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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy condemns Iranian attack, says like Israel, Ukraine needs help too
KYIV, April 15 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday condemned Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel and said his country needed help from its allies to fend off threats from the air, just as Israel did. Zelenskiy again called
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Israel army says Hamas holding hostages in Gaza’s Rafah
JERUSALEM, April 15 — Israel said yesterday that Hamas is holding hostages in Rafah in southern Gaza, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to launch a ground invasion despite international outcry.“Hamas is still holding our hostages in Gaza… We
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Iran’s attack on Israel stirs admiration among Gaza Palestinians
CAIRO, April 15 — Iran’s attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza yesterday as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran had staged the assault more for show than
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Thai FM visits border town following clashes in Myanmar
MAE SOT (Thailand), April 12 — Thailand’s foreign minister arrived for a visit to the Myanmar border today, the ministry said, following days of clashes that have dislodged junta troops from their positions in a vital trade hub in the
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Vatican foreign minister travels to Vietnam in unprecedented visit
HANOI, April 9 — The Vatican’s foreign minister Paul Richard Gallagher began an unprecedented six-day visit to Communist-ruled Vietnam today as the two sides work on closer relations. Gallagher’s trip, the first to Vietnam for a Vatican foreign minister, could
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North Americans celebrate with cheers, music and matrimony
NIAGARA FALLS, April 9 — Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk yesterday, celebrating with cheers, music and matrimony the first total solar eclipse to darken the continent in seven years.
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Amnesty International urges Israel to return body of ailing Palestinian who died in custody
JERUSALEM, April 9 — Amnesty International on Monday said Israel must release the body of Palestinian Walid Daqqa, who died a day earlier in Israeli custody after a long battle with cancer. “It is heart-wrenching that Walid Daqqah has died
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UN Security Council refers Palestinian application to become full UN member to committee
NEW YORK, April 9 — The United Nations Security Council president yesterday referred the Palestinian Authority’s application to become a full member of the world body to the committee on the admission of new member. Malta’s UN Ambassador Vanessa Frazier
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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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