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Biden slams Republicans on abortion rights a year after Roe repeal
WASHINGTON, June 24 ― US President Joe Biden yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling overturning the right to an abortion by telling a rally of abortion-rights supporters that Republicans will regret their efforts to limit reproductive
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Hollywood directors ratify labour pact as writers keep picketing
LOS ANGELES, June 24 ― Film and television directors voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year labour contract with major Hollywood studios on Friday, averting a second work stoppage that would have added to upheaval caused by an ongoing writers’
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Canadian safety regulators open probe into fatal loss of Titan submersible
OTTAWA, June 24 ― Canadian government regulators yesterday opened a safety investigation into the undersea implosion of a tourist submersible that killed all five people aboard during a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic. A debris field from
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11 injured in HK in Cathay Pacific flight incident
HONG KONG,June 24- Eleven people were injured on Cathay Pacific’s flight CX880 at Hong Kong’s international airport early on Saturday after the carrier aborted its take off due to a technical issue, Cathay said in a statement. The flight, from
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Taiwan says Chinese air force approached close to island’s coast
TAIPEI,June 24- Eight Chinese war planes crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line and approached close to the island’s contiguous zone that is 44km off its coast on Saturday, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in a further rise in tensions. China’s
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Australia sanctions 3 involved in downing of MH17
SYDNEY,June 24- Australia on Saturday announced financial sanctions and travel bans on two Russians and a Ukrainian involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014. Canberra officials said the sanctions target Russian national Sergey Dubinsky and Ukrainian
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After Titanic sub disaster, industry faces scrutiny
ST. JOHN’S, June 23 — The first fatal accident aboard a deep-sea tourist submersible is certain to raise calls for additional safety regulations, but industry experts say any new measures may be impossible to enforce given the international nature of
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Titan sub: What is a ‘catastrophic implosion’?
BOSTON, June 23 — A “catastrophic implosion”, such as that believed to have destroyed the Titan submersible, would have happened with incredible force and speed given the crushing water pressure on the floor of the ocean. The remains of the
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Titanic sub destroyed in ‘catastrophic implosion,’ all five aboard dead
ST. JOHN’S, June 23 — A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone aboard, the US Coast Guard said yesterday, ending
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The five people on board missing sub near Titanic
WASHINGTON, June 23 — Five people on a tourist submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic are believed to be dead after the US Coast Guard said Thursday that debris had been found
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