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US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping traded strong warnings on the future of Taiwan at a virtual summit meant to establish "guardrails" against conflict between their rival superpowers. The video-link summit, which took place…
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The United States said Friday it would set up an interests section in Afghanistan under Qatar, creating a more direct way to assist US citizens and engage with the Taliban after the embassy in Kabul was shuttered. The step marks the…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told the European Union to start talking to Belarus if it wants to resolve a migrant crisis on the border with Poland. In his second phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in as many…
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AFP: US President Joe Biden vows to tackle inflation "head on" as prices of goods surge to 30-year high on Wednesday. The sharp spike in the consumer price index (CPI) reported by the Labor Department surprised economists and the White…
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The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued an emergency use listing for the India-made Covaxin vaccine, in a move expected to increase Covid-19 jabs available in poor countries. The vaccine, made by India's Bharat Biotech and with…
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AFP: Former police officer Eric Adams has been elected as New York's second-ever Black mayor. Adams is renowned for fighting racial inequality in the police officer during his time in the NYPD. He will take office in January, tasked with…
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REUTERS: China's coronavirus cases spike ahead of a key gathering of the highest-ranking members of the Communist Party next week. The National Health Commission confirmed on Wednesday 93 new local symptomatic cases for Nov. 2, up from 54…
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At least 19 people were killed and 50 others injured in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, the latest assault to rock Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power. Two blasts struck close to the entrance of the sprawling…
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More than 120 world leaders meet in Glasgow on Monday in a "last, best hope" to tackle the climate crisis and avert a looming global disaster. "It's one minute to midnight and we need to act now," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was…
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REUTERS: China has hit back at a declassified US report that said the coronavirus was started in a laboratory, saying that the report is unscientific and has no credibility. The updated U.S. intelligence briefing, published on Saturday,…
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Indian police have arrested three Muslim students and a teacher for celebrating the Pakistan cricket team's crushing victory over arch-rivals India at the Twenty20 World Cup, officials said Thursday. The students, originally from…
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REUTERS: The top U.S. military officer, General Mark Milley, has provided the first official US confirmation of a Chinese hypersonic weapons test that military experts say appears to show Beijing's pursuit of an Earth-orbiting…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday backed down from his threat to expel 10 Western ambassadors over their joint statement of support for a jailed civil society leader. He spoke after the United States and several of the…
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Storm "Aurore" swept across parts of northern Europe on Thursday, leaving four dead in Poland and causing substantial damage in Germany, France, the Netherlands and elsewhere. All four deaths in Poland occurred in the Lower Silesia…
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India administered its billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose on Thursday, according to the health ministry, half a year after a devastating surge in cases brought the health system close to collapse. According to the government, around…
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