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Israel Fights Hamas As Mediators Urge Both To Accept Gaza Truce Plan

Israel battled and bombarded Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as mediators called on both sides to agree to a truce and hostage release deal outlined...

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Israel Pounds Gaza After Biden Outlines Ceasefire Plan

Israeli forces hammered Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery Saturday, hours after US President Joe Biden said Israel was offering a new...

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Cricket In Uncharted Territory As T20 World Cup Starts In Texas

Cricket ventures into uncharted territory on Saturday as the first ever major tournament to be staged in the United States gets under way in Texas...

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Markets Mostly Up After Tough Week As US Inflation Looms

Most markets rose Friday after falling for much of the week, with below-forecast US data injecting some fresh life into hopes the Federal Reserve will...

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US, UK Air Strikes On Yemen Kill At Least 16: Huthi TV

The United States and Britain carried out air strikes on Yemen in what they said was a bid to degrade Iran-backed rebels' maritime attack...

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Israel Pummels Gaza As Troops Push Into Central Rafah

Israeli forces on Friday struck targets across the Gaza Strip, with witnesses reporting air raids around the southern city of Rafah, the latest focus...

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Battered, Empty Myanmar Town Shows Price Of Victory Against Junta

Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myanmar town of Pauktaw for victory against the junta...

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Deadly Strikes On Kharkiv As Biden Lets Ukraine Use US Arms Inside Russia

Russian strikes killed three people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, authorities said Friday, after the United States had authorised Kyiv to use...

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Africa Economic Growth Not Enough To Tackle Poverty: AfDB

Africa's economy has shown resilience overall despite global conditions but growth needs to be in double digits to truly tackle poverty on the...

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Second Actor Sues French Director Jacquot Over Rape Accusation

A second French actor has filed a legal complaint against arthouse film director Benoit Jacquot accusing him of rape, including when she was a minor,...

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One-third Of World Still Criminalises Consensual Same-sex Acts: Report

The LGBTQ community faces "relentless opposition" across the globe despite some progress, said a report published on Thursday by an international...

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Australia Engaging With Ticketmaster Over Hacking 'Incident'

The Australian government was on Thursday investigating claims by a hacking group to have stolen the details of 560 million customers from global...

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Nobel Winner Yunus Brings 'Social Business' Mantra To Olympics

Since the early days of Paris's bid for the 2024 Olympics, the city has been receiving advice from a prestigious counsel: Nobel peace prize winner and...

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Rafah Battles Intensify As Israel Takes Over Gaza-Egypt Border Strip

Rafah residents reported intense artillery shelling and gunfire Thursday in Gaza's far-southern city after Israel said it had seized a strategic...

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Aid Reaches Papua New Guinea Landslide Site

Supplies of food and medicine began arriving at the scene of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea Wednesday, with aid workers discovering children...

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N. Korea Fires Multiple Short-range Ballistic Missiles

North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early Thursday, Seoul's military said, hours after Pyongyang sent hundreds of trash-filled...

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Inside A Semiconductor 'Clean Room' At Japan's Top University

To study semiconductors at Japan's top university, first you need the right clothes -- protective overalls, shoe covers, plastic gloves and a...

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EU Creates 'AI Office' To Regulate Tech Under Tough New Law

The European Union on Wednesday announced the creation of an "AI Office" of tech experts, lawyers and economists to regulate artificial intelligence...

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Asian Markets Fall On US Rate Concerns, Oil Rallies After Attack

Equities fell Wednesday on lingering worries about the outlook for US interest rates, while oil prices extended their rally after an attack on a ship...

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Israel Pounds Gaza As UN Security Council Meets Over Deadly Strike

Israel carried out fresh strikes on Wednesday in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where its forces are battling Hamas militants, after the UN Security...

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Argentina's Milei US-bound To Meet Tech Bosses

Argentine President Javier Milei heads for the United States Monday for the fourth time since taking office in December, meeting tech giants as he...

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Argentine Court Orders Milei Government To Distribute Held-up Food Aid

An Argentine court on Monday ordered President Javier Milei's government to release tons of food meant for the poor -- about half the population --...

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Climate Change Caused 26 Extra Days Of Extreme Heat In Last Year: Report

The world experienced an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably not have occurred without climate change,...

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Putin Warns Of 'Serious Consequences' If Western Arms Strike Russia

President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that there would be "serious consequences" if Western countries allowed Ukraine to use their weapons to...

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Stock Markets Swing Before Key Inflation Data

Asian and European stock markets wavered Tuesday as investors geared up for key inflation numbers later in the week, while London returned to action...

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Luxury Influencers Vanish From Chinese Social Media In Wealth Crackdown

Chinese social media censors have blocked multiple influencers known for showing off their lavish lifestyles after an official campaign to curb...

