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Beirut’s blast-damaged grain silos partially collapse
Parts of Beirut’s grain silos collapsed on Sunday, just days before the second anniversary of a catastrophic explosion at the…
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2 dead as UN peacekeepers open fire in east DR Congo: UN
Two people have been killed and several others injured after UN peacekeepers opened fire during an incident in the eastern…
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On navy day, Putin says United States is main threat to Russia
ST PETERSBURG: President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a new naval doctrine which cast the United States as Russia’s main…
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Japanese national detained in Myanmar
A Japanese man has been detained in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon, an official at Japan’s embassy confirmed Sunday, the latest…
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Former Philippine president Fidel ‘Steady Eddie’ Ramos dies
Former Philippine president Fidel Ramos, who oversaw a rare period of steady growth and peace that won him the reputation…
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WATCH: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight jacket fetches $2.8 million
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s flight jacket, which he wore on the historic mission to the moon in 1969, was…
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Hitler’s wristwatch sells for $1.1m
A wristwatch believed to be Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s sold for $1.1m at an auction in the United States, reported BBC. An…
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Women at war: Life on eastern Ukraine’s front lines
Kateryna never takes pictures with comrades before going to the front line — it’s bad luck. Karina does not tell…
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Pro-Sadr protesters vow to remain inside Iraq parliament
Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr occupied the country’s parliament on Saturday with no plan to leave, deepening a…
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Savitri Jindal of India is now Asia’s richest woman
Yang Huiyan is no longer Asia’s richest woman, as the country’s developers, including her Country Garden Holdings Co are battered…
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