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Australia announces $118 million deal to enhance policing in Solomon Islands
MELBOURNE: Australia announced on Friday it will pay for more police in Solomon Islands and create a police training center…
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Canada’s Trudeau to shuffle his Cabinet amid resignation calls and rising discontent
TORONTO: Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his Cabinet Friday. The prime minister’s office confirmed late Thursday that…
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Pakistan’s missile program is ‘emerging threat’, top US official says
WASHINGTON: A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could…
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‘You always feel vulnerable’: Britons impacted by no-fault evictions
LEWES, United Kingdom: Sitting by the fireplace in her house in the south of England, Jackie Bennett recalls the shock…
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Sri Lanka navy rescues boat of 100 Rohingya refugees
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler…
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South Korea’s acting president to veto opposition-sponsored bills, deepening political strife
SEOUL: South Korea’s acting leader said Thursday he would veto a spate of contentious bills sponsored by the main opposition…
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Trump brings chaos back to Washington by attempting to kill bipartisan budget deal
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump delivered a probable death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations on Wednesday, rejecting the measure as…
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Zelensky huddles with European leaders as Trump looms
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with NATO chief Mark Rutte and key European leaders in Brussels Wednesday to…
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Philippines president says legal experts to consider clemency requests for convict Veloso
MANILA: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said legal experts would consider clemency requests for Mary Jane Veloso, who had been…
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France to host Syria meeting, cautious on aid, sanctions lifting
PARIS: France said on Wednesday it would host an international meeting on Syria in January and that the lifting of…
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