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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Jackie Chen pleaded not guilty, but Deputy District Judge May Chung ruled that Chen had made unfounded accusations against police. After the ruling, she reassured her supporters in the public gallery, shouting that she would be fine. The case went to retrial after an appeal from Hong Kong’s Secretary for Justice. Beijing responded with a sweeping national security law, leading to the prosecution of many activists. Authorities claim the law has restored stability.

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Author: JANVIER BARHAHIGA Associated Press, CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 12:52:20

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Eastern Congo had been the epicenter of an mpox outbreak, spurred by a new form of the virus that quickly spread to African neighbors. But as the M23 rebel group moved into the region's largest city of Goma on Jan. 26, the conflict has hindered efforts to contain the virus and treat patients. Insecurity has disrupted everything, doctors and patients say. Congo saw a 31% weekly increase in mpox cases last week, bringing the total to 16,255. Only seven out of 26 provinces reported cases in the region last week. The Miti Murhesa treatment center is fast running out of supplies. Only two of the four treatment centers in the zone are currently functional. Many patients in Miti Murhe have had to “choose between staying under fire or fleeing” the rebels, Dr. Cikuru says.

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Author: Tamsin Paternoster
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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"We're working towards a just and lasting peace," Yermak tells reporters. "only way" to prevent suffering was to talk about concessions, implying US would be asking for Kyiv to reconsider changes to its peace plan. Russian officials say they would propose a ceasefire covering the Black Sea region, missile strikes, release of Ukrainian prisoners held in Russia. Ukraine's envoy for Crimea insists any deal should contain real security guarantees. The US paused military support and intelligence sharing between Washington and Kyiv. Ukraine has stood by its long-standing position that it would cease hostilities. People living in Crimea can be prosecuted for any connection to or sign of support for Ukraine. To reach Ukrainian-controlled territory, they must travel through Russia and Belarus, which is extremely dangerous. Residents must pass through so-called filtration camps, where they are interrogated. In the first months of Russia's full-scale invasion, many of these centres were also recorded in other occupied parts of Ukraine. Crimean Tatar Leniye Umerova was detained by Russian authorities while crossing the Georgian-Russian border. She was then abducted by security forces, taken to an unknown location, and later transferred to a facility in Beslan. Critics say these camps and centres violate international humanitarian law. In September 2024, Umerova returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange. "Capturing and torturing hostages is an act of terrorism," Ukrainian ombudsman Lubinets says. Russia kills Ukrainian citizens daily, publicly and cynically, he adds. Ukrainian outlet Euromaidan Press reported that occupied Crimea has undergone a "massive demographic shift" since 2022, at least 20,000 residents have also been forcibly conscripted into the Russian army. ADVERTISEMENT Kuryshko said that daily life in Crimea is marked by constant fear.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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US and Ukrainian officials begin talks in Saudi Arabia to find a way to end the war with Russia. Donald Trump accused Ukraine’s president of not being serious about a peace deal.

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Author: JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 12:29:27

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán: commercial grocers must limit wholesale price to no more than 10%. He says the government will monitor grozers' compliance with the policy. Inflation data showed an annual inflation rate of 5.6% for February, while food prices were up 7.1% on the year. By contrast, average inflation in the 20-member eurozone was 2.4% in February. Extreme jumps in food prices have spurred previous government interventions in Hungary that included price caps on a number of food items as well as fuel at filling stations. But critics and economists argued sellers simply raised prices on other products to make up for shortfalls caused by price controls. The inflation numbers present a challenge for Orbán as Hungary's economy continues to struggle before a national election in 2026.

