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Israel strikes southern Beirut for the first time since November ceasefire
The Israeli military struck southern Beirut on Friday for the first time since November, after Israel said that two projectiles...
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Ecuador is preparing for US forces, plans show, as Noboa calls for help battling gangs
According to a high-level Ecuadorian official familiar with the planning, construction of a new naval facility in the coastal city...
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Unanswered phones and a desperate wait outside the shattered Bangkok high-rise toppled by Myanmar quake
Anxious loved ones waited outside a twisted mass of metal and concrete in the heart of Thailand’s capital on Saturday...
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King Charles cancels engagements after experiencing temporary side effects of cancer treatment
Britain’s King Charles “required a short period of observation in hospital” on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects” from a...
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European leaders say now not the time to liftsanctions on Russia in message to Trump
Ukraine’s European allies say now is not the time for lifting sanctions on Russia, after Moscow said it would only...
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Several killed after submarine carrying Russian tourists sinks off Egyptian coast, embassy says
Four people were killed Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, according to...
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On first Asia trip, US defense chief Hegseth calls for ‘deterrence’ in face of China ‘threats’
Deterrence is necessary in Asia in the face of “threats from the Communist Chinese,” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said...
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Australia to hold general elections on May 3 amid inflation and a housing shortage
Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage...
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Meet the conservationist saving gorillas in Uganda’s ‘impenetrable forest’
It’s been 30 years, but Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka still remembers the first time she ever saw a mountain gorilla. It...
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Former police officer spared jail over death of 95-year-old Tasered in a nursing home
A former police officer who fatally Tasered a 95-year-old Australian woman after she refused his orders to drop a knife...
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