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Chad goes to the polls Sunday for legislative, provincial and local elections that are presented by the government as the last stage of a political transition after three years of military rule, but are being boycotted by the opposition. FRANCE 24’s Correspondent Harold Girard reports. Source link
Voters in Chad are going to the polls on Sunday for legislative, provincial and local elections after three years of military rule. The elections are being boycotted by opposition candidates, who claim that last year’s presidential election was fraudulent. Source link
A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike and adverse weather conditions were cited by authorities as likely causes of the crash according to officials. Source link
Australia vs India Test: Team India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah created history on Sunday (29 December). He has become the first bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 200 wickets at an average of less than 20. Bumrah, who is playing his 44th Test match for India these days against Australia in Melbourne, … Read more
India has shown no signs of complying with Bangladesh’s formal request from New Delhi to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Hasina fled to India earlier this year amid massive student-led protests against her rule. Bangladesh’s foreign affairs adviser Mohammad Tauheed Hossain told local reporters earlier this week that the country’s interim government had informed … Read more
Skip to next section Officials say bird strike, weather investigated as causes of crash 12/29/202429 December 2024 Officials say bird strike, weather being investigated as causes of crash South Korean authorities are investigating whether bird strike and adverse weather conditions were the cause of the Jeju Air plane crash that killed at least 120 passengers … Read more
Far-right former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgia’s new president Sunday. His predecessor Salomé Zourabichvili has vacated the presidential palace in Tbilisi but maintains that she is the country’s “only legitimate president”. Source link
Russia will abandon its moratorium on deploying short- and medium-range missiles, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state media Sunday, citing the US’s decision to deploy such weapons across the world. Washington with Drew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty in 2019. Source link
Croatia goes to the polls Sunday to vote on the largely symbolic post of president, with outspoken incumbent Zoran Milanovic leading opinion polls. The election is likely to go to a run-off in two weeks. Source link
