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UK homelessness minister Rushanara Ali quits after report of £700 rent hike on London house
LONDON, Aug 8 — Britain’s minister for dealing with homelessness, Rushanara Ali, resigned from the government on Thursday after it was revealed that she had considerably hiked the rent at a property she owns. “It is with a heavy heart
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Trump teases cash ‘dividend’ to Americans from tariffs, but who foots the bill as US debt soars?
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 — If Donald Trump is to be believed, millions of Americans could receive a financial slice of the fortunes generated by the US president’s sweeping tariffs. But the eyebrow-raising suggestion from a leader with a flair for
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Private clinics accuse health minister of ‘complicity or absence’ in face of NACCOL ‘overreach’
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The Federation of Private Medical Practitioners’ Associations, Malaysia (FPMPAM) has accused the health minister of failing to defend doctors against policy overreach by the National Action Council on Cost of Living (NACCOL). FPMPAM president Dr
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US Army sergeant wounds five in Georgia base rampage with personal handgun
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 — A soldier opened fire at a US military base in the southern state of Georgia on Wednesday, wounding five fellow troops before he was tackled and apprehended, a senior officer said. The attack took place at
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Hezbollah ministers walk out of Lebanese cabinet meeting
BEIRUT, Aug 7 — Hezbollah said Wednesday that it would treat a Lebanese government decision to disarm the militant group “as if it did not exist”, accusing the cabinet of committing a “grave sin”. Amid heavy US pressure and fears
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Fox films ICE agents in cowboy hats ambushing Latinos outside LA Home Depot despite court ban
LOS ANGELES, Aug 7 — Immigration enforcement agents on Wednesday grabbed more than a dozen people outside a Los Angeles Home Depot in a “Trojan Horse” raid, despite a court ordering them to stop using roving patrols that rights groups
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US imposes second 25pc tariff on India over Russian oil imports as first takes effect today
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods over New Delhi’s continued purchase of Russian oil, a key revenue source for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The tariff, set
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How Trump’s love for TV drives his major foreign policies, amid shift in Gaza concern
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 — Donald Trump’s sudden concern about starving Palestinians was a major shift for the US president, who had previously ignored the endless cries for help from aid groups. So what changed? In his words, it was images of
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Kyrgyz mothers dying as vital cancer drugs delayed, patients forced to import own medicine
BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan), Aug 7 — Like many people affected by serious illness in ex-Soviet Central Asia, Almagul Ibrayeva is having trouble finding medicine in her native Kyrgyzstan. “Women are dying because of a lack of medicine,” Ibrayeva, who is in
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Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific unveils deal to buy 14 Boeing jets worth RM34.2b, with option for seven more
HONG KONG, Aug 6 — Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific said today it would place an US$8.1-billion (RM34.2 billion) order for 14 Boeing jets, its first with the US aircraft maker for more than a decade. In a filing to the
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