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Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan agree on full cessation of hostilities on border

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed on a full cessation of hostilities on the border, Sputnik reported on Friday citing the Kyrgyz border service."During the negotiat

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New demonstrations begin in Sudan to demand civilian rule

New demonstrations began on Thursday in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to demand handing over the authority to a civilian government.Groups of protesters set out from Al

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5 killed, 21 injured in Moscow's bus accident

Five people were killed and 21 were injured in a bus accident south of Moscow in the early hours of Sunday, AFP reported citing Russian authorities.Russia's Federal Road Traffic Inspection agency sai

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Residents of U.S. state of Louisiana evacuating ahead of Hurricane Ida

Click arrows to view gallery Many residents of Louisiana were evacuating Saturday ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Ida, causing bumper to bumper traffic on major intersta

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Satellite shows chaos around Kabul airport

Tens of thousands of people, mostly Afghan civilians, have been evacuated from Kabul in the last week following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.Satellite images show th

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China steps up efforts to prevent unfair competition in internet sector

China's top market regulator on Tuesday moved to regulate the country's internet sector, drafting rules preventing unfair competition.The rules aim to protect the legit

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Bus accident in eastern Croatia kills 10 people

A bus carrying over 60 passengers crashed in eastern Croatia on Sunday morning, killing at least ten and injuring more than 40 people, local media reported.According to the national news agency HINA,

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Southwest China's Sichuan on alert after torrential rain

00:28 Heavy downpours have lashed many areas in southwest China's Sichuan Province, increasing the risk of natural disasters and prompting local authorities to relocate

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Flowers and candles placed to mourn Russian plane crash victims

Flowers and candles are seen at the spontaneous memorial on Lenin Square in memory of the victims of a recent plane crash as Governor of Kamchatka Territory Vladimir Solodov declared three-day

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The U.S. looks into more upgrades in rail & transit

03:03 Passenger rail, which has long been a source of frustration in the United States, is back in the spotlight.Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill allocates substantial spending fo

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Captain fully responsible for grounding of Ever Given in Suez Canal

The captain of the Ever Given was fully responsible for the grounding of the huge cargo vessel that blocked the canal for six days in March, according to Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Sunday.

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Egypt reduces compensation claim on Ever Given to 550 mln USD

An Egyptian court in April ordered the owners of Ever Given to pay 916 million U.S. dollars in compensation. /AFP Egypt offered to cut its compensation claim down to 550 million U.S. dollars a

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Minneapolis slowly returns to normal following Chauvin verdict

The streets and skyways of downtown Minneapolis are slowly gaining more foot traffic as life downtown returns to normal.Although many shops are still closed because of COVID-19,

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Protests continue against police brutality in Minnesota

Tense but peaceful protests against police brutality continued outside of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, in the wake of the police killing of Daunte Wright, a black ma

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5 die in east China traffic accident

A truck collided with a van on Thursday on the Beijing-Taipei expressway, leaving five dead and two hospitalized, according to local authorities.The accident happened i

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Suez Canal traffic slowed down again: tracking service

Traffic through the Suez Canal has slowed down again as another ship, the Rumford, is facing difficulties due to engine failure, tracking service MarineTraffic said on Twitter on Tuesday.

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Russia extends moves to slow down Twitter's traffic, says watchdog

Russia's state communications regulator said on Monday it would extend its move to slow down Twitter traffic until May 15.Russia said on March 10 that it was slowing down the speed of Twitter for wha