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Author: KANIS LEUNG Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 07:00:17

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Jackie Chen was part of a group of social workers who often carried a loudspeaker seeking to mediate between police and protesters during the social unrest. She was freed at her first trial in September 2020, but the secretary of justice appealed and a court ordered a retrial by another judge. The maximum sentence for rioting in Hong Kong is 10 years, but the sentences at the district court are capped at seven years. Chen could also lose her license. The 2019 protests were sparked by a proposed extradition law that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent to the mainland for trial.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 09:01:05

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At least 12 people have died in a bus crash in the South African city of Johannesburg, officials say. ByThe Associated Press says the bus crash killed 12 people.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 11:01:45

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Polls open in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday. The self-governing region of Denmark is home to 56,000 people. It also contains rare earth minerals key to driving the global economy.

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Author: NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 05:15:48

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Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death. The 88-year-old pope is responding to the sometimes morbid interest in the health of popes over centuries. Pope Francis is making his own the somewhat-mixed legacy of St. John Paul II. Francis, who at the time was the archbishop of Buenos Aires, referred to the saying again in 2018 in a speech to priests. The Argentine journalist and physician, Dr. Nelson Castro, revealed in his book “The Health of Popes” that Francis had reached out to him within a few months of his 2013 election. Francis said he saw a psychiatrist weekly during six months of Argentina’s military dictatorship. Francis had sought out help to manage his anxiety when he was trying to hide people from the military and ferry them out of Argentina. He said the therapy also helped him maintain a sense of equilibrium in making decisions of all kinds. As early as 2014 Francis was already assuming his papacy would be short-lived and that his own death was not far off.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Kotoz is a researcher in Arab food history and a Palestinian chef. They start this first episode in Helsinki, Finland, where they find The Book of Dishes. It describes ninth-century rivalries, including a singer-musician called Ziryab.

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Author: SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press, BASSEM MROUE Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 12:13:13

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The Haydar family huddled in their apartment while gunmen stalked their hometown of Baniyas. After 24 terrifying hours, a friend helped Samir Haydar, his wife and two sons escape. This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of a country torn by 14 years of civil war. Assad filled his security agencies and paramilitaries with members of the sect. Some Sunnis blame the entire community for Assad’s brutal crackdowns. Alawites say they also suffered under his rule. Rafik Haydar said armed men went into the building of one of his elder brothers. He said he saw fighters shoot a neighbor at the entrance of a nearby building. One fighter turned the body over to ensure he was dead. His father and the rest of the men were killed, Ali Sheha said. Haydar and his family escaped with help from a friend who negotiated for hours with the gunmen. The friend said that at one point, gunmen shoved and hit him, criticizing him for harboring Alawites. By the time they left, they had killed 25 members of her family, including her father and nine children between the ages of four and 15.

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Author: Ted Regencia
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Rodrigo Duterte was immediately taken into police custody on Tuesday at the Manila international airport following his arrival from Hong Kong. The arrest marks the first time a leader in the Philippines will be facing a case before an international tribunal. Duterte ran for president in 2016 on a single issue of fighting crime in the Philippines. After taking office on June 30, 2016, he immediately launched his deadly campaign. Over his six years in office, more than 7,000 people were killed in official anti-drug operations. Marcos Jr repeatedly rejected the ICC’s jurisdiction over the Philippines and on the Duterte case. In July 2023, just a year into his presidency, he categorically declared that the Philippines “will not cooperate” with the international body “in any way, shape, or form”. Marcos Jr would reiterate the same line during his visit to Germany in March 2024. But the political equation that undergirded that position on the ICC has changed. The political alliance began to crumble when supporters of the Duterte family called for Marcos’s ouster. "You will just have to kill me if I will not comply," Duterte said in a video clip. He was arrested as soon his plane landed in the Philippine capital on Tuesday. In another video posted on Instagram, he asked authorities, “What is the law and what is the crime that I committed?” Salvador Panelo, Duterte’s former legal adviser, described the arrest as “unlawful” Senator Ronald dela Rosa has also questioned the arrest. Rise Up, a group of women whose family members or children were among those killed in the drug war, also welcomed the arrest and promised to “stay vigilant and see through” the prosecution. The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) said the arrest is the beginning of accountability for the mass killings that defined his brutal rule.

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