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Thai king commutes former PM Thaksin’s prison term to one year
Thailand’s king has commuted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison sentence to one year, a day after the billionaire…
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Palestinian killed in crossfire after Israeli raid on West Bank town
A Palestinian man has been shot and killed by Israeli forces during a raid in an occupied West Bank town…
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Has Gabon’s ‘all-powerful’ Bongo dynasty really lost its 55-year grip?
But the military government’s new leader, General Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, is Bongo’s own cousin and commander-in-chief of the Gabonese…
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Trump’s deposition: Defiance, deflection and the ‘hottest brand in the world’
In newly public testimony, Donald Trump boasts about building a multibillion-dollar brand and saving “millions of lives” as president. He spars with…
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Ecuador inmates holding 57 guards, police hostage: Minister
Prisoners at a penitentiary in the Ecuadoran city of Cuenca are holding hostage 50 guards and seven police officers, Interior Minister Juan Zapata…
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UN proposes new deal to revive global grain trade amid growing hunger crisis
The United Nations chief sent Russia a new proposal aimed at getting its grain and fertilizer to global markets in hopes of…
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US parenting vlogger arrested after her children found malnourished, wounded
A US woman from the state of Utah who gave online parenting advice via a once popular YouTube channel has been arrested…
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Senior US envoy looks into possibilities for solving Lebanon-Israel border dispute
A senior US envoy visiting Beirut said Thursday that Washington is looking into possibilities for solving a decades-old border dispute between Lebanon…
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Russian air defense neutralizes ‘unidentified object’ in Pskov region: Governor
Russian air defense units “neutralized an unidentified object” in the western region of Pskov, the local governor said early on…
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Niger bans UN agencies, NGOs from operating in military ‘operation zones’
Niger’s coup leaders have stopped UN agencies, NGOs and international organizations from working in military “operation zones,” the interior ministry…
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