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WHO chief says Ebola outbreak is outpacing response as aid workers strike over pay
KINSHASA: The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, the head of the World Health…
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Myanmar’s former junta chief on first Thailand trip as civilian leader
BANGKOK: Myanmar’s ex-junta chief Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Bangkok Thursday for his first visit to Thailand as civilian leader,…
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South Korean police raid local Starbucks headquarters over controversial marketing campaign
SEOUL: South Korean police raided the headquarters of Starbucks’ local operation as part of an investigation into a controversial marketing…
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Cambridge probes plagiarism claims against professor
LONDON: Britain’s University of Cambridge said Wednesday it has launched a probe into one of its professors who has been…
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UN expert welcomes moves to extradite Tate brothers
GENEVA: The United Nations’ special rapporteur on violence against women and girls on Wednesday welcomed moves toward extraditing radical social…
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Bangladesh warns media against airing Hasina’s planned address from India
DHAKA/NEW DELHI: Bangladesh warned the country’s media not to publicize the statements of exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who…
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US-Iran strait deal could come ‘very shortly’: Rubio
washington US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Washington and Tehran had yet to finalise talks on…
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UN condemns civilian killings in Gaza
NEW YORK The United Nations on Monday condemned civilian killings in Gaza and said health care facilities must be protected…
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July was France’s hottest month on record
paris July was the hottest month ever recorded in France since measurements began in 1900, surpassing previous records set during…
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Five dead in Indonesia ferry fire
SURABAYA All survivors of a passenger ferry that caught fire off Indonesia’s Java island over the weekend have been accounted…
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