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ANALYSIS – Food export bans, from India to Argentina, risk fueling inflation
MUMBAI/BUENOS AIRES/LONDON: It only took 24 hours last month for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in India – the world’s second-largest producer of wheat – to shelve its plans to “feed the world”. In April, Modi had said publicly that
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WHO: Monkeypox is not yet a health emergency
LONDON: Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak. “I am deeply concerned about the monkeypox outbreak, this
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Monkeypox case count rises to more than 3,200 globally, WHO says
MORE than 3,200 confirmed monkeypox cases and one death were reported to the World Health Organization as part of the current outbreak. There is need for intensified surveillance in the broader community, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday, adding
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Donald Trump likely no longer in contempt, New York attorney general says
NEW YORK (June 22): Donald Trump is likely no longer in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena in a New York civil probe into the former U.S. president’s business practices, the office of state Attorney General
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Hundreds of indigenous protesters enter Ecuador capital Quito
QUITO: Hundreds of indigenous people entered Ecuador’s capital Quito on Sunday, following almost a week of protests against the economic and social policies of President Guillermo Lasso, who has not been able to lift road blocks and violence across the
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Kabul Attack: E-visas Granted To Over 100 Sikhs, Hindus In Afghanistan On Priority
Following the attack on Karte Parwan Gurdwara in Kabul that resulted in the death of two persons, India has decided to grant e-visas to over 100 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan on priority. Following the attack on Karte Parwan Gurdwara
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Israel tells its citizens to avoid Istanbul, warns Iran not to harm them
JERUSALEM: Israel raised its Istanbul travel advisory to the highest level on Monday because of what it said was a threat of Iranian attempts to kill or abduct Israelis vacationing in Turkey. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said a “huge effort”
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Janusha proves Malaysian can become great in global arena: PM
KUALA LUMPUR: The success of Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) senior cadet officer B. Janusha in being Malaysia’s first female officer to graduate from the United States Naval Academy (USNA) proves that Malaysians can become great and excel in their careers
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US wins authority to seize Russian oligarch’s planes
NEW YORK: A U.S. court on Monday issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich under U.S. measures imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, court records showed. But the U.S. government’s likelihood of
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Police: Shooting at Oklahoma hospital kills at least four
TULSA: Four people were killed, including a gunman, and multiple others were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said. Officers were still working to clear the St Francis hospital campus, the Tulsa
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