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‘Love wins’ say Greek lesbian couple as they wed at last

Danai Deligeorges and Alexia Beziki became one of the first gay couples in Greece to wed after parliament passed a bill last month allowing same-sex marriage.
Danai Deligiorgi and Alexia Beziki marry at the Athens Town Hall
Danai Deligiorgi and Alexia Beziki marry at the Athens Town Hall
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Ecuador extends its state of emergency by 30 days

President Daniel Noboa published the decree as his administration grapples with rising violence blamed on drug trafficking gangs.
Daniel Noboa
Daniel Noboa
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Venezuela sidelines any opponents of Maduro as it announces election date

Maduro's government has banned his strongest challenger from running and the remaining contenders lack enough political machinery for a viable campaign.
Nicolás Maduro
Nicolás Maduro
3h ago

Military clears Ospreys to fly again after a series of fatal crashes

Navy officials say they have identified a part that failed in a November crash that killed eight service members, but will not yet announce the finding publicly.
MV-22B Osprey at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, in Okinawa
MV-22B Osprey at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, in Okinawa

‘Dragon Ball’ creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68

The Japanese author died March 1 of a blood clot in his brain, his production company Bird Studio said in a statement on Friday.
Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama
Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama

France inscribes the right to abortion in its constitution as world marks International Women’s Day

While abortion is a deeply divisive issue in the United States, it’s legal in nearly all of Europe and overwhelmingly supported in France.
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, center, take part in a ceremony to seal the right to abortion in the French Constitution in Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, center, take part in a ceremony to seal the right to abortion in the French Constitution in Paris
5h ago

Gunmen abduct 287 students in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest

The attack occurred days after more than 200 people, mostly women and children, were abducted by extremists in northeastern Nigeria.
A woman cries as she calls out to the government to help and rescue school children that were kidnapped by gunmen in Chikun, Nigeria, on March 7, 2024.
A woman cries as she calls out to the government to help and rescue school children that were kidnapped by gunmen in Chikun, Nigeria, on March 7, 2024.

Sweden becomes NATO’s 32nd member as PM visits Washington

The accession of Sweden and Finland — which shares an 830-mile border with Russia — is the most significant expansion of the Western military alliance for decades.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm, Sweden on August 1, 2023.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm, Sweden on August 1, 2023.
5h ago

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un guides artillery firing drill in range of Seoul

Photographs published by state news agency KCNA showed balls of flame from artillery fire and Kim dressed in a black leather jacket and flanked by soldiers watching from a dug out.
Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un

India busts trafficking racket duping people into fighting for Russia in Ukraine

At least two men who went to Russia expecting to work as “helpers” in the army have died while fighting at the front, their families have said.
A Russian soldier patrols in a street of Mariupol
A Russian soldier patrols in a street of Mariupol
14h ago

Hong Kong’s new national security bill includes stiff penalties and more power to suppress dissent

The move deepens worries about erosion of the Chinese territory’s freedoms after Beijing imposed a similar law in 2020 that all but wiped out dissent.
Image: John Lee politics political
Image: John Lee politics political

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