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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Serge Atlaoui, 61, was sentenced to death in 2007 after being convicted of involvement in an MDMA manufacturing operation. At the time of his arrest, he claims he was a welder installing equipment at what he believed was an acrylics factory. Indonesian police accused him of being a "chemist" at the site. Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, with around 530 prisoners currently on death row, according to data from the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections. However, the country has not carried out an execution since 2016. In December, Indonesia returned Filipina national Mary Jane Veloso.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Cristiano Ronaldo says he hasn’t seen anyone better than him in football history. Ronaldo conceded during the interview that many fans prefer the Argentine forward. During the interview, Ronaldo said that statistics back up his claim to be the best. Ronaldo topped Forbes’ 2024 list of the best paid athletes as earnings off the pitch reached $60m. Ronaldo isn’t contemplating retirement from club or international football.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 10:47:57

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The death toll from a gas tanker truck explosion jumps to 18, police and hospital officials say. Police initially said five people were killed and about two dozen others were injured. Another 13 people have died in the week since the Jan. 27 blast.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 10:39:51

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Record-breaking snowfall falls on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido. Heavy snow and traffic disruptions came just as popular snow festival began. No injuries or major damage have been reported.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Trump blamed his predecessors’ diversity hiring policies. But during Trump’s first term, the same programme existed to hire people with disabilities. The FAA incorporated the policy into its diversity hiring programme. In 2018, Trump jettisoned the use of the biographical assessment; Biden did not reinstate it. In an April 11, 2019, press release, the agency said a key focus was to “identify specific opportunities for people with targeted disabilities” The agency continually highlighted its diversity hiring initiatives, including its aims to hire people with disabilities, from 2013 until Trump retook office in 2025. Banning TikTok Trump criticised Biden’s stance, which called for banning the popular video app in 2024. USDA data shows 108 million egg-laying chickens died since 2022. It’s unclear how many were euthanised or died of the virus. What Trump did: A USDA bird flu response plan incorporated policy guidance based on lessons from avian influenza outbreaks during the Obama administration. In 2019, Harris said she supported allowing gender-affirming surgery for people in federal prisons. But a similar policy existed during Trump’s first term, in keeping with federal law. What Trump said: Harris “supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens”. 740 families were told they had to leave the rooms because they were no longer eligible. They were given three weeks’ notice to find shelter. A February 16, 2018, FEMA news release about Texas hurricane victims said “criteria review” would determine who no longer qualified.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 11:50:27

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The body of an 82-year-old woman was found on Tuesday in a paddock near Ingham. The rain drove hundreds from their homes, washed out an important bridge and blocked drinking water supplies. Queensland’s north coast is regularly battered by tropical storms, but the destruction caused by this week’s downpour was “quite frankly incredible” Rising ocean temperatures due to climate change have increased the frequency of such events in Australia. Meanwhile, scorching temperatures were recorded on the other side of Australia, with parts of Western Australia warned of an extreme or severe heatwave.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Israeli army says the attack took place at the Tayasir checkpoint near Jenin. The attacker opened fire from close range on a soldier coming out of a bunker. At least 70 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded this year. Israel’s attacks in the Tulkarem refugee camp have displaced three-quarters of Palestinians from the area. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials, condemned the Israeli attacks.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Venancio Mondlane, Mozambique’s main opposition leader, made his return home after two months in self-imposed exile. As he emerged at the gates of Maputo International Airport, he knelt on the ground clutching a Bible and offered a prayer for his homeland. He claimed the government was perpetrating an “silent genocide” by abducting and executing members of the opposition to hide obvious irregularities in the October 9 elections. More than 300 people, including several children, have died in the violence in the past three months. The dispute over the elections has also wreaked economic chaos in Mozambique and the wider region. Frequent large-scale protests began to disrupt commerce while vandalism and looting became commonplace. Mozambican civil society organisations urged South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene to resolve the standoff between Frelimo and the opposition. They asked him to help resolve the prevailing crisis. The petition was lodged in Pretoria, the SADC Troika responsible for matters relating to politics, defence and security. The troika mandated the SADC Panel of Elders and a ministerial committee to engage with the Mozambican government and key leaders of the opposition. The election observer mission had eagerly endorsed the October 9 polls, declaring that they were “professionally organised” and took place in an “orderly, peaceful and free atmosphere” Mozambique is ranked 183 out of 189 countries on the 2023-2024 United Nations Human Development Index. With a national poverty rate of 74.7 percent, it is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world despite an abundance of natural resources. If left to fester, the wounds opened by electoral irregularities could easily plunge Mozambique into devastating internal conflict. There is, however, no guarantee that another group will choose to follow the same strategy in the future. The SADC must get its act together now, stop appeasing the ruling party. The SADC must act now and put in place provisions to prevent a repeat of the past three months in the next election cycle. If it fails to do so, it will risk becoming thoroughly irrelevant and condemning Mozambique to being reduced to a failed state in the not so distant future.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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The roughly 10,000 soldiers that Pyongyang is believed to have sent to fight alongside Russian forces have been absent from the front line for several weeks. The report supports claims from Ukraine and US media on the withdrawal of the troops. North Korean units have halted combat operations in Russia’s Kursk region “since mid-January” Kyiv and the West have denounced the involvement of North Korean troops as a major escalation in the three-year conflict since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbour. Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare visit to the nuclear-armed North and signed a mutual defence element. Izyum was occupied for several months before being retaken by Ukraine. Russian forces have been making gains in eastern Ukraine over recent months thanks to superior troop numbers and weapons supply. Ukraine is nervously eyeing the return of Donald Trump to the United States presidency.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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The stakes have never been higher in Antarctica. An international treaty protects this fragile ecosystem. Can it withstand the mounting pressure of economic interests?

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Author: Ana Swanson and Chris Buckley
Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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China responds swiftly on Tuesday to the tariffs President Trump promised. China announced a fusillade of countermeasures targeting American companies and imports of critical products. The Chinese government came back with a series of retaliatory steps. Trump agreed to pause the tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30 days. Chinese authorities rolled out the measures aimed at punishing American companies. China’s counterpunches suggested an effort to hurt American businesses. China announced new restrictions on exports of tungsten, tellurium, molybdenum and other metals. China’s measures included an additional 10 percent tariff on crude oil, agricultural equipment, larger cars and pickup trucks. One of the companies, PVH, had already been placed under investigation by Chinese regulators in September. Trump’s executive order ended a popular workaround that many Chinese companies had used to send goods to the United States without paying the tariffs that the president imposed in 2018. The provision, known as de minimis, allowed popular e-commerce companies like Shein and Temu to send billions of dollars of products from Chinese factories directly to American consumers without tariffs. Mr. Trump has accused China of failing to do enough to stop the export of fentanyl and the chemicals that are used to make it. “There is no winner in a trade war or tariff war, which serves the interests of neither side nor the world,” the spokesman said. Mr. Trump waged an intense trade war with China during his first term. He ratcheted up tariffs on China and ultimately applied tariffs to about 60 percent of the country’s exports to the United States. Trump’s move to impose tariffs on some of America’s largest trading partners is threatening to fracture the global trading system in China’s favor. A growing number of countries, including American allies, are forging their own economic partnerships without the United States as Washington puts up a higher fence around its trade. Canada’s Retaliation Plans: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out more than $100 billion in retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.

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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Ali hsan Solak, a retired man with a passion for flowers, has hung 40 of these boots on a wall opposite his house. Solak plans to decorate the entire wall with more plants.

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