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NAIROBI: Kenyan police detained several individuals on Thursday as they attempted to present a petition to the president’s office and lay flowers in memory of those killed during the most violent day of recent anti-government…
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VIENTIANE: Russia and China are working together to create a more equitable multipolar world order, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday. Speaking at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Vientiane, Laos’…
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ALASKA: Russian and Chinese nuclear-capable strategic bombers conducted joint patrols near the US state of Alaska on Thursday. The manoeuver prompted both the United States and Canada to scramble fighter jets. The patrols included…
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Eighteen people were killed in Nepal when a small passenger plane crashed while taking off from the main airport in the capital Kathmandu, drawing attention once again to the Himalayan nation's poor record on air safety. Here is a look…
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Relatives of the 18 dead in an airplane crash in Nepal have yet to hear from the government or the airline on the possible cause of the disaster, they said a day after the small jet went down during take-off at the airport in Kathmandu,…
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The first time President Joe Biden's administration considered ordering the US military to build a floating pier off Gaza to deliver aid in late 2023, it was put on the backburner. The United States was under pressure to ease the…
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The death toll from student protests in Bangladesh rose to 201 Thursday with four more people dying in the capital Dhaka and the surrounding area as a crackdown intensified against opposition parties, according to officials and local…
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TOKYO: Japan's Nissan Motor slashed its annual outlook on Thursday after deep discounting in the United States almost completely wiped out the automaker's first-quarter profit. The figures confounded the expectations of analysts who…
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South Korean police are probing three Chinese students over alleged filming of a US aircraft carrier that recently visited the East Asian country, local media reported on Wednesday. Busan police are investigating the Chinese students…
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The 2024 Summer Olympics will see the Games return to Paris after a century, with the French capital previously hosting the world’s biggest sporting event in 1900 and 1924. The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics will kick off on…
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