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Trump, Putin to hold Alaska summit on ending Ukraine war on August 15
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 — US President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine on August 15 in Alaska, Trump said yesterday. Trump made the announcement on social media after
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India’s air force chief reveals S-400 surface-to-air missiles took down six Pakistani military aircraft in May
NEW DELHI, Aug 9 — India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one other military aircraft during clashes in May, India’s air force chief said today, the first such statement by the country months after its worst military conflict
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Trump for Nobel Peace Prize? Cambodia nominates US president for ending Thai border clash
PHNOM PENH, Aug 8 — Cambodia’s prime minister said he nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, crediting the US president with “visionary and innovative diplomacy” that ended border clashes with Thailand. Five days of hostilities between
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Bihar battle looms for Modi where elections are ‘everything’ as he juggles US tariffs and vote-rigging claims
NEW DELHI, Aug 8 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is navigating one of the most challenging stretches of his 11 years in office. A contentious ceasefire with archenemy Pakistan, renewed scrutiny over his age and a diplomatic chill with
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Japan cancels flights, orders evacuations as record rains lash Kagoshima
TOKYO, Aug 8 — Japan’s weather agency issued a special heavy rain alert for the southern region of Kagoshima on Friday, warning “lives are at risk”. The deluge follows a period of punishing heat in many parts of Japan, with
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‘Free Palestine’ slogans, red paint deface Israeli airline office in Paris as France moves to recognise Palestine
PARIS, Aug 8 — Red paint and slogans were daubed at the entry to the offices of national Israeli airline El Al in Paris, with Israel Thursday urging French authorities to take action over the “barbaric act”. Anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian
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Netanyahu outlines post-war Gaza plans amid famine fears
JERUSALEM, Aug 8 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday Israel plans to take full control of Gaza but does not intend to govern it, as he convened his security cabinet to discuss updated plans 22 months into the
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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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