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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and congressional delegation arrive in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: The United States (US) House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi accompanied by a congressional delegation arrived here, Tuesday as part of the official visit to four Asian countries. The special aircraft carrying Pelosi and her entourage touched down
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Migrants escape from suffocating people-smuggling trailer in Mexico
ACAYUCAN: Mexican authorities rescued nearly 100 migrants who escaped from a stifling trailer being driven by a people smuggler in the coastal state of Veracruz, officials said on Thursday. About 400 migrants were being transported in the trailer, near the
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UK leadership live debate ends after presenter faints on air
LONDON: A live debate between the two candidates vying to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister came to a dramatic end on Tuesday when the presenter fainted. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the bookmakers’ favourite to win the Conservative Party
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Wildfires burn coastal homes, forests in Greece as Europe’s heatwave spreads east Reuters
ATHENS: Greek firefighters battled wildfires on the island of Lesbos for a second day on Sunday as well as new fires in the western Peloponnese and in northern Greece, evacuating nearby settlements as a heatwave set in. A wildfire that
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Russia denies attacks on Ukrainian port after grain deal: Turkish minister
ANKARA: Russian officials had told Ankara that Russia had “nothing to do” with the attacks on Ukraine’s key Black Sea port of Odesa, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. “In our contact with Russia, the Russians told us
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Over 400 monkeypox cases registered in Italy – Health Ministry
ROME: Italy has confirmed a total of more than 400 monkeypox cases, the country’s Health Ministry Prevention Director General Gianni Rezza said after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the current disease outbreak a public health emergency.On Saturday, WHO Director-General
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Brad Pitt battles assassins in action thriller ‘Bullet Train’
BERLIN: Hollywood star Brad Pitt fights off assassins on a high speed train travelling across Japan in action thriller “Bullet Train”, reuniting with his former stuntman turned director David Leitch. Pitt plays Ladybug, an unlucky assassin who wants to get
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Wuhan: Cholera-causing bacteria in turtles strikes nerve
BEIJING: Detection in the Chinese city of Wuhan of a bacteria that caused cholera in a student and was separately found in samples from softshell turtles at a food market has struck a sensitive nerve with ordinary Chinese people, with
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WHO says COVID-19 remains a global health emergency
LONDON: The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly 2-1/2 years after it was first declared. The Emergency Committee, made up of independent experts, said in a statement that rising cases, ongoing viral evolution
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Russia confirms first monkeypox case: Consumer rights watchdog
MOSCOW: Russia has confirmed its first case of monkeypox in a young man who recently returned from Europe, Sputnik quoted consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Tuesday. “The first case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Russia. The disease was detected
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