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  • ActualitésReuters

    Fire at Brazil guesthouse leaves at least 10 dead, 11 injured

    At least 10 people died and 11 were injured in the early hours of Friday morning in a major fire at a guesthouse in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre, said the Rio Grande do Sul state fire department, which is still searching for the missing. Junes da Silva said there is still no information on the possible causes of the fire. The facility did not have a license to operate as a guesthouse, nor did they have a fire-fighting plan, according to the fire department.

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  • Actualitésdpa international

    Zelensky warns of new Chernobyl disaster as Ukraine marks anniversary

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned against a repeat of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as the country marked the anniversary of the 1986 disaster at the power plant. "Europe's largest nuclear power plant near Zaporizhzhya has already been in the hands of Russian terrorists for 785 days," the head of state wrote on Telegram on Friday. He urged the international community to exert pressure on Russia to bring the power plant back under Ukrainian control. "And that all nuclear objects

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  • ActualitésAssociated Press

    British man charged with acting on behalf of Russia in plot to torch Ukrainian-linked business

    A British man accused of plotting to torch a London business connected to Ukraine has been charged with conducting hostile activity to benefit Russia, prosecutors said Friday. Dylan Earl, 20, is connected to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, which the U.K. government has declared a banned terrorist organization, prosecutors said. Earl is accused of fraudulent activity, research and reconnaissance of targets, and attempting to recruit others to assist a foreign intelligence service carrying out

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  • EntrepriseAssociated Press

    Online retailer Shein is latest to face strict European Union digital regulations

    Online fast-fashion retailer Shein must face the European Union's strictest level of digital regulations, the bloc said on Friday as it added the company to its list of big platforms that need extra scrutiny. The EU's Executive Commission said it formally classed Shein as a “very large online platform” under the 27-nation bloc's Digital Services Act, an expansive rulebook designed to clean up online platforms and keep internet users safe. Shein is a low-cost online retailer that was founded in

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  • ActualitésCNN

    Overrun Japanese town putting up eight-foot barrier to block tourist photos of Mount Fuji

    Fujikawaguchiko has become overrun with foreign tourists trying to get the perfect photo of Japan’s most famous mountain.

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  • ActualitésINSIDER

    Kim Jong Un tested a new rocket that could hit Seoul — and may aid Russia against Ukraine

    North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests for a new rocket which is capable of targeting South Korea.

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  • Actualitésdpa international

    Berlin police move to clear pro-Palestinian protest camp

    A protest camp in Berlin's government district voicing support for Palestinians and demanding an end to the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip has been banned by German police. About 150 police officers appeared at the 20 or so tents near the Chancellery in Berlin on Friday morning and demanded that the 20 or so people staying in the camp leave, a police spokesman said. Police also announced that the camp had been banned via loudspeaker. The protest camp pitched its tents at the site m

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