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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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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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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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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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India among top suppliers of illicit fentanyl precursors, US intelligence report says
India has emerged as a growing player in the illicit fentanyl trade, a new US intelligence report says, a designation...
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These 60-year-old geckos could be the world’s oldest
At 64 and 60 years old, Antoinette and Brucie-Baby are thin and bony. Their skin hangs looser than it did...
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Powerful 7.7-magnitude quake hits Myanmar
A powerful 7.7 earthquake hit central Myanmar on Friday, close to the country’s second city of Mandalay, home to around...
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4 US Army soldiers go missing during Lithuanian training mission
Four US Army soldiers went missing during a training mission close to Lithuania’s border with Belarus, military officials said Wednesday,...
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Russian court hands long jail terms to Ukrainian fighters who defended Mariupol
A Russian military court has handed down long prison sentences to several members of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment, which led the...
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