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Biden unveils student debt plans to woo young voters
MADISON, April 9 — US President Joe Biden unveiled fresh plans yesterday to reduce student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans, in bid to win over young voters as he seeks reelection in November. The conservative-dominated US Supreme
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Vatican rejects gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy in new document
VATICAN CITY, April 9 — The Vatican yesterday reaffirmed its opposition to gender-affirming surgery, “gender theory” and surrogate parenthood, drawing criticism from advocates for LGBTQ Catholics. The declaration by the Vatican’s doctrinal office (DDF) comes four months after another document
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Gaza truce talks still deadlocked, Netanyahu sets date for offensive
CAIRO, April 9 — Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire proposal made at talks in Cairo, a senior Hamas official said yesterday, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a date was set for an invasion of Rafah, Gaza’s last refuge
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Man charged over scooter rapes in French city
LYON, April 8 — A magistrate yesterday charged a 22-year-old man suspected of sexual attacks on women he followed on an e-scooter in the French city of Grenoble, legal officials said. The suspect “was charged with two rapes, one attempted
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Gazans return to devastated Khan Yunis
KHAN YUNIS, April 8 — “It smells like death,” said Maha Thaer, a mother of four, as she returned to the devastated southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis yesterday, after Israeli troops withdrew. “We don’t have a city anymore —
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Prosecutor wants four held over French schoolboy’s killing
PARIS, April 8 — A French prosecutor yesterday sought a remand in custody for four people held over the killing of a 15-year-old boy that has heightened concern about violence in schools. Five suspects appeared before an investigating judge yesterday
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Israel says readiness advances for ‘war’ on Lebanon border
JERUSALEM, April 8 — The Israeli army yesterday said it had reached “another phase” of preparation for war on its northern border with Lebanon, where it has spent months exchanging fire with Iran-backed Hezbollah. Hezbollah generally targets Israeli positions close
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Austria sets heat record, according to national weather service
VIENNA, April 8 — A town in southern Austria yesterday became the country’s first locality to hit a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) this early in the year, the national weather service said. The announcement by Austria’s
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S. Korea says second spy satellite successfully placed in orbit
SEOUL, April 8 — South Korea’s second domestically made spy satellite was successfully put into orbit, Seoul’s defence ministry said today, after it was launched from an American space centre on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Seoul confirmed in December
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Gaza ceasefire talks make ‘significant progress’
CAIRO, April 8 — Talks in Cairo aimed at brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip have made “significant progress”, Egyptian outlet Al-Qahera reported today. The state-linked outlet reported “significant progress being made on several contentious
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