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Zelenskyy heads to London as Kyiv seeks more arms
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Zelenskyy heads to London as Kyiv seeks more arms

KYIV/LONDON: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due in London on Wednesday for only his second trip abroad since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, seeking additional…

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Roger Waters: Russia asks Pink Floyd's Roger Waters to speak on Ukraine arms at UN
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Roger Waters: Russia asks Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters to speak on Ukraine arms at UN

UNITED NATIONS: Russia has asked Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters to speak to the UN Security Council on Wednesday at a meeting that Moscow requested…

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Indian-origin shipping company director in Singapore sentenced to jail for fraud
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Indian-origin shipping company director in Singapore sentenced to jail for fraud

SINGAPORE: A Indian-origin former director of a shipbuilding company was sentenced to five years in jail here for cheating a financing firm of over SGD…

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Sub-Saharan Africa is 'new epicentre' of extremism, says UN
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Sub-Saharan Africa is ‘new epicentre’ of extremism, says UN

NAIROBI (KENYA): The new global epicentre of violent Islamic extremism is sub-Saharan Africa where people are increasingly joining it because of economic factors and less…

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Steady rains set off mudslides that kill at least 36 in Peru
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Steady rains set off mudslides that kill at least 36 in Peru

LIMA: Landslides triggered by steady rains swept mud, water and rocks into several villages in southern Peru, killing at least 36 people, authorities said on…

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Hong Kong court makes landmark ruling protecting transgender rights
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Hong Kong court makes landmark ruling protecting transgender rights

HONG KONG: Hong Kong‘s top court on Monday ruled that the policy of barring transgender people from changing their gender shown on ID cards unless…

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Beijing confirms balloon flying over Latin America is Chinese
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Beijing confirms balloon flying over Latin America is Chinese

BEIJING: China confirmed on Monday that a balloon identified by Washington and Bogota flying over Latin America is Chinese, after a similar device was shot…

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UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter in DR Congo
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UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter in DR Congo

KINSHASA: A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed and another wounded in an attack on their helicopter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…

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Pope planning India, Mongolia trips after Lisbon, Marseille
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Pope planning India, Mongolia trips after Lisbon, Marseille

Pope Francis said Sunday he is planning to visit India next year and is studying a possible trip to Mongolia later in 2023 in what…

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Colombia says 'object' spotted overhead after US warning over Chinese balloon
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Colombia says ‘object’ spotted overhead after US warning over Chinese balloon

BOGOTA: Colombia said an “object” had overflown its territory after Washington warned that a suspected Chinese spy balloon similar to the one shot down off…

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