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10 of 26 people from sunken Japan tour boat confirmed dead
Rescuers said that 10 people who were retrieved Sunday from the frigid sea and the rocky coast of a northern…
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Le Pen calls French election loss a ‘brilliant victory’
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen hailed her score in presidential elections on Sunday as a “brilliant victory”, despite her…
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Israel says committed to status quo at Jerusalem holy site
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Sunday that Israel was “committed” to the status quo that prevents Jews praying at…
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France’s Macron wins new term after far-right battle
French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election on Sunday, convincingly defeating his rival Marine Le Pen and prompting a wave of…
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Sri Lanka crisis: Student protestors surround PM residence as anti-government Galle Face protests reach 16th day
Student demonstrators surrounded the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s Residence here on Sunday, as the anti-government Galle Face protests reached its…
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Biden again describes past Armenian massacres as genocide
US President Joe Biden used Sunday’s occasion of Armenian remembrance day to describe past mass atrocities by Ottomans as genocide,…
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Top US officials to visit Kyiv as Orthodox Easter marked by war
The United States’ top diplomat and defence chief were Sunday set to make their first war-time visits to Kyiv since…
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Shanghai reports 39 Covid deaths in a day; Beijing goes on high alert
China’s capital Beijing has gone on high alert as the situation turned “grim” following the emergence of clusters of COVID-19,…
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Turkey shuts airspace for Syria bound Russian planes: Report
Turkey has shut its airspace for Syria-bound Russian civilian and military planes, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying…
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Nigeria: Over 100 killed in explosion at illegal oil refinery
Over 100 people have been killed following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria’s southern state of Imo,…
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