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President Xi welcomes African leaders at China’s largest summit
beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted more than two dozen African leaders at a banquet in Beijing on Wednesday, kicking…
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Grenfell Tower inferno that killed 72 ‘culmination of decades of failure’
LONDON The UK’s Grenfell Tower fire disaster that killed 72 people was the result of “decades of failure” by government…
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Putin gets lavish welcome in Mongolia despite ICC warrant
Ulaanbaatar Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red carpet welcome on Tuesday on a state visit to Mongolia, whose failure…
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Migrant boat sinks in English Channel, 12 dead
paris At least 12 people, including 10 women and girls, have died after a migrant boat carrying dozens tore apart…
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India’s state passes law seeking death penalty for rape
KOLKATA An Indian state, shaken by weeks of protests demanding justice after the rape and murder of a doctor, passed…
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Fugitive former Philippines mayor arrested in Indonesia
MANILA: A fugitive former mayor in the Philippines accused of human trafficking and links to Chinese organized crime has been…
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US congressional committee subpoenas Blinken over Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, saying…
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Pakistan’s new envoy Rizwan Sheikh holds phone discussion with key US lawmaker
Pakistan’s new Ambassador to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, began his contacts with US lawmakers with a telephonic conversation…
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Bangladesh floods death toll rises to 71
More than 580,000 families are still marooned in 11 flood-hit districts Dhaka The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose…
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DR Congo jailbreak leaves 129 inmates dead
GOMA, DR CONGO: An attempted jail break at the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest and chronically overcrowded prison this week…
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