US Condoles Deaths In Uttarakhand Glacier Burst

The US has condoled the loss of lives due to the avalanche caused by a glacier burst in India's Uttarakhand state and extended wishes for a speedy recovery of those injured.

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Latest News Live Updates: 18 Dead, 200 Missing In Uttarakhand Glacier Break

As many as 26 bodies have been recovered from different areas that were affected by the glacier burst in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, while 197 people are still missing, said State Disaster...

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Not Against Reforms, But 3 Laws Must Be Repealed: Sharad Pawar's Party

NCP's national spokesperson Nawab Malik on Monday issued a sharp rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks in the parliament that party leader Sharad Pawar had earlier supported the farm...

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Brexit effect: No custard creams for Brits in Europe

A British supermarket chain in Belgium is on the verge of closure with no deliveries since December.

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Covid: Why Australia's 'world-class' quarantine system has seen breaches

Australian cities have entered snap lockdowns over single breaches - what can be done to prevent them?

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Nourin Mohamed Siddig: The African art of reciting the Koran

Social media has revived African styles of Koranic recitation led by Sudan's Nourin Mohamed Siddig.

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Nirbhaya Fund: The gang rape victim's scheme that's not reaching women

India pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to curb violence against women. Where did the money go?

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Hyundai: The carmaker aiming to become a tech firm

Hyundai is making a name for itself as an innovator, even though talks with Apple have fizzled out.

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Egypt's revolution: I saw the unimaginable happen

The BBC's Wael Hussein describes witnessing an uprising unfold in the heart of Cairo, 10 years on.

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Trump impeachment: The terror of being trapped in the US Capitol

Three members of Congress describe in vivid detail what they saw as rioters stormed the building.

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Australian Open: How the event is trying to stay Covid-safe

Tens of thousands of tennis fans are being allowed in each day to watch, after a three week delay.

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VK Sasikala, Warned, Flaunts AIADMK Flag Again As She Heads To Tamil Nadu

VK Sasikala, the sacked AIADMK chief released last month after a jail term for corruption, signaled that she planned to be a disruptor for Tamil Nadu's ruling party ahead of approaching state polls as...

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Rajasthan Civic Polls: Congress Wins 48 Urban Local Bodies, BJP 37

The Congress has formed its board in 48 urban local bodies in Rajasthan while the BJP got 37 among the 90 that went to the polls for which results were declared on Sunday.

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Over 1,300 Indian Flapshell Turtles Rescued In UP's Kanpur: Police

The Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Task Force on Sunday recovered over 1,300 Indian flapshell turtles from a truck in Kanpur as they were allegedly being taken to West Bengal for smuggling out of the...

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All-Women Garuda Team Gets Training For Terror Operations In Karnataka

A total of 16 young women, mostly from villages across Karnataka, are learning to shoot, handle terror, and improve their weapon-handling skills as part of the training for the first batch of the...

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Did Covid Come From Wuhan Market? Investigators Find "Important Clues"

Scientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and have found "important clues" about a Wuhan seafood market's role in the outbreak.

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South Africa Suspends AstraZeneca Vaccination Launch Over Study

South Africa said Sunday it would suspend the start of its Covid-19 vaccinations with the AstraZeneca jab after a study showed the drug failed to prevent mild and moderate cases of the virus variant...

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Three Of A Family Found Dead At Home In UP's Mathura: Police

A 38-year-old grocer on Sunday was found dead at his home in Uttar Pradesh' Mathura, while his wife and stepson were lying dead on the floor, police said.

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Uttarakhand: Seven dead after India glacier bursts dam

A piece of a Himalayan glacier had fallen into a river, bursting open a dam in northern India.

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Cheng Lei: Australian journalist faces China spying charges

TV presenter Cheng Lei, detained since August, is accused of supplying state secrets overseas.

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India Dispatches Coronavirus Vaccines To Barbados, Dominica

India on Sunday dispatched two consignments of Covishield COVID-19 vaccines to the countries of Barbados and Dominica under the Vaccine Maitri initiative.

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Uttarakhand's Tapovan Dam "Completely Washed Off", Shows Initial Survey

An early survey of the damage caused by the glacier break and flood to Uttarakhand's Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower plant shows the dam has been "completely washed off", Indian Air Force sources said on...

