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Blinken says U.S. to reopen consulate in East Jerusalem

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday that his country will go ahead with the process of reopening its consulate in East Jerusalem and strengthen its ties with the Palestinian A

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Monterey, California suffers without Chinese tourism

03:16 California ison the rebound after coping with the coronavirus for more than a year.The state isexpected to fully reopen by mid-June, which isgood news for the tourism industry. Pl

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UN chief calls for release of civilian leaders

FILE PHOTO: Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations. /VCG Photo UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is continuing to monitor the evolving situation in Mali very closely

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AU, ECOWAS chiefs hold meeting on Mali situation

FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers standing guard near Timbuktu’s airport in Mali, February 4, 2016. /VCG Photo The Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi who is also the President o

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Blinken meets Netanyahu to consolidate ceasefire in Gaza

00:32 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem to consolidate the newly reached ceasefire agreement to end the clash

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Air India passenger data breach reveals SITA hack worse than first thought

Three months after air transport data giant SITA reported a data breach, we are still learning about the damage.Air India said this week that personal data of about 4.5 million passengers had been com

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French FM confirms kidnapping of French journalist in Mali

FILE PHOTO: Olivier Dubois, a journalist who disappeared last month in Mali's northern city of Gao appeared in a video on Wednesday appealing to authorities to do everything they can to free him

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Senegal museum reopening celebrates art 'back on African soil'

The re-opening exhibit celebrates Amadou-Mahtar Mbow, the first African director of UNESCO who turned 100. /AFP Like many other museums around the world, the Theodore-Monod museum of art in Da

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Air India passenger data breach reveals SITA hack worse than first thought

Three months after air transport data giant SITA reported a data breach, we are still learning about the damage.Air India said this week that personal data of about 4.5 million passengers had been com

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Indian Court Orders House Arrest of Two Bengali Ministers as Modi vs Mamata Battle Heats up

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders were arrested earlier this week, with four granted interim bail by a Special CBI Court on Monday. Following the arrests, clashes br

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Death Rate in England at 20-Year Low as COVID-19 Pandemic Dwindles

UK PM Boris Johnson sought to reassure his Conservative party MPs on Wednesday that the final lifting of lockdown restrictions was still on track for the planned date o

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Three Chinese among fishing boat crew kidnapped off Ghana coast

A fishing boat was seized by armed men in waters off Ghana in West Africa, with a Korean captain and four crew members on board, including three Chinese and one Russian, Yonhap reported on Thursday.T

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Nepal reopens Mt. Everest amid rise in COVID-19 cases

02:53 After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mt. Qomolangma, or Mt. Everest as it’s known in the West, is back open for business.At least partially. While China has cancelled th

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India receives new cyclone warning as death toll rises

FILE PHOTO: A picture showing the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel clearing fallen trees from a road following severe cyclonic storm 'Tauktae' at Margao in Goa. /VCG Indians s

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Oil prices dive $2 on fears of pandemic in Asia, U.S. rate hikes

A Colonial Pipeline storage tank at the company's Baltimore Washington International Airport facility in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 11, 2021. /CFP Oil prices dropped by over $2 a barrel on

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5.1 magnitude quake hits 43 km NW of Colonia Dora, Argentina: USGS

FILE PHOTO: A seismograph used to used to detect and record earthquakes. /VCG An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 43 km northwest of Colonia Dora, Argentina at 15:06:54 GMT on Wednesd

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New York lifts capacity restrictions, adopts new mask guidance

FILE PHOTO: Patrons at a bar on Manhattan's Upper West Side share a toast in New York, U.S. /VCG New York State entered a new period of reopening on Wednesday with multiple capacity restricti