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31.10.2024 16:50 The European Union condemns in the strongest terms the execution in Iran of German-Iranian national Jamshid Sharmahd. The European Union offers its condolences to Mr. Sharmahd's family and expresses its full solidarity with Germany.

31.10.2024 16:50 As Defence prepares for a 'deluge' of intelligence data over the coming decade, the Defence Intelligence Group has briefed and challenged industry to provide innovative solutions, marking the first such engagement since its establishment in 2020.

31.10.2024 16:50 Authorities in North Korea are searching for the source of reports that North Korean soldiers had been sent to Russia to join in the Ukraine conflict, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

31.10.2024 16:50 North Korea's deployment of thousands of troops to help Russia fight its war against Ukraine has set alarm bells ringing in Western capitals. It has also prompted military analysts to look at Pyongyang's past involvement in foreign wars for any indication of what to expect.

31.10.2024 16:50 Thae Yong Ho, North Korea's former deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom, defected with his family to South Korea in 2016. At the time, he was the highest-ranking diplomat ever to defect to South Korea.

31.10.2024 16:50 The UN General Assembly on Wednesday once again urged the United States to end its economic, commercial, and financial embargo on Cuba, renewing a demand it has made annually since 1992.

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31.10.2024 16:50 British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is facing blowback for failing to condemn the Uyghur genocide at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing during a recent two-day trip to China.

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31.10.2024 16:50 Authorities in Hong Kong have vowed to keep pursuing thousands of people arrested for their part in the city's 2019 pro-democracy protests, rejecting suggestions that charges against some 6,000 people arrested but not yet charged could be allowed to lapse, in a sign that a crackdown on the movement will likely continue indefinitely.

31.10.2024 16:50 Faced with plummeting birth rates, nationwide kindergarten closures and young people who are increasingly choosing to stay single, authorities in China have announced incentives to encourage people to have kids, calling for "a new marriage and childbearing culture."

31.10.2024 16:50 Australia was one of the most successful nations in its pandemic response, but an investigation by the independent COVID-19 Response Inquiry finds the country was not adequately prepared for a pandemic.

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31.10.2024 16:50 The Australian Government joins the United Kingdom and other international partners in expressing serious concerns about Russia's continued use of disinformation globally, including efforts to justify its illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.