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Uighurs: 'Credible case' China carrying out genocide

A legal opinion concludes the Chinese government has shown an intent to destroy the Uighur minority.

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Latest News Live Updates: 7 Dead, 170 Missing In Uttarakhand Glacier Break

Seven people have died and 170 are still missing after a glacial break in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district triggered an avalanche and massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday...

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Water Levels Surge Up In Dhauli Ganga Once Again After Glacier Burst

The water level in the Dhauli Ganga river surged up once again on Sunday night under the impact of the glacial burst during the day, creating panic among people living in the area.

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Magnitude 3.5 Earthquake Hits Jammu And Kashmir's Gulmarg

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 was reported near Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning, according to India's National Center for Seismology.

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Australian PM Expresses Support After Uttarakhand Glacier Collapse

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday expressed support to India after glacier burst left atleast 7 people dead and over 170 missing in Uttarakhand.

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Trump impeachment explained

Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial opens on Tuesday - but what's it all about?

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Haiti political turmoil: Judge and police officer among 23 arrested for 'coup attempt'

Street protests broke out as opponents say President Moïse's term has ended, something he denies.

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In pictures: Cycling 5,000 miles in a city of change

Geoffrey Hiller spent a year cycling around a US city, witnessing the pandemic, protests and wildfires.

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The myth and reality of the super soldier

China has been accused of trying to create enhanced soldiers - but is this even possible?

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Assassins: How CCTV gave Kim Jong-nam murder documentary added intrigue

Assassins director explains how crime scene footage finally emerged and led to his film.

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'Kenyan police asked if my husband was a sorcerer'

While Chirindo Chisubi was still mourning her husband, she was shocked by a Kenyan police question.

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Abducted, trafficked or killed: The life of a sex worker in Sierra Leone

Africa Eye investigates the disappearance of a sex worker and uncovers abuse, trafficking and murder

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PM Modi Visits Assam And Bengal Today, Second Time In Two Weeks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today visit the poll-bound states of West Bengal and Assam, the second time in a little over two weeks. He was in Kolkata on January 23 to mark Netaji Subhas Chandra...

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"Glad To See Enthusiasm": PM Modi Tweets Pics Ahead Of Assam Visit

Ahead of his visit to Assam today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared pictures of women lighting up "diyas" (earthen lamps) as part of preparations for his visit to the state. "Glad to...

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Breaking From Tradition, Pope Elects First Woman To Senior Church Post

Pope Francis has broken with Catholic tradition to appoint a woman as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the first to hold the post with voting rights in a body that studies major questions of...

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Iraq's Yazidi community buries 104 victims of IS massacre

The victims' remains had been exhumed from mass graves following Islamic State genocide in 2014.

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More Than 20 Huts Burnt In Major Slum Fire In Delhi, No Casualties

At least 22 shanties were gutted after a major fire broke out at a factory in Sanjay Colony in Delhi's Okhla Phase II area this morning.

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India couple takes the plunge to marry underwater

The couple exchanged wedding garlands 20 metres underwater off the coast of Chennai city.

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Carlos Soria: The 81-year-old conquering the world's highest peaks

Carlos Soria is aiming to become the oldest person to have climbed the world's 14 highest peaks.

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IS brutality returning to Syrian towns

Beheadings, bombings and kidnappings have civilians in grip of fear despite group's supposed defeat.

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Viewpoint: From Ethiopia's Tigray region to Yemen, the dilemma of declaring a famine

Alex de Waal writes about the starvation that conflicts cause, and the difficulties in tackling it.

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Myanmar coup: How citizens are protesting through art

Protesters are taking the fight online, expressing their anger and defiance through their drawings.

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Home working increases cyber-security fears

IT experts say that with people working from home the risk of hacking has increased.

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Racial Impostor Syndrome: When you're made to feel like a fake

New York school student Arden Yum says ethnic minority children may not identify with the racial identity they were born with.

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Is Russia targeting CIA spies with secret weapons?

Ex-CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos believes he was targeted while on a visit to Moscow.

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Cape cormorants: Caring for South Africa's chicks abandoned in wild

Rescuers come to the aid of hundreds of baby Cape cormorants abandoned by their parents.

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US Moves To End Terror Designation Of Yemen Huthis

The United States has moved to delist Yemen's Huthi rebels as a terrorist organization, removing a block that humanitarian groups said jeopardized crucial aid as the country's warring sides cautiously...

