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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives in Maldives

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived at the Velana International Airport in the Maldives on Wednesday, according to the Maldivian media, after leaving his co

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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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More than 100,000 people officially missing in Mexico since 1964

More than 100,000 people are now listed as missing in violence-wracked Mexico, a grim milestone that the United Nations rights chief on Tuesday called "a tragedy of eno

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Vice President of Tunisia's Ennahdha Party allegedly detained

Noureddine Bhiri, Vice President of Tunisia's Ennahdha Party and former Minister of Justice, was detained by plain-clothes agents on Friday, the party said in an earlier statement on its official Fac

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Safer digital life: China implements first law on personal data protection

China has been ramping up efforts to protect personal data security. Its Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) that was passed in August, went into force on Monday

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FIFA chief says Brazil game abandonment was 'crazy'

FIFA is investigating the abandonment of the Brazil-Argentina World Cup qualifier with its president Gianni Infantino labelling the incident "crazy," while Tottenham Ho

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FIFA chief says Brazil game abandonment 'crazy'

Players of Brazil and Argentina wait as their 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier is suspended in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 5, 2021. /CFP FIFA is investigating the abandonment of

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GOP lawmaker threatened officials while trying to enter Afghanistan: report

Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R) allegedly threatened U.S. Embassy staffers in Tajikistan when requesting assistance in transporting a large amount of cash into the c

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How the day unfolded as Taliban members entered Kabul

2:17 AM CST - Kabul airport closes U.S. military officials reported that Kabul airport had closed to all commercial flights while military evacuations were underway. 12:42 AM CST - Taliban announc

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Afghan President Ghani leaves the country: TOLO News

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country, reported TOLO Newson Sunday, hours after the Taliban surrounded the capital Kabul.Reuters also reported that Ghani has "left for Tajikistan," citin

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The odds of a hazardous asteroid hitting Earth are higher than previously thought, NASA says

Osiris-Rex has been investigating Bennu since 2018, and is now heading back to Earth on a long, roundabout loop, after collecting samples of rock and dust.

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20 missing after Philippine ship runs aground in typhoon

A search was under way Tuesday for 20 crew members missing in the Philippines after their cargo ship ran aground while seeking shelter from rough waters churned up by a typhoon, the coast guard said.

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Arthur Jones: the lost Chinese stories of Titanic

British filmmaker Authur Jones, teamed up with American historian Steven Schwankert to find the lost history of six Chinese survivors on the doomed passenger liner Titanic. What they found was raci

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Chinese billionaire tech tycoon Jack Ma seen in public three months after mystery disappearance

Mr Ma was seen speaking to teachers in a 50-second video but made no mention of his disappearance from the limelight.

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World long jump champion Luvo Manyonga provisionally suspended

Men's long jump athlete Luvo Manyonga of South Africa. /CFP World long jump champion Luvo Manyonga of South Africa has been provisionally suspended because of whereabouts failures in drug-test

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Apple's app stores open new privacy window for customers

CFP Apple has begun spelling out what kinds of personal information is being collected by the digital services displayed in its app stores for iPhones and other products made by the company.St

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World champion sprinter Coleman appeals two-year doping ban to CAS

World 100-meter champion Christian Coleman has appealed against his ban for breaching anti-doping whereabouts rules, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday.CAS said it had regis