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Kherson, Ukraine NEWS — A boom of artillery fire shook the ground as Olena opened the gate to the Kherson...
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NEWS — When EU lawmakers voted to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the bloc by 2035,...
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London NEWS — Europe’s banking stocks tumbled Friday in a sign that investors are still nervous that the recent crises...
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NEWS — Israeli opposition politicians on Thursday condemned a new law that would limit the ways a sitting prime minister...
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London NEWS — Switzerland’s banking crisis has been halted, the country’s central bank said Thursday as it hiked interest rates...
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Ottawa, Canada NEWS — President Joe Biden will make a long-awaited trip to America’s northern neighbor Thursday evening, a 24-hour...
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London NEWS — The last-minute rescue of Credit Suisse may have prevented the current banking crisis from exploding, but it’s...
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Paris NEWS — France’s powerful unions are coming out in force for a nationwide strike Thursday in a rejection of...
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Hong Kong NEWS — Taiwan announced Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Honduras as ties between the two worsen,...
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NEWS — Beijing, the sprawling Chinese capital and one of the world’s biggest cities, saw its population drop last year...
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NEWS — An investigative journalist who detailed allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against the former Haitian Football Federation (FHF)...
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NEWS — Canada saw record population growth in 2022, with immigration accounting for the vast majority of the 1.05 million...
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Warsaw, Poland NEWS — Britain’s Prince William made a rare, unannounced trip to Poland on Wednesday, meeting British and Polish...
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NEWS — The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by...
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As a growing number of lawmakers raise national security concerns about TikTok’s ties to China, and some experts worry about...
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NEWS — The world is facing a looming global water crisis that threatens to “spiral out of control” as increased...
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London NEWS — UK consumer prices jumped by 10.4% in February compared with a year ago, as food inflation hit...
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Hong Kong NEWS — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have made a sweeping affirmation of their...
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NEWS — All hormone contraceptives, including progestagen-only “minipills,” carry a small “excess risk” of breast cancer, according to a new...
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NEWS — As two autocrats traded tributes over a feast of quail, venison, Siberian white salmon and pomegranate sorbet, China...
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Hong Kong NEWS — Asia Pacific shares opened higher on Wednesday, tracking US gains, as investors awaited the US Federal...
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Fort Sill, Oklahoma NEWS — The Ukrainian soldiers waved and honked their horns as they drove along a dirt road...
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Hong Kong NEWS — Dozens of American companies are in Vietnam this week in hopes of pushing further into the...
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NEWS — The US is flying surveillance drones farther south above the Black Sea after a Russian jet collided with...
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NEWS — Ugandan lawmakers have approved a law which imposes a punishment of up to 10 years in prison for...
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NEWS — At least 11 people have been killed after a strong earthquake struck northeast Afghanistan on Tuesday, with tremors...
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NEWS — Every spring, Mona Gorjestani eagerly awaits the arrival of Nowruz. “I have wonderful memories of preparing for Nowruz...
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NEWS — As TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew prepares for his first congressional grilling on Thursday, much of the focus...
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Izium, Ukraine NEWS — A Russian soldier who allegedly shot a civilian in an extraordinary attack caught on camera by...
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Hong Kong NEWS — China has approved 27 foreign video games, including titles to be released by Tencent, NetEase and...
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NEWS — Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said late Monday that a strike destroyed Russian “Kalibr” cruise missiles that were being...
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Hong Kong NEWS — Stocks in the Asia Pacific region rose Tuesday as concerns about the global banking sector eased...
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NEWS — Sri Lanka on Monday secured a much-anticipated loan of about $3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
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NEWS — London’s Metropolitan Police Service has allowed predatory behavior to flourish within its force and failed to adequately protect...
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NEWS — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the US has formally determined that armed forces on...
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NEWS — Xi Jinping has landed in Moscow for meetings with Vladimir Putin, Russian state media TASS reported Monday, the...
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London NEWS — The US Federal Reserve and several other major central banks announced a coordinated effort Sunday night to...
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Rome, Italy NEWS — Hundreds took to the streets of Milan on Saturday to protest against moves by Italy’s new...
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NEWS — The chief of Russia’s Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin announced on Saturday that he plans to recruit...
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London NEWS — In one of the most significant escalations of military support to Ukraine from a NATO member since...
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NEWS — President Joe Biden on Friday said the International Criminal Court’s case against Russian President Vladimir Putin “makes a...
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Paris NEWS — Impromptu protests broke out in Paris and across several French cities Thursday evening following a move by...
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Lagos, Nigeria NEWS — Nigerians will on Saturday vote in delayed governorship polls, weeks after a controversial and disputed presidential...
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NEWS — The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian...
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Hong Kong NEWS — China’s central bank has made a surprise cut to the amount of money that banks must...
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Hong Kong NEWS — Rapper and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg is expanding his business empire yet again, this time branching out...
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Hong Kong NEWS — New Zealand will ban TikTok on all devices with access to its parliament by the end...
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NEWS — A secret plan drawn up by Russia’s security service, the FSB, lays out detailed options to destabilize Moldova...
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NEWS — The US has seen a “significant spike” in aggressive Russian military flights in Syria this month, the commander...
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NEWS — Here’s a look at the 2008 military conflict between Russia and Georgia. The conflict centered on South Ossetia...
