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Hong Kong gears up for huge New Year’s Day anti-government march
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters are expected to join a New Year’s Day march today as anti-government demonstrations that have embroiled the Chinese-ruled city for over half a year spill into 2020. The pro-democracy march is being organized
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Australian bushfires claim third victim as more than 100 blazes burn
SYDNEY: Australian authorities today confirmed a third death in devastating bushfires that engulfed the country’s southeast coastal region this week and said a fourth person was missing and feared dead. Fanned by soaring temperatures, columns of fire and smoke blackened
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Protesters burn security post at US Embassy in Iraq
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: Protesters angry about US air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the US Embassy in Baghdad yesterday, setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States to send additional troops to the
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Kim to unveil ‘new path’ in New Year speech after US misses deadline
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to make a closely watched New Year address tomorrow which is likely to offer a glimpse of a “new path” he has vowed to take if the United States fails to meet
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Three people feared dead in Australian bushfires: authorities
Three people caught in bushfires in Australia’s southeast are feared dead, authorities said today as huge fire fronts cause widespread devastation and forced thousands of holidaymakers to flee to beaches to escape the flames. New South Wales Rural Fire Service
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Trump impeachment: Giuliani associate may handover vital documents
WASHINGTON: Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas’ phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use
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Iraq condemns US air strikes as unacceptable and dangerous
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi yesterday condemned US air strikes on bases of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, a move that could plunge Iraq further into the heart of a proxy conflict between the United States and Iran. The US
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Battle to save Australian wildlife as bushfires rage
A possum severely burnt by bushfires in Australia’s Blue Mountains laps water from a bowl as her rescuer holds her gently in a towel, while at a nearby home a kangaroo with bandaged feet is rocked like a baby by
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Wisma Putra seeking more info on ship, Malaysians detained in Iran
KUALA LUMPUR: The Foreign Ministry is working to identify a ship and its 16 Malaysian crew who were arrested by the Iranian authorities at the Strait of Hormuz yesterday for allegedly carrying illegal fuel. Its minister, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, when
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Thousands of people trapped in Australian coastal town by huge wildfires
Thousands of tourists and residents in an Australian seaside town hunkered down in public buildings or waded into water at the seafront today as wailing emergency sirens warned of a looming, fierce firefront. With the coastal town of Mallacoota ringed
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