World News
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1.3KPutin says Israel-Gaza conflict shows US ‘failure’ in Middle East
Moscow, (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday the Israel-Gaza conflict showed the “failure” of Washington’s Middle East policy and called the...
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686Why Biden was quizzed in classified documents probe
US President Joe Biden has been questioned as part of an investigation into the handling of classified documents found at his home...
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1.7KThree Palestinian journalists killed in Israel Gaza strike
Gaza, (AFP): Three Palestinian journalists were killed early Tuesday in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City, a media union and an...
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1.5KScientists bring after-sex antibiotic pill to prevent STIs
Washington, DC (AFP). Amid soaring rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, US health authorities on Monday proposed that doctors begin prescribing a...
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795President Biden vows to support Ukraine despite budget failure
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP): The future of US aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance after a last-gasp deal to avoid a government...
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899Musk says X will charge everyone to use the platform
Elon Musk said Monday he’s moving to require all users to pay a monthly fee to use his social media platform X,...
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677Spanish football chief Rubiales resigns over kiss scandal
Barcelona (AFP): Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales resigned from his post on Sunday because of the scandal caused by his kiss...
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886LIST: Iran, Saudi among six new countries joining BRICS bloc
Johannesburg, (VOA): The BRICS group of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is admitting six new members, its leaders...
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1.1KBiden calls China ‘ticking time bomb’ over economic woes
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that China’s mounting economic problems make the country a “ticking time bomb.” “China is a ticking...
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1.8KFULL STATEMENT: World Bank halts funding Uganda over Anti-gay law
WASHINGTON, (US): The World Bank has suspended all future funding for projects in Uganda, citing human rights violations after the enactment of...
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1.1K30 dead as Pakistan passenger train derails
At least 30 people have been killed and 100 injured when a train derailed in southern Pakistan, a police spokesman has confirmed....
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693Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan was arrested at his home in Lahore Saturday, police and officials said,...
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1.3KUganda govt defends self as ICC begins receiving torture testimonies
Uganda's government is rejecting claims that top officials, including President Yoweri Museveni and his son, were responsible for the torture of political...
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1.3KMexico: Mayor Victor Hugo marries reptile who he calls ‘princess girl’
Victor Hugo Sosa, mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a town of Indigenous Chontal people in the Tehuantepec isthmus of Mexico, took as...
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1.0KEuropean Union fears ‘weaker Putin’
Putin confronted the biggest challenge since he came to power in 1999 after Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin spearheaded a mutiny at the...
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1.6K‘A new era’: US approves sales of lab-grown meat to consumers
With the approvals, the United States will become the second country after Singapore to allow the sale of so-called cultivated meat, which...
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1.1KFormer Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86
Berlusconi had suffered ill health for years, from heart surgery in 2016 to a 2020 hospitalisation for coronavirus.
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48.0KSweden first country to register s3x as a ‘sport’, championship starts this week
Each day, competitors will engage in rigorous six-hour bonking sessions, with individual “matches” lasting between 45 minutes to an hour.
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Biden threatens to Sanction Uganda over tough Anti-gay Law, urges repeal
Biden said he had asked his National Security Council to assess what the law means for "all aspects of US engagement with...
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1.1KElon Musk says video and audio calls coming to Twitter
A messaging feature at Twitter would compete with an array of free services including Messenger, Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp.
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1.5KEight people killed in mass shooting at Texas Mall
Police have asked members of the public with video captured at the scene to contact the FBI, as they collect evidence.
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1.2KKing Charles III enthroned at first UK coronation in 70 years
Charles, 74, became the oldest sovereign yet to be crowned at London's Westminster Abbey, after a lifetime as heir to his late...
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1.7KGunman who killed 5 neighbors arrested after four-day manhunt
The arrest came as the FBI said it was working with law enforcement agencies nationwide and in Mexico in an expanded, four-day...
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868Freedom of the press under attack worldwide – UN
Speaking ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a rallying cry for journalists and media worldwide.
