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Secret Service ‘aware’ of Elon Musk post about Harris, Biden

Elon Musk wrote that “no one is even trying” to kill Joe Biden or Kamala Harris in a since-deleted tweet. The US Secret Service says it is “aware” of a social media post by Elon Musk in which he said that “no one is even trying” to assassinate President Joe Biden or Vice-President Kamala Harris.Mr […]

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India opposition leader resigns as Delhi’s chief minister

Delhi leader Arvind Kejriwal got bail in a liquor policy case on Friday Prominent opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has resigned from his post, days after getting bail in a corruption case.Kejriwal spent five months in jail in connection with a now-scrapped alcohol sales policy. He has denied the allegations against him.He

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Hezbollah says exploding pagers kill three and injure many in Lebanon

Lebanese army soldiers block an entrance of a southern suburb of Beirut following the blasts The Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah says two of its fighters and a girl have been killed after handheld pagers used to communicate exploded.Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon was among hundreds of people reportedly injured by what Hezbollah called “mysterious” blasts

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Who is Ryan Wesley Routh, suspect in Trump assassination attempt?

Ryan Routh appears to have felt strongly about Ukraine’s war effort, pictured here talking to the AFP news agency at a rally in Kyiv in April 2022 What is Mr Routh’s connection to Ukraine?Mr Routh told the New York Times in 2023 that he wanted to assist the war effort in Ukraine, and was seeking

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Eight dead after Channel crossing attempt

Archive photo showing a boat with migrants onboard crossing the Channel last year Eight people have died overnight while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French police say.Rescue services were alerted after the boat got into difficulty in waters north of Boulogne-sur-mer in the northern Pas-de-Calais region after 01:00 local time (00:00

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Dozens arrested after clashes at Melbourne anti-war protest

Dozens of people have been arrested after clashing with police at an anti-war demonstration in Melbourne. Dozens of people have been arrested after clashing with police at an anti-war demonstration in Melbourne.Police said they were “appalled” by the actions of some demonstrators targeting a military hardware sales show in Australia’s most populous city, accusing them

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What are Storm Shadow missiles and why are they crucial for Ukraine?

The UK has supplied Storm Shadow long-range missiles to Ukraine after a request from Kyiv for its fight against invading Russian forces There have been strong indications that the US and UK are poised to lift their restrictions within days on Ukraine using long-range missiles against targets inside Russia.But no confirmation came from talks between

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China shifts gear in Africa as it looks to a green future

President Xi Jinping pledged about $50bn of investment to Africa over three years Pulling power. That is what China still has across Africa.While the influence of others on the continent is questioned – for instance, France and the rest of the EU are being shunned by the Sahelian military juntas, and Russia’s mercenary-security “offer” is

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Three Israelis shot dead at West Bank-Jordan crossing

The Allenby Bridge, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, lies about halfway between Amman and Jerusalem Three Israeli men have been shot dead at a border point between Jordan and the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say.The gunman – identified by the Israeli military as Jordanian Maher Jazi – approached the Allenby Bridge crossing

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Super typhoon Yagi kills four in Vietnam

In Hanoi, people are seen battling strong winds Super Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm in Asia this year, has killed at least four people after making landfall in northern Vietnam.The storm hit Hai Phong and Quang Ninh provinces with winds of up to 203 km/h (126 mph) on Saturday morning, the Indo-Pacific Tropical Cyclone

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Yunus takes 7-member team to UNGA, Hasina used to take hundreds

Hasina attended the 70th UNGA in 2015 with a mammoth 227-member team. In 2014, her team size was 178 According to a notice issued by the Chief Advisor’s Office, the team consists of Deena Afroz Yunus, daughter of Prof Yunus; Debapriya Bhattacharya, a member of the white paper committee on economy; and Shahidul Alam, managing

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UAE pardons Bangladeshis jailed for protesting

The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned 57 Bangladeshis who were sentenced to long prison terms for staging protests in the Gulf state against their own government. Three of the defendants received life sentences in July, while 53 others were jailed for 10 years and one for 11 years. They had been

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Netflix show on India plane hijacking sparks row

The series has courted controversy over the aliases used by the hijackers BJP leader Amit Malviya said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that by using the hijackers’ “non-Muslim” aliases in the series, the filmmakers had ensured that people would “think Hindus hijacked IC-814”.A Hindu right-wing organisation has filed a case in a Delhi

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