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Populist leader says it's 'time to put Sweden first' as he claims right-wing election victory

Jimmie Akesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats, said his party would be “a constructive and driving force.”
Jimmie Akesson, the leader of the anti-immigrant party Sweden Democrats, speaks at the party's election watch party in Nacka, Sweden, on Sept. 11, 2022.
Jimmie Akesson, the leader of the anti-immigrant party Sweden Democrats, speaks at the party's election watch party in Nacka, Sweden, on Sept. 11, 2022.
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Gun-toting woman holds up Beirut bank and leaves with her own savings, local TV reports

The woman said she needed the money to pay for her sister's cancer treatment. Lebanon’s banks have locked most depositors out of their savings amid the country's financial crisis.
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What happens next during the period of mourning for queen's death?

Few alive will have witnessed anything like the carefully orchestrated and detailed mourning and succession plans, including gun salutes, bells pealing across the land and millions gathering to pay tribute.
Image: Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II attend the opening of Parliament in the House of Lords in London in 2019.
Image: Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II attend the opening of Parliament in the House of Lords in London in 2019.

King Charles' staff told during queen’s mourning period that they could lose their jobs

The decision is “nothing short of heartless,” one of Britain's leading labor unions said.
Image: Presentation Of Addresses By Both Houses of Parliament To His Majesty King Charles III
Image: Presentation Of Addresses By Both Houses of Parliament To His Majesty King Charles III
12h ago

Is the rise of remote U.S. workers in Mexico City pricing out residents?

Housing activists in Mexico and some researchers say the digital nomad influx worsens inflation and transforms neighborhoods into expatriate bubbles.
People walk through the Coyoacan neighborhood
People walk through the Coyoacan neighborhood

The queen was not a gentle figurehead for many in Britain's former colonies

“Her majesty’s demise only reminds us of the independence struggle of all its colonies,” Devishankar Shukla, a clothing store worker, said in New Delhi. “We’d rather mourn the loss of our freedom fighters.”
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh with India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, centre, at the President's Palace, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh with India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, centre, at the President's Palace, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

Russia spent $300 million secretly interfering in foreign politics, U.S. says

Moscow has covertly funded political parties, officials and politicians in at least two dozen nations across four continents since 2014, according to a newly declassified intelligence review.
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15h ago

Prehistoric human skeleton found in Mexican cave flooded at end of last ice age

“We don’t know if the body was deposited there or if that was where this person died,” said cave-diving archaeologist Octavio del Rio.
Imae: pre-historic human skeleton
Imae: pre-historic human skeleton
17h ago

Fresh clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan after deadly fighting

The two countries blamed each other for violence along their border a day earlier that killed nearly 100 soldiers and raised international concern.
Image: ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-CONFLICT
Image: ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-CONFLICT

Under Covid lockdown, Xinjiang residents complain of hunger

The lockdown in Ghulja, a city in the far western Chinese region, is also evoking fears of police brutality among the Uyghur ethnic group.
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Religion cannot justify the ‘evil’ of war, Pope Francis says

Against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Francis challenged faith leaders at a conference in Kazakhstan to unite in promoting peace.
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