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Pakistani PM expresses pain over Beirut explosions

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday expressed deep pain over the deadly explosions in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday. "Deeply pained to hear of th

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Trump doubles down against mail-in voting, calls for immediate 2020 election results

President Donald Trump, whose suggestion to delay the 2020 U.S. election was roundly rejected earlier on Thursday, said the results of the vote should be known on elect

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French cities given power to make masks compulsory in public

Lille is close to the border with Belgium, which has been one of the European countries worst-affected by the pandemic. /AFP/Denis Charlet. France has granted local governments the power to ma

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Bolsonaro challenges court ruling that blocks his supporters' accounts

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged a Supreme Court order that blocked several of his supporters' profiles on social networks amid an ongoing fake news investigation, the right-wing

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Seattle Black Lives Matter clashes spark 45 arrests, 21 police injured

Dozens were arrested and many police injured in clashes around Seattle's biggest Black Lives Matter protest in weeks on Saturday. /Reuters Dozens were arrested and many police injured in clash

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U.S. move to close Chinese consulate "baseless aggression": Venezuelan FM

"The political, ideological, diplomatic, economic and media escalation of the U.S. government against the People's Republic of China constitutes a baseless aggression

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EU Leaders Resume Plenary Discussions on Economic Recovery Fund

The EU leaders resumed plenary discussions at 9:30 pm local time (19:30 GMT) on Monday as the summit continued into an unplanned fourth day due to strong differences ov

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Netizens satirize Pompeo's defense on 'common enemy of mankind' label

Screenshot from Twitter The Hill on Sunday tweeted a clip from a recent speech by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa.The video footage high

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EU leaders extend summit as rifts over key plan remain

A special summit grouping heads of state and government of the European Union (EU) member states on Saturday failed to reach consensus on its multiannual budget and an ambitious recovery plan designed

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Twitter accounts of Obama, Biden, Musk and others 'hacked' in apparent Bitcoin scam

Twitter says it is investigating after a number of high-profile accounts were apparently hacked.Accounts including those of former US president Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden and billio

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Twitter stock slides after-hours amid scramble to contain high-profile account hacks

Twitter’s stock slid as much as 4% in after-hours trading as the company tried to swat down hackers that had taken over the accounts of multiple high-profile users.Accounts belonging to Barack O

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Dubai announces new coronavirus economic support worth over $400 million

Dubai has announced a new package worth 1.5 billion dirhams (408 million U.S. dollars) to help the economy cope with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the crown

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Facebook bug causing Spotify, Tinder and Pinterest apps to crash

The iPhone apps for Spotify, Tinder and Pinterest are crashing for users around the world, apparently due to a Facebook bug.The core issue seems to lie with Facebook's software developer kit (SDK) fo

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U.S. Atlanta mayor tests positive for coronavirus

"COVID-19 has literally hit home," Bottoms tweeted. "I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive," she said on Twitter. Bottoms, 50, is reportedly in the running to become the running mate to pre

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2 killed, 74 wounded in firework factory explosion in NW Turkey: president

At least two people were killed and 74 others were wounded on Friday in an explosion at a firework factory in Turkey's northwestern province of Sakarya, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan anno

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Armed man arrested near Canadian governor general residence

An armed man was arrested near the official residence of Canadian Governor General Julie Payette in Ottawa Thursday morning, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Po

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At least four injured in shooting in Oakland, California

At least four people were injured Wednesday afternoon in a shooting along Interstate 580 in Oakland, California, local police said on Twitter. "The Oakland Police Depa