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Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s anti-lockdown pick to head the NIH?
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who opposed COVID-19 lockdowns, to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the…
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Gukesh beats Ding Liren in Game 3; ties World Chess Championship final
India’s Gukesh Dommaraju has won the third game of the ongoing World Chess Championship final against reigning world champion Ding Liren of…
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Is Russia poisoning Namibia’s water in its hunt for uranium?
Impo Gift Kapamba Musasa holds a hose pipe in one hand and gestures to a garden of cabbages, onions and…
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Taiwan’s Olympic medallist Lin Yu-ting quits boxing event over gender issue
Taiwan’s Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting has pulled out of an international competition in the United Kingdom after the organisers questioned…
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Namibia elections 2024: Who’s in the running and what’s at stake?
Amid a wave of historic election upsets in Southern Africa, Namibians will go to the polls this week to vote…
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Displaced returning to southern Lebanon amid hopes ceasefire will hold
Lebanese people displaced from their homes due to attacks by Israeli forces have started returning to the south of the…
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Relief and defiance in Lebanon as Israel, Hezbollah ceasefire starts
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has taken effect amid hopes of a permanent end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, as well as more…
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Pakistan police crackdown clears Khan protesters from Islamabad
Pakistan’s security forces have driven supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan from the capital, Islamabad, following a sweeping…
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UK’s Starmer says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal will bring relief to civilians
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah will provide some measure of relief…
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Trump to name Jamieson Greer as US trade representative: Bloomberg
US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Jamieson Greer as the US Trade Representative, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing…
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