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UK announces armed forces upgrade against major threats
Britain said it would boost its "hollowed out" armed forces to make sure the country was prepared to face what the head of a defence review called a "deadly quartet," comprising China, Iran, North Korea and Russia.
The government named…
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Five dead in Italy as heatwave brings record temperatures
At least five people died in Italy over the weekend due to a heatwave that brought record-high temperatures across the country, local authorities and media reported on Monday.
Four people, aged 70 to 82, died in the southern Apulia…
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Two dead, four injured in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon
BEIRUT:
Two civilians were killed and four others wounded on Monday in Israeli airstrikes on border villages in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.
The military sources, who spoke anonymously, said that the…
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Novo Nordisk faces Capitol Hill scrutiny over Levemir insulin withdrawal
LONDON/WASHINGTON:
Democratic US Senate aides will meet with Novo Nordisk executives on Tuesday to discuss fallout from its decision to stop selling one of its long-acting insulins in the country, two sources familiar with the meeting…
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Peru’s convicted ex-president Fujimori, 85, seeks to run again
LIMA:
Alberto Fujimori, 85, who governed Peru with an iron fist for a decade and fled the country amid corruption scandals and human rights violations, plans to run for president amid a cloud of uncertainty and fractured politics.
His…
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Unity in US election rhetoric proves short-lived after Trump assassination
Donald Trump and Joe Biden have both stressed "unity" in the wake of the stunning assassination attempt on the Republican presidential contender, but any shift to a more civil political discourse is likely to be short-lived.
For months,…
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Elusive, black-shanked langur captured on camera after three-day search in Vietnam
A Black-shanked Douc, one of the most beautiful and elusive langurs, was recently photographed in Vietnam after three days of intensive searching. These langurs are notoriously difficult to capture on camera due to their shy nature and…
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Gas explosion in Chechnya kills five, injures 26
Five people were killed and 26 others injured after two gas cylinders exploded in Russia's Chechnya, local media reported Monday.
The explosion occurred at a construction site in the Bashin-Kali village of the region, TASS news agency…
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US judge dismisses Donald Trump’s classified documents case
MILWAUKEE:
A US judge dismissed one of Donald Trump's criminal cases on Monday, handing the Republican presidential candidate a major legal victory just hours before he was due to reveal his vice presidential running mate.
The…
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Syria’s Assad conditions meeting with Turkey’s Erdogan on resolving ‘core’…
DAMASCUS:
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday he would only meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan if the two countries could focus on the core issues of Ankara's support for "terrorism" and the pullout of Turkish forces…
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