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Prince Andrew ‘believed sex was his birthright,’ Virginia Giuffre alleges in posthumous memoir
LONDON, Oct 16 — A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, a prominent accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, accuses the Duke of York of being “entitled – as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright,” according to
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Europe races to build a ‘drone wall’ as Russian threats expose costly weaknesses
BRUSSELS, Oct 16 — Just hours after some 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it was time for Europe to build a “drone wall” to protect its eastern flank. Drone
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Ukraine authorities order mass evacuations from around devastated Kupiansk
KYIV, Oct 15 — Local authorities in Ukraine ordered the evacuation of families from dozens of villages on Tuesday near the all-but-destroyed northeastern city of Kupiansk, citing the “worsening security situation”, in a region that has faced heavy Russian attacks.
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Bus fire leaves at least 20 people dead in west India
MUMBAI, Oct 15 — At least 20 people were killed after a bus caught fire while travelling in the western Indian state of Rajasthan yesterday, local media reports and officials said. The vehicle, which carried over 50 passengers, was travelling
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Hundreds of passwords from UK government bodies leaked online
MOSCOW, Oct 15 — Hundreds of logins and passwords from British government agencies, including the Ministry of Defence, have leaked on the darknet, The Independent newspaper reported, citing cybersecurity company NordStellar, according to Sputnik/RIA Novosti. Over the past year, more
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Deadly clashes erupt in Gaza between Hamas and Doghmush clan after ceasefire
GAZA CITY, Oct 14 — Several people were killed over the weekend in Gaza City in violent clashes between Hamas security forces and the members of an armed clan, multiple sources reported on Monday. Skirmishes first broke out last week
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Trump mulls missile warning to Putin to push Ukraine peace
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday he may warn Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Ukraine could get Tomahawk cruise missiles if Moscow does not end its invasion. Trump has been mulling potential supplies of the long-range
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India’s ‘pharmacy of the world’ under scrutiny as authorities raid pharma firm over toxic cough syrup linked to 19 child deaths
NEW DELHI, Oct 13 — India’s financial crime-fighting agency is searching seven sites on suspicion of money-laundering by Sresan Pharma, the cough syrup maker linked to the deaths of several children over the last month, a source told Reuters today.
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Hamas begins releasing Israeli hostages from Gaza as Trump arrives in Israel for peace talks
JERUSALEM, Oct 13 — Hamas handed over the first seven of 20 surviving Israeli hostages today, a key step in ending two years of ruinous war in Gaza under a ceasefire deal engineered by US President Donald Trump, who landed
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Israel plans to destroy Hamas tunnels under Gaza after hostage release phase
JERUSALEM, Oct 12 — Israel plans to destroy what remains of Hamas’s network of tunnels under Gaza, working with US approval after its hostages are freed, it said today Defence Minister Israel Katz said the operation would be conducted under an
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