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President Biden tests positive for Covid-19
LAS VEGAS:
US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 while on a campaign trip to Las Vegas on Wednesday and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said.
President Joe Biden, 81, has tested positive for Covid-19, the…
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King Charles outlines Prime Minister Starmer’s legislative agenda
LONDON:
Britain's King Charles set out Prime Minister Keir Starmer's legislative agenda on Wednesday, promising a government of service focused on reviving the economy and tackling issues from an acute housing shortage to a cost of…
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Hezbollah leader warns of strikes on new Israeli areas if civilians targeted
BEIRUT:
Hezbollah will hit new Israeli targets if Israel keeps targeting civilians in Lebanon, the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday, saying there had been a spike in the number of non-combatants killed in…
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UN Security Council interrupted by protesters calling for release of Gaza hostages
UNITED NATIONS:
A meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Middle East was briefly interrupted on Wednesday when two protesters stood with signs and yelled for the release of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militants…
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Rethink NATO, troops to Mexico: Trump’s foreign policy plan
Republican former President Donald Trump is planning to fundamentally alter the US relationship with NATO should he win a second four-year term in office.
On the campaign trail, he has also floated sending armed forces into Mexico to…
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China adds wind, solar power equal to five nuclear plants weekly
A report by Sydney-based think tank Climate Energy Finance (CEF) said China was installing renewables so rapidly it would meet its end-of-2030 target by the end of this month — or 6.5 years early.
It's installing at least 10 gigawatts…
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Women, children make up one-third of wounded in Sudan conflict, MSF reports
DARFUR:
A third of those wounded in Sudan conflict are women or young children, MSF says
United Nations agencies and international aid groups must "come back and do more for the people of Sudan", the head of medical charity Doctors…
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Biden announces support for major SC reforms
US President Joe Biden is preparing to propose a major Supreme Court overhaul in the coming week that would include term limits for justices and an enforceable ethics code, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday citing two sources…
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Six foreigners found dead in Bangkok died of cyanide, Thai authorities report
BANGKOK:
Cyanide poisoning caused the deaths of six foreigners whose bodies were found in a room in a plush Bangkok hotel, Thai authorities said on Wednesday, with the suspected killer among the dead.
Traces of the rapid-acting,…
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Trump supports TikTok as US ban looms over ByteDance divestment
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he supports TikTok even as a potential ban looms if Chinese-parent company ByteDance fails to divest the short video app's US assets.
"I’m for TikTok because you need competition. If…
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