BERLIN, Nov 2, (APP/AFP) – Unemployment in Germany sank in October to a new low since unification in 1990, official data showed Wednesday, as Europe’s top economy surprised analysts with a robust outlook. Analysts polled by financial services group Factset had predicted the October jobless figure to come in at 6.1 percent, but an economic […]
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German unemployment hits new low
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Russia declares 10-hour Aleppo ‘humanitarian pause’ on Friday
MOSCOW, Nov 2, (APP/AFP) – President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 10-hour truce on Friday in the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russian defence ministry said. “A decision was made to introduce a ‘humanitarian pause’ in Aleppo on November 4 from 9:00 am (0600 GMT) to 19:00,” the chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery […]
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France starts moving out remaining ‘Jungle’ camp children: AFP
CALAIS, France, Nov 2 (APP/AFP): French authorities on Wednesday started moving out the remaining 1,500 unaccompanied children living near the razed “Jungle” migrant camp in Calais to reception centres around the country. A first bus carrying 43 minors left the area around 8:30 am (0730 GMT), rapidly followed by a second one. More than 70 […]
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Vietnam orders probe into deadly karaoke fire
HANOI, Nov 2 (APP/AFP): Vietnam has ordered an investigation into a blaze which killed 13 at a karaoke bar and took five hours to put out, as officials said Wednesday some victims likely suffocated in windowless rooms. Most of the dead were government workers enjoying a staff party when the fire broke out Tuesday afternoon […]
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‘No hope’ of fair election in Gambia: Human Rights Watch
DAKAR, Nov 2, (APP/AFP) – Intimidation of opposition parties, media repression and politicised security forces have “all but extinguished” the chance of a free and fair election in the Gambia next month, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. In a report released a month ahead of a vote expected to deliver President Yahya Jammeh’s fifth term […]
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Japan rocket with manga art launches satellite into space
TOKYO, Nov 2 (APP/AFP): A Japanese rocket that fired a weather satellite into space on Wednesday was decked out in colourful manga in a bid to raise awareness among kids about the wonders of the universe. The H-IIA rocket carrying the Himawari-9 weather satellite blasted into a cloudy sky at the Tanegashima Space Center in […]