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‘Enormous Erin’ nears North Carolina, triggers evacuations amid flood threat
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 — Hurricane Erin was nearing North Carolina’s coast yesterday, threatening huge waves and flooding as the strengthening Category 2 storm triggered mandatory evacuation orders despite its offshore path. The US state, still reeling from last year’s deadly
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Trump escalates feud with Fed, calls Lisa Cook to step down over mortgage questions
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 — President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on the US central bank yesterday with a call for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to step down, as he repeatedly criticizes Fed Chair Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates. “Cook
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China to parade military hardware with Putin in attendance
BEIJING, Aug 21 — China will unveil a slate of new domestically produced military hardware that will showcase its “powerful capability to prevail in modern war” at a parade next month, officials said Wednesday. The event, marking 80 years since the
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Can Trump deploy the National Guard to US cities? Here’s what the law says
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 — US President Donald Trump has called upon governors from several Republican states to deploy their states’ National Guard to Washington, DC, which Trump has claimed is ridden with crime. As troops poured into DC, Trump on
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Fresh monsoon rains kill over 20 in Pakistan as death toll nears 750 this season
ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 — More than 20 people have died in a fresh spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, the country’s disaster management agency said today. Torrential downpours across Pakistan over the last week have caused flooding and landslides that
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Israel insists on full hostage release in any Gaza truce deal after Hamas accepts new proposal
JERUSALEM, Aug 20 — A senior Israeli official yesterday said the government stood firm on its call for the release of all hostages in any future Gaza ceasefire deal, after Hamas accepted a new truce proposal. Mediators are awaiting an official
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Kim Jong Un says North Korea must ‘rapidly expand’ nuclear arsenal amid US-South Korea drills
SEOUL, Aug 19 — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country needed to rapidly expand its nuclear armament and called US-South Korea military exercises an “obvious expression of their will to provoke war,” state media KCNA reported today.
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Overnight Russian attack shows Putin does not want peace, says Ukrainian mayor
KYIV, Aug 19 — Russia attacked the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk with drones overnight, the city mayor said today, calling it a sign that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want peace. The reported assault came a day after
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French President Macron calls Putin ‘predator’ and ‘ogre at our gates’, warns Europe against trusting him
PARIS, Aug 19 — French President Emmanuel Macron today warned European allies not to trust Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he called “an ogre at our gates”. Macron’s remarks came as Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky
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Thai princess critically ill, palace says needs ‘continuous’ treatment
BANGKOK, Aug 19 — The Thai king’s eldest daughter, gravely ill in hospital for more than two years, is receiving “continuous” treatment to stabilise her blood pressure because of a severe infection, the palace said today. Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol has
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