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Taliban offer 3-month ceasefire in return for prisoner release

The spokesman for the Afghan government’s negotiating team in Doha said the offer from the armed group was a ‘big demand’. The Taliban have offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of thousands of fighters held in prisons, a top Afghan government negotiator said on Thursday, as the …

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Europe’s Demographic Dip is a Challenge – Not a Disaster

By thinking more creatively, countries can turn the fact of ageing and declining populations into an opportunity.The COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated, at least temporarily, the global trend towards lower fertility rates. Statistics from late 2020, nine months after the first lockdowns kicked in, show a sharp decline in the …

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Magique ! Jupiter raccourcit le délai d’efficacité du vaccin (mais seulement en France)

L’efficacité du vaccin est désormais plus rapide en France que dans tous les pays européens. Formidable. Quel sera le prochain miracle ? Il aura suffi que le président Macron apparaisse à la télévision, avec la Tour Eiffel en arrière-plan, et annonce son nouveau plan de lutte contre le Covid-19, pour …

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