention to what he described as a deteriorating and underreported crisis.“So here in South Sudan, you have this perfect storm of climate change and conflict and inequality and poverty,” Mr.…
Every evening in Nairobi, a transaction happens that no algorithm has ever improved upon. Njeri watches the day thin out. The sukumawiki that was KES20 (roughly $0.15) at noon becomes KES10 ($0.08) at dusk. The bread that didn’t sell moves quietly to the woman two stalls away. The pig farmer swings by on Tuesdays. The broker takes the remainder at a price that has a thin margin but wastes nothing. No app. No notification. No ESG carbon offset report. What the tech industry calls food waste, Nairobi’s informal economy calls secondary inventory. The pig farmer on Nairobi’s periphery, documented by…
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