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Australia’s Delta outbreak spreads to new states..
MELBOURNE: Australia reported more than 1,900 new infections of the Delta coronavirus on Sunday, health data showed, with authorities struggling to…
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Four wounded in fresh inmate clash at riot-hit Ecuador prison ..
GUAYAQUIL , Ecuador: Four people were wounded and police were shot at on Saturday in a new clash between prisoners at the Ecuadorian prison where 11…
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Fears of ‘election subversion’ as Trump flirts with 2024 White House bid..
WASHINGTON: The US presidential election of 2000 hinged on a few votes in Florida and was ultimately decided in the Supreme Court. The 2020 White …
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Facing crises, UK PM Johnson says he will take ‘bold decisions’..
MANCHESTER: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will promise on Sunday to take “big, bold decisions” to transform post-Covid Britain, hoping to set the to…
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US envoy presses Sudan to move toward civilian rule..
WASHINGTON: The United States warned Sudan this week that failure to make progress on a transition to civilian rule could put at risk political and…
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New Zealand’s Delta outbreak spreads outside Auckland..
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Delta variant outbreak spread beyond the largest city of Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday …
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Fire devastates Honduras’ Caribbean resort island of Guanaja..
TEGUCIGALPA: A huge fire destroyed or damaged more than 200 houses and businesses on the Honduran island of Guanaja on Saturday, forcing hundreds o…
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Big nations urged to heed climate activists’ demands for bolder actions..
MILAN: The world's major economies must do more at the upcoming UN COP26 climate summit in Scotland to show they are serious about wanting to t…
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Texas law sparks hundreds of US protests against abortion restrictions..
WASHINGTON/AUSTIN : Women marched by the thousands on Saturday on the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protes…
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Philippines’ Duterte says daughter running for president in 2022 elections - media..
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo's daughter would run for president in next year's election and her father's long-time aide, who fi…
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Trump asks US judge to force Twitter to restart his account..
FORMER US President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida on Friday to ask Twitter to restore his account, which the company removed in Jan…
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Full vaccination required for work and student pass holders entering S'pore from Nov 1..
SINGAPORE : Singapore will require all Work Pass and Student’s Pass holders to be fully vaccinated before arriving in the republic from Nov 1, 2021,…
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Philippines' Duterte says will retire from politics..
MANILA : Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (pix) said Saturday he will not run for vice president in 2022 and will retire from politics, potenti…
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Qataris vote in subdued first legislative election..
DOHA : Qataris began voting in the emirate's first legislative election Saturday in a symbolic nod to democracy that analysts say will not lead …
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Argentine ex-president to be questioned over sunk sub ‘espionage’..
BUENOS AIRES: Former Argentine president Mauricio Macri will be questioned in a probe into spy claims regarding the 2017 sinking of a submarine that…
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Brazil top court upholds vaccine pass for tourist hotspot Rio..
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's Supreme Court has upheld a requirement that all who access Rio de Janeiro's tourist spots starting Friday must hav…
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Graphene: ‘Miracle material’ singled out for Covid conspiracies..
BUENOS AIRES: Graphene, a Nobel Prize-awarded material with promising applications for greener energy and nanomedicine, has been the topic of much …
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US surpasses 700,000 Covid deaths: Johns Hopkins..
WASHINGTON: US fatalities from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent …
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Biden government urges judge to block Texas anti-abortion law..
WASHINGTON : US President Joe Biden's administration called on a federal judge Friday to swiftly block a new law that bans most abortions in Tex…
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Ecuador deploys thousands of police, soldiers after prison riot..
GUAYAQUILL , Ecuador: Ecuador on Friday deployed thousands of police and soldiers to secure its violent prisons as relatives of convicts caught up i…
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