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Israel Again Bombs Rafah As Security Council To Discuss Camp Blaze

Israel again bombarded Gaza's far-southern Rafah area on Tuesday despite a global storm of outrage over a strike that set ablaze a crowded tent city,...

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Security Council Set To Meet Over Deadly Rafah Strike

The UN Security Council was set to convene an emergency meeting Tuesday over an Israeli strike that killed dozens in a displaced persons camp in...

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Gaza Officials Say 40 Killed As Israeli Strikes Set Tents Ablaze

Gaza's civil defence agency said Monday that the death toll had risen to 40 from overnight Israeli strikes that set ablaze tents of displaced...

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South Korea, China, Japan Vow To Ramp Up Cooperation In Rare Summit

Leaders from South Korea, China and Japan reaffirmed their goal of a denuclearised Korean peninsula Monday, during a rare summit at which they also...

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Israel Fights Hamas In Gaza But Says Ready For New Truce Talks

Israel's armed forces bombarded Gaza on Sunday, but officials also said diplomatic efforts were expected to resume in coming days towards a truce and...

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Israel Strikes Rafah After Top UN Court Orders It To Halt Offensive

Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, a day after the top UN court ordered it to halt military operations in the southern city...

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Domestic Violence 'Broke Me,' Says Ex-partner Of Rapper 'Diddy'

Singer Casandra Ventura said Thursday -- in her first comments since video emerged of her being beaten by rap mogul and former partner Sean "Diddy"...

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UK Police Arrest 16 At Oxford University Gaza War Protest

UK police have arrested 16 people at a protest organised by a pro-Palestinian student group at Oxford University, in the latest flare-up on a...

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Japan Inflation Slows To 2.2% In April

The pace of Japanese inflation slowed in April to 2.2 percent as gas bills fell, government data showed Friday, with the figure remaining above the...

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Stock Markets Sink On Diminishing US Rate Cut Hopes

Asian and European stock markets fell Friday following Wall Street losses, as better-than-expected US data compounded worries the Federal Reserve will...

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US Imposes Visa Restrictions, Reviewing Cooperation With Georgia

The United States was imposing new visa restrictions and reviewing relations with Georgia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday, after it...

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Massive Landslide Hits Papua New Guinea, Many Feared Dead

A massive landslide struck six villages in Papua New Guinea's highlands Friday, local officials said, with many homes believed to be buried and scores...

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Israel Strikes Gaza As World Court Ruling Due

Israeli forces struck the Gaza Strip on Friday, as the UN's top court was due to rule on a plea to halt the military offensive over accusations of...

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Russia Purges Military Leadership, As War Drags On

Russia has arrested a number of generals and military leaders in recent weeks, seeking to overhaul an army hierarchy seen as corrupt and inefficient...

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Tens Of Thousands Bid Farewell To Iran's Raisi Ahead Of Burial

Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets Thursday to bid farewell to president Ebrahim Raisi ahead of his burial in his home town after he...

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Gary Oldman Talks Sobriety And 'Harry Potter' At Cannes

British actor Gary Oldman, who plays a washed-up alcoholic writer in new Cannes film "Parthenope", said Wednesday he is celebrating 27 years sober....

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News Corp Makes Deal To Let OpenAI Use Its Content

News Corp on Wednesday announced a deal to let ChatGPT-maker OpenAI use content from its publications in artificial intelligence products. OpenAI will...

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Failed South Korea Hunt For Klinsmann Successor Unmasks Deeper Issues

South Korea began 2024 vowing to win the Asian Cup but they have endured a year of turmoil and are still without a coach three months after the...

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Pentagon Says Russia Launched Space Weapon In Path Of US Satellite

Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a US government satellite, the Pentagon said. "Russia launched a...

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French Actor Depardieu In 'Violent' Scuffle With Photographer

A well-known Italian paparazzi photographer accused French film star Gerard Depardieu of punching him in Rome on Tuesday, media reported, with the...

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20 People In Intensive Care After Turbulent Singapore Airlines Flight

Twenty people were in intensive care in Bangkok hospitals on Wednesday after a terrifying high-altitude plunge on a flight from London during which an...

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European States To Move On Palestine Recognition As Gaza War Rages

At least three European countries were expected to announce steps towards recognising a Palestinian state on Wednesday, after more than seven months...

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Gaza Battles Flare As Israel Slams Arrest Warrant Bid For 'War Crimes'

Israeli forces battled Hamas in Gaza on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissed a bid for an international arrest warrant...

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Cate Blanchett Urges Film Industry To Include Refugee Voices

Australian actor Cate Blanchett, goodwill ambassador for the UN agency for refugees, on Monday urged the film industry to take a leap and include...

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