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US Secretary Of State, Saudi Foreign Minister Discuss Yemen, Human Rights

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Friday discussed issues ranging from regional security to human rights and the war in Yemen, the State Department said on...

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Egypt Frees Journalist After 4 Years In Prison

Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera, arrived at his home in greater Cairo Saturday after four years in an Egyptian jail, an AFP journalist reported, amid thawing relations between the...

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Woman Killed, Partner Hurt In French Garage Blast

An 88-year-old woman was killed and her 89-year-old partner was seriously hurt during an explosion in a garage in the French city of Bordeaux on Saturday, firefighters said.

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LIVE: India Working On 7 More COVID-19 Vaccines, Says Health Minister

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that the country is developing seven more COVID-19 vaccines and also working on further vaccine development to inoculate every citizen of India.

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Odisha Forest Officer Receives UN's Asia Environmental Enforcement Award

In a first for India, a female forest officer from Odisha, Sasmita Lanka has been felicitated with United Nation's Asia Environmental Enforcement Award.

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Biden Plans To Name New York Fed Market Chief As National Security Deputy

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has said that Daleep Singh, the Head of the Markets Group at the bank is set to join US President Joe Biden's administration as deputy national security adviser.

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In A First, Pope Francis Appoints Woman In Senior Synod Post

Breaking with tradition, Pope Francis Saturday appointed Frenchwoman Nathalie Becquart as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the first woman to hold the post and have voting rights.

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Cuba opens up its economy to private businesses

The labour minister announces a major reform to the communist country's state-controlled economy.

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Working To Speed Up Production Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine: White House

The Biden administration is exploring every option for increasing manufacturing of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, which is under regulatory review, and said on Friday that currently expected...

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Myanmar coup: Military leaders block Twitter and Instagram

Users had flocked to the two sites to protest against Monday's coup after Facebook was blocked.

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Biden leaves Republicans behind to fast track $1.9tn bill

The White House brushes off an ex-Biden adviser's warning the package could destabilise the economy.

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No Indication India To Forgo Headley Extradition: 26/11 Plotter's Lawyer

There is no indication that India has given up on the extradition of David Coleman Headley, the Mumbai terror attack accused, attorney of his co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana has told a US court.

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China's Space Probe Sends Back Its First Image Of Mars

China's Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, as the mission prepares to touch down on the Red Planet later this year.

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Twitter Condemns Myanmar's Move To Block Access Days After Coup

Twitter on Saturday condemned Myanmar's move to block access to its platform as part of a broadening crackdown on social media, days after a coup that imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian...

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Rajasthan Government Suspends Arrested IPS Officer On Corruption Charges

IPS officer Manish Agrawal, arrested by the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau on corruption charges, was suspended by the state government on Friday, an order stated.

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US Engaged In Strategic Competition With China: White House

The Biden Administration sees the US as engaged in a strategic competition with China and technology is a central domain of it, the White House has said.

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World's Smallest Reptile Found In Madagascar

Scientists have identified Earth's smallest known reptile, warning at the same time that sustained destruction of forests in northern Madagascar threatens its survival.

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China's Space Probe Shares First Image Of Mars

China's maiden space exploration mission to Mars has captured its first image of the red planet, the space agency said on Friday, some six months after the probe left Earth.

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Amanda Gorman effect: 'It's going to open doors for poets'

From the inauguration to the Super Bowl, the poet's performances bring attention to the art form. 

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The woman set to make WTO history

The former Nigerian finance minister will be the first woman, and the first African, head of the WTO.

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Coronavirus in Tanzania: The country that's rejecting the vaccine

Tanzania is promoting herbal treatments while denying that there are any coronavirus cases.

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Myanmar coup: What now for Aung San Suu Kyi?

The pro-democracy leader remains hugely popular at home but has lost favour on the world stage.

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Covid: Vaccine tensions stoke German criticism of EU's von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen admits mistakes were made in the EU's vaccine strategy as Germans question the rollout.

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Covid vaccine rollout: When might life in US return to normal?

January was the deadliest month of the pandemic for the US, but cases are down and vaccinations are up.

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The world's deepest dive

In 1960 two engineers became the first people to ever dive 11km to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

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Romania's young history fans battle to save imperial spa resort

Volunteers try to breathe new life into a Romanian resort once a playground for European elites.

