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France gets help from EU neighbours as wildfires rage

Firefighting teams and equipment from six EU nations started to arrive in France on Thursday to help battle a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest that has forced thousands to evacuate. Most of the country is sweltering under a summer heatwave compounded by a record drought -- conditions most experts [...]

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Island visit: UAE President pays official call on Seychelles' President

Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan received the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday, who is currently visiting Seychelles. This is the first time that the UAE President made an official call on Ramkalawan at State House since assuming office. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected on Saturday, May [...]

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EU's BlueInvest Africa Forum: Seychelles-based businesses to promote Blue Economy

Four Seychelles-based businesses will take part in the first edition of the BlueInvest Africa Forum, a European Union initiative to promote the Blue Economy, that will take place in Seychelles on September 6-8. The event will be held under the patronage of Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalwan, who was named as one of the two patrons [...]

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Sri Lankan ex-leader arrives in Bangkok after fleeing protests

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday arrived in Bangkok after his visa ran out following a month-long stint in Singapore where he had taken refuge from protesters at home. The deposed leader landed on a private jet at Don Mueang International Airport around 8pm local time (1200 GMT), a senior Thai official said. [...]

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Ukraine is telling people in this city to flee, but many are not listening

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told citizens they need to leave eastern Ukraine, because they can't be supported through winter. Yet some residents are not leaving even in places where the shelling is heaviest. CNN's Nic Robertson has more. Source: Latest CNN News

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The Washington Post: FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence for classified nuclear documents

The FBI sought to locate classified documents related to nuclear weapons, among other items, when agents searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, this week, people familiar with the investigation told The Washington Post. Source: Latest CNN News

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Watergate whistleblower has warning for Trump

Former Nixon White House counsel John Dean joined CNN's Wolf Blitzer to discuss Attorney General Merrick Garland's press conference and the Justice Department's move to unseal the FBI warrant authorizing a search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. Source: Latest CNN News

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