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UN to end travel ban imposed on 13 Taliban officials
The United Nations is set to end travel ban exemptions for 13 Taliban officials Friday, pending any deal by Security…
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Ethiopian Airlines pilots fall asleep mid-flight; check out what happened next
An Ethiopian Airlines plane flying from Khartoum in Sudan to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa missed its landing on August…
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Literature world holds New York rally for Rushdie
Prominent literary figures including Paul Auster and Gay Talese gathered Friday in Manhattan for a reading of Salman Rushdie’s works,…
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Putin to allow inspectors to visit Russia-occupied nuclear plant
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed that independent inspectors can travel to the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the French presidency…
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Mexico arrests ex-top prosecutor over disappearance of 43 students
Mexico on Friday arrested a former attorney general who led a controversial investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in…
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Kobe Bryant’s widow says she fears fatal crash photos will spread
Kobe Bryant’s widow told a court Friday she was devastated when she learned first responders had snapped graphic photographs of…
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Malaysia prosecutors urge court to uphold ex-leader Najib’s jail sentence
Prosecutors on Friday urged Malaysia’s highest court to uphold former prime minister Najib Razak’s 12-year jail sentence for corruption as…
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US announces new $775 mn arms package for Ukraine
The US Defense Department on Friday announced a new $775 million package of defense equipment and ammunition for Ukraine, including…
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Canada nominates O’Bonsawin as first Indigenous Supreme Court judge
Canada on Friday nominated Michelle O’Bonsawin as the first Indigenous person to serve on its Supreme Court, a historic first…
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Damage to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant would be ‘suicide’: UN chief
UN chief Antonio Guterres says damage to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine would be “suicide”. Speaking to…
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