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Eight Countries Unite To Save World’s Coral Reefs
Israel has joined forces with seven other countries in a bid to save the beautiful corals that line the shores of the Red Sea. The alliance will include Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Israel, all of
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New Zealander jailed for sharing mosque shooting video
A New Zealand man was jailed for 21 months today for distributing gruesome live stream video of the Christchurch mosque attacks that killed 51 Muslim worshippers, local media reported. Philip Arps, 44, was arrested in Christchurch four days after alleged
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Southwest China earthquake: Death toll soars to 11
CHENGDU: Eleven people died and another 122 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China’s Sichuan Province yesterday night, Xingua news agency reported, quoting the Yibin city government today. The earthquake hit Changning County of Yibin at 10.55pm Monday
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US to send more troops to the Middle East
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced yesterday the deployment of about 1,000 more troops to the Middle East for what he said were for defensive purposes, citing concerns about a threat from Iran. Fears of a confrontation between
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Malaysia to Europe: Stop tarnishing palm oil
LONDON: European countries that sell various goods to Malaysia can be asked to stop tarnishing the image of palm oil, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “We can do so but whether they will reciprocate or not that’s another
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Dr M wraps up UK trip by visiting baby Ainul Mardhiah
LONDON: Eight-month-old baby girl Ainul Mardhiah, who successfully underwent surgery here last week to remove extragonadal germ cell tumour, a rare type of cancer, covering her mouth today had a surprise visitor, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The girl’s
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Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mursi dies
CAIRO: Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi, the first democratically elected head of state in Egypt’s modern history, died yesterday from a heart attack after collapsing in a Cairo court while on trial on espionage charges, authorities and a medical source
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Man smashes cake in pet lion’s face. Who is the real animal?
A recent video of a Kurdish man smashing birthday cake into his pet lion’s face became viral. The video has left Twitter furious. Smashing a person with cake in their face on birthday’s is bad enough now people have started
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ICC defends India-Pakistan finish as pundits slam ‘farce’
The International Cricket Council defended the farcical finish to India’s World Cup win over Pakistan after rain left Sarfaraz Ahmed’s side with a seemingly impossible task on Sunday. Pakistan were 166 for six, chasing an initial target of 337, when rain
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Israel PM inaugurates Golan settlement honouring Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday inaugurated a new settlement in the Golan Heights, named after the country’s “great friend” US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu unveiled a “Trump Heights” sign, featuring an Israeli and a US flag, to mark
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