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Solar energy empowers young women in Yemen

Ten women in Yemen’s Abs district have built and now run a solar microgrid.

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Nigeria inheritance: 'My brothers took everything when my father died'

Women in parts of Nigeria are being left out of their parents' inheritance, despite a law banning discrimination.

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LIVE: India Fastest Country To Reach 5 Million Covid Vaccination-Mark

India has become the first country in the world to reach the 5 million COVID-19 vaccination mark in just 21 days, the Union Health Ministry said as nearly 53 lakh beneficiaries have been administered...

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Swiss women only got the right to vote 50 years ago. Why?

Women in Switzerland were finally granted the right to vote after a referendum in February 1971.

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Project 17: 'I was told to clean my own school toilets'

Yolanda, 17, is campaigning for better education and more resources for schools in South Africa.

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When Will Life Return To Normal? In 7 Years At Today's Vaccination Rate

When will the pandemic end? It's the question hanging over just about everything since Covid-19 took over the world last year. The answer can be measured in vaccinations.

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Ration For Girls In Madhya Pradesh 'Diverted', Rights Panel Seeks Probe

Discrepancies running over Rs 4 crore have been found in the take-home ration programme for out-of-school girls in four districts of Madhya Pradesh, according to the National Commission for Protection...

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Fire Breaks Out In West Bengal Jute Mill

A fire broke out at two godowns of a jute mill in the Titagarh area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday.

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EU Parliamentarians Back India-South Africa Covid Vaccine Patent Proposal

Members of the European Parliament have backed a joint proposal by India and South Africa for waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccine patents.

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Myanmar coup: Crackdown tightened with Win Htein arrest

Win Htein, a senior figure in Aung San Suu Kyi's party, was taken by police in a pre-dawn arrest.

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Donald Trump quits Screen Actors Guild amid disciplinary action

The former president quits the Hollywood union after it took disciplinary action against him.

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Sam Burgess: Ex-rugby league star guilty of intimidation in Australia

The ex-England captain has been convicted of intimidating his former father-in-law in Australia.

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Trump Lawyers, Fox News Sued For $2.7 Billion By Voting Machine Maker

Voting technology maker Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion defamation suit on Thursday against three Fox News hosts and Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani for promoting false claims that the company was...

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Trump rejects request to testify in Senate trial

The former US president was impeached, accused of inciting a mob. Here's a guide to the next steps.

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French skiers swerve Covid in cross-country boom

Cross-country replaces downhill skiing in French resorts struggling to survive the pandemic.

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The race to create the world's next super-app

Chinese companies lead the way in super-apps but where is the next one coming from?

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US Will Repair Its Alliances And Engage With World Once Again: Biden

Asserting that America and its diplomacy are back, US President Joe Biden on Thursday said his administration will repair the relationship with allies and engage with the world once again.

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Key Aide Of Myanmar's Ousted Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Arrested: Party

A key aide of Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested in the early hours of Friday, a press officer from her National League for Democracy (NLD) party said.

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Over 21% Of India's Population May Have Had COVID-19, Shows Sero Survey

Over 21 per cent of the population, aged 10 years and above, showed evidence of past exposure to COVID-19 in the ICMR's latest national serosurvey, the government said on Thursday, noting that a large...

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The Muslims and Christians rebuilding Mosul’s old city

A Unesco project has hired locals of all faiths to work together to rebuild the city of Mosul.

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TikTok 'coming-of-age' trend helps band gain millions of fans

Indie rock band Blondes have had their music shared by millions on social media.

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Europe's Roma: 'Even dogs can't live like this' under Covid

Inhabitants in one of Bulgaria's largest Roma settlements say they feel abandoned during the pandemic.

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Chinese star Gao Liu shares photos of 'nightmare' nose surgery

Chinese star Gao Liu posts photos as a warning to others after her cosmetic procedure went wrong.

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Myanmar coup: Does the army have evidence of voter fraud?

The military in Myanmar took over after claims of election fraud. What evidence is there?

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US Will Take On Challenge Posed By China Directly: Biden

The United States will take on the challenges being posed by China directly, but will not hesitate to work with Beijing when it is in America's interest to do so, President Joe Biden said on Thursday.

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