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Fears of fuel leak after two vessels collide near Gibraltar
Madrid: Emergency services are working around the clock to prevent an environmental disaster of a fuel leak in the port of Gibraltar following a collision between two vessels, the port authority said.…
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UN Security Council urges parties in Libya to preserve calm
United Nations: The UN Security Council has called on all parties in Libya to preserve the prevailing calm on the ground, and to refrain from violence or other actions that could escalate…
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Ex-cop gets record 10-yr sentence over US Capitol riots
New York: A federal jury in New York has sentenced a former police officer to a record 10-year prison term for assaulting law enforcement officials during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots,…
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Over 21 million under Covid lockdown in Chinese city
Beijing: More than 21 million people are under a Covid lockdown in Chengdu after a fresh outbreak was detected in the Chinese city, the media reported. On Thursday, Chengdu, the capital of…
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Chinese police crack down on dissidents ahead of party Congress
Beijing: The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in China has announced that it will hold its 20th National Congress on October 16 amid a mounting wave of censorship and curbs on the…
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Trump may have stashed classified docs in children’s homes, Trump Towers: Ex-attorney
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump is likely to have stashed copies of classified documents, seized in FBI raids from his Mar-a-Lago residence, in multiple locations across the country in an apparent…
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Typhoon Hinnamnor re-approaches Japan’s Okinawa
Tokyo: Typhoon Hinnamnor is re-approaching Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa amid unstable atmospheric conditions that are expected to lead to heavy downpours in the country’s western and eastern regions, the weather agency…
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China rejects UN report on Uyghur rights abuses in Xinjiang
Beijing: China has denounced a long-delayed U.N. report that was released over its protest and that says the government’s arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western…
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Pakistan using narco-terrorism in its proxy war against India
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): In order to target youths and channelling finance for Pakistan-backed terror activities, Islamabad is using narco-terrorism as a new weapon in its proxy war against India in…
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Asian Development Bank grants USD 3 million to support Pakistan’s flood response
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): Amid widespread floods across, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved a USD 3 million grant to support Pakistan’s emergency relief efforts. The grant, financed from…
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Monkeypox infections slowing in US: Experts
New York: There have been fewer new cases of monkeypox recorded recently in some big US cities and nationwide, but experts say it is too soon to tell if the trend will…
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South Korean, US to end 2-week combined exercise
Seoul: South Korea and the US are set to wrap up a major combined military exercise on Thursday, Seoul officials said. The allies have carried out the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise,…
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Russia bans 55 more Canadians from entry
Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that an additional 55 Canadian citizens have been indefinitely barred from entering the country in response to Ottawa’s anti-Russian sanctions. Also ReadIndian American charged with…
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Indian American charged with hate crime against another Indian American
Washington: An Indian-descent man has been charged with a hate crime against another Indian-descent man in perhaps the first of its kind case. California prosecutors have charged Tejinder Singh, 37 with hate…
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Drinking 2 cups of tea daily may help you live longer
New York: Those who drink more than two cups of tea every day are more likely to live longer than people who do not, says a new study. The study, published in…
