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Sri Lankan president tells PM he will resign

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially told Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will be resigning as previously announced, the prime minister's

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South Africa's parliament fire contained

A fire that has raged at South Africa's parliament for two days was finally contained on Tuesday, reported AFP citing firefighters.The parliament fire, which started early Sunday, was initially decla

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WHO chief scientist urges people not to panic over Omicron

The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist told the Reuters Next conference on Friday that people should not panic over the emergence of the Omicron coronavi

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French President Macron calls for immediate release of Sudan PM

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday condemned the coup attempt in Sudan and called for the immediate release of the Sudanese prime minister and civilian members

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4 killed in factory explosion in Lebanon's Beirut

Four people on Monday were killed in an explosion at a factory in Burj al-Barajneh in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's Beirut, the National News Agency reported.The cause of the explosion is still u

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25 killed in north Nigeria attacks: police

Nigerian police on Wednesday said 25 people were killed following attacks in four communities in the northwestern state of Kaduna.The attacks by unknown gunmen occurred on Monday in four communities

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Blast heard in Tehran's park, no casualties reported yet

A blast caused by an "unknown object" was heard in a park in north Tehran early on Saturday, Iranian state television reported.There are no reports of casualties so far. "Just one explosion took plac

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Four people injured in Chicago drive-by shooting

At least four people wounded in Chicago when an unknown assailant drove by and opened fire on them Saturday night, local media reported.As of early Sunday morning, no suspects had been arrested.

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Lebanese TV says Israeli cargo ship attacked in Indian Ocean

Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen said on Saturday in a post on Telegram that an Israeli cargo ship was attacked with an unknown weapon in the Indian Ocean on its way to the United Arab Emirates.There

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Rescue underway as residential building collapses in C China's Hunan

The rescue mission is underway after a residential building collapsed in Rucheng County, Chenzhou City, central China's Hunan Province on Saturday.The accident took pla

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Russia Expects to Start Talks With US on Arms Control Within Weeks, Deputy Foreign Minister Says

The first meeting within the bilateral Strategic Stability Dialogue on arms control will happen in a matter of weeks, not months, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Serge

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U.S. reunites only 7 immigrant children with parents since February

Asylum-seeking children wait to be transported to a U.S. border patrol processing facility in Texas, U.S., May 6, 2021. /Reuters An effort by U.S. President Joe Biden to reunite migrant famili

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Palestinians in Gaza live by the rubble of their former homes

After 11 days of Israeli airstrikes which killed 256Palestinians, including 66 children, many in Gaza are digging out their lives from the rubble of their former h

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Protests continue against tax reform bill in Colombia

02:20 Colombia’spresidenthalteda controversial tax reform bill after days of massiveproteststhat left an unknown number of people dead across Colombia.But thedemonstrationscontinue.CGTN

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Gunmen kidnap students in attack on university in NW Nigeria

Police on Wednesday confirmed an attack by gunmen at a university in Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria on Tuesday evening, with an unknown number of students kidnapped.A group of unidentified gunmen at

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Four dead after residential building collapses in Bangkok

At least four people were killed and several others are trapped after a residential building in Bangkok collapsed on Saturday, AFP reported citing an emergency worker.The three-story house had been e

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Students, teachers kidnapped by gunmen in NW Nigeria

An unknown number of students and teachers have been kidnapped after gunmen attacked on primary school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna, an internal security official said on Monday.The i