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Wagner mercenary leader issues defiant audio statement as uncertainty swirls after mutiny
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Wagner mercenary leader issues defiant audio statement as uncertainty swirls after mutiny

The leader of the Wagner mercenary group defended his short-lived insurrection in a boastful audio statement Monday, but uncertainty still swirled about his fate, as…

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Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria
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Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria

ABUJA: A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river, upending livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities…

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New Zealand PM heads to China with two air force jets due to breakdown fears
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New Zealand PM heads to China with two air force jets due to breakdown fears

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins took two air force jets with him on a trip to China in case the one he was traveling…

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Rebel Russian mercenaries will turn back to avoid bloodshed, leader says

ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH: M utinous Russian mercenary fighters who surged most of the way to Moscow have agreed to turn back to avoid bloodshed, their leader said…

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Wagner: 5,000 men are in Wagner convoy approaching Moscow - source close to Russian-backed Donetsk leaders
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Wagner: 5,000 men are in Wagner convoy approaching Moscow – source close to Russian-backed Donetsk leaders

A convoy of mutinous Wagner fighters approaching the outskirts of Moscow by road contains about 5,000 men led by senior Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin, a…

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Prigozhin, the mercenary chief urging an uprising against Russia’s generals, has long ties to Putin

Once a low-profile businessman who benefited from having President Vladimir Putin as a powerful patron, Yevgeny Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight with Russia’s war…

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Modi: PM Modi arrives at Cairo hotel to rousing welcome from Indian diaspora | India News
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Modi: PM Modi arrives at Cairo hotel to rousing welcome from Indian diaspora | India News

CAIRO: After landing in Egypt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at a hotel in Cairo amid a rousing welcome and chants of ‘Vande Mataram’ and…

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Putin: Key moments in Vladimir Putin's rule
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Putin: Key moments in Vladimir Putin’s rule

PARIS: From the rise of the former KGB officer to the Kremlin to his invasion of Ukraine and a mutiny by the Wagner rebels who…

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Singapore holds first LGBTQ rally since gay sex decriminalised
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Singapore holds first LGBTQ rally since gay sex decriminalised

SINGAPORE: Hundreds of people wearing pink attended Singapore’s annual ‘Pink Dot’ LGBTQ rally on Saturday, the first to be held since the city-state decriminalised gay…

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Mishra: Fake admission: Jalandhar immigration consultant Brijresh Mishra arrested in Canada
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Mishra: Fake admission: Jalandhar immigration consultant Brijresh Mishra arrested in Canada

BATHINDA: Immigration consultant Brijesh Mishra, who had an office in Jalandhar, has been arrested by Canadian authorities on charges of offering immigration advice without a…

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