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Mar 30, 2025
New York [US], March 30: The Trump administration has ordered some French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with his executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programmes, highlighting the extraterritorial reach of U.S. policies and their potential impact on European corporate practices.
Denmark's prime minister to visit Greenland
Suspected pirate kidnapping: Three Chinese nationals missing from Ghana waters
Prince Harry accused of bullying
Hamas agrees to Gaza ceasefire proposal
Syria's president forms new transitional government
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American woman detained in Afghanistan released
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 30: An American woman who had been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since February has been released and is in "good...
Huge Istanbul protests over Imamoglu's arrest, imprisonment in Turkiye
Ankara [Turkiye], March 30: Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Turkiye's Istanbul have taken to the streets again, rallying against the government's decision to imprison...
Hundreds of Muslim worshippers feared dead, mosques destroyed
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 30: Hundreds of Muslim worshippers are feared to be among the more than 1,600 people who died in a powerful earthquake which...
Hamas ready to release more hostages during 50-day ceasefire
Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], March 30: The Palestinian Hamas says it is prepared to release five hostages still being held in the Gaza...
Trump-wary Austrian chancellor elected as ÖVP leader
Vienna [Austria], March 30: The conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) gave a landslide endorsement to Chancellor Christian Stocker as party leader at its conference in...
Skygazers in some parts of world marvel at partial solar eclipse
New York [US], March 30: Skygazers in some parts of the world have been enthralled catching the Moon passing between the Sun and the Earth,...
Thailand buildings built before 2007 not earthquake-proof
Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: A structural engineering expert has told the BBC that fewer than 10% of buildings in Bangkok are quake-resistant.
Myanmar quake toll passes 1,600
Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: Myanmar's military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 people, the...
Moscow accuses Kiev of stepping up attacks on energy facilities
Moscow [Russia], March 30: Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of intensifying its attacks on energy facilities in violation of a ceasefire in that sector agreed...
Danish minister hits back at 'tone' of US Vice President JD Vance's Greenland criticism
Copenhagen [Denmark], March 30: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on Saturday responded to criticism of Copenhagen's policy on Greenland made by US Vice President JD Vance during a visit to the Arctic territory.
Corsican mafia boss shot and killed in Bastia
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 28
Mar 29, 2025
Germany 'will not give in' to Trump car tariffs
Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-ravaged Congo
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Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine sinks in Red Sea off Egypt
US pushes for streamlining, tension over leak case not over
Billionaire Elon Musk 'buys' social network X again
Ukrainian President sets conditions for signing mineral deal with US
Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in major overhaul of US health agencies
