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US President Joe Biden announced new military assistance for Ukraine during a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, according to the White House statement. A US official said the military aid was worth $125…
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MONTREAL: Workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) are set to go on strike on Monday, as announced by the Teamsters union on Friday. Thes development introduces a fresh threat to Canada’s economy, just days after the workers returned…
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WASHINGTON: Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Friday that he has ended his campaign and endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump, concluding a presidential bid that began as a Democrat. Kennedy, a…
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Multiple US Secret Service agents have been placed on leave following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last month, media outlets reported on Friday. Fox and CBS reported that at least five Secret Service members…
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Russia's security services shot dead four inmates on Friday who had taken hostages at a penal colony, fatally stabbed four of its staff and posted online videos describing themselves as Da'ish militants, officials said. "Snipers of the…
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THAILAND: Thai rescuers used hoes on Friday to search muddy, forested terrain for debris and the remains of nine people aboard a charter flight that crashed the day before, authorities said, with all the travellers presumed dead. Five…
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A former Israeli captive in Gaza denied reports suggesting that she had been beaten and had her hair cut while in detention. In an Instagram post on Friday, Noa Argamani said: "I can't ignore what has been going on in the media here in…
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GAZA: A Hamas official on Friday accused Israel's prime minister of refusing to agree to a final truce accord for Gaza, where the presence of Israeli troops on the Egyptian border remained a major sticking point. An Israeli team was…
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The Taliban has introduced stringent new laws in Afghanistan, targeting the presence of women in public spaces. Approved by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the rules were announced on Wednesday and focus on aspects of daily life,…
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Retired Israeli Major General Yitzhak Brik warned on Thursday that Israel could face “collapse within a year” if its current war against Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanese movement Hezbollah continues.  “The country really is…
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