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Take a day off after ‘tense’ weekend, Russia tells journalists
MOSCOW, June 26 — Knackered after covering a stunning march on Moscow by a small army of mercenaries? Take a day off after a “tense” weekend, Russian authorities told journalists yesterday. An armed rebellion by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who
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Wagner ends revolt but Putin’s grip questioned
MOSCOW, June 26 — Wagner mercenaries headed back to their base yesterday after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow their leader to avoid treason charges and accept exile in neighbouring Belarus. The agreement halted an extraordinary crisis — a
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Mitsotakis’s conservatives clinch landslide Greece election win
ATHENS, June 26 — Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis won Greece’s national elections on Sunday with a clear majority, securing a second term during which he vowed to bring about major reforms to transform the country. With nearly all the votes
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Pakistan’s parliament approves revised budget to clinch IMF deal
ISLAMABAD, June 25 — Pakistan’s parliament today approved the government’s 2023-24 budget which was revised to meet International Monetary Fund conditions in a last ditch effort to secure the release of more bailout funds. The IMF in mid-June expressed dissatisfaction
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Putin is confident in Ukraine plans
MOSCOW, June 25 — Russian President Vladimir Putin today told state television he was in constant contact with the defence ministry and that the country remained confident in realising its plans related to the “special military operation” in Ukraine. The
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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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