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‘Music to Beijing’s ears’: Has China won the Maldives presidency?
The Maldives has a population of half a million people scattered across more than 1,000 islands. But last weekend, the…
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NHS strikes: What ails UK health service? Doctors’ protests or budget cuts?
Thousands of doctors across England have started a three-day strike for the eighth time since March, demanding better pay and…
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Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for mRNA vaccines
Hungarian-born Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman of the US have won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for…
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Ex-US president arrives at New York court
After a years-long investigation by Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James, former President Donald Trump and his company are…
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Fire at police complex in Egypt’s Ismailia contained after hours
A huge fire that erupted at a police complex in the Egyptian city of Ismailia and wounded at least 38…
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EU foreign ministers to meet in Kyiv
European Union FMs to meet in Kyiv on Monday for the first time as bloc’s foreign policy chief says “Ukraine’s…
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Bomb attack targets Turkey’s capital, Kurdish militants claim responsibility
Two attackers detonated a bomb in front of Turkish government buildings in Ankara on Sunday, leaving both of them dead…
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UN to vote on international force deployment for Haiti’s gang violence crisis
The UN Security Council is scheduling a vote Monday on a resolution that would authorize a one-year deployment of an international force to help Haiti quell…
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UK deploys 600 soldiers to strengthen NATO presence in Kosovo amid rising tensions
Some 600 British soldiers are to be deployed in Kosovo to reinforce NATO’s presence in the former province of Serbia which was last…
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Transitional Gabon president gains Congolese support during diplomatic visit
Gabon’s transitional president, who ousted the leader of the central African country at the end of August, received a show…
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