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19th Mar 2024

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Austria's ex-chancellor Kurz quits politics

Austrian former chancellor Sebastian Kurz, leader of the centre-right People's party (ÖVP) since 2017, suddenly announced on Thursday that he was quitting politics., The Guardian reported. Kurz became chancellor in 2017, but recently stepped down after being placed under investigation on allegations of corruption. Kurz said he was leaving politics to focus on his family since he recently became a father.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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