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Officials prepare to recover the landing module of the Chang’e-6 moon probe after it landed in Inner Mongolia, in northern China on June 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP On June 25, Chinese personnel picked up a 300-kg cannister from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region; it contained two fistfuls of soil and rocks. The event…
Representational Image Washington: Four people were killed and three others injured in a shooting at a home in Kentucky in the US on Saturday, police said. According to the Florence Police Department, four individuals were declared dead at the location, while three others were taken to a nearby hospital and are currently in critical but…
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Joe Biden’s latest efforts to put a disastrous debate showing behind him have failed to silence voices was: Joe Biden’s presidential reelection bid hung in the balance Saturday after his latest efforts to put a disastrous debate showing behind him failed to silence voices urging him to quit the White House race. Murmurs of dissent…
As per a key finding of the Global Tax Evasion Report 2024, prepared by researchers at the EU Tax Observatory, global billionaires benefit from very low effective tax rates, which range between 0% and 0.5% of their wealth. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: French economist Gabriel Zucman has in a recent…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday congratulated reformist Masoud Pezeshkian for his win in Iran’s presidential runoff election, state media reported. “I attach great importance to the development of China-Iran relations and am willing to work with the President to lead the China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership…
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The Netherlands struck two second-half goals in seven minutes to come from behind to beat Turkey 2-1 on Saturday and set up a Euro 2024 semi-final clash with England. Samet Akaydin sent Turkey ahead in the first half but Stefan de Vrij headed the Netherlands level and Murt Muldur turned into his own net under pressure from…
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is seen. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Saudi Arabia, which restored ties with Tehran last year following a years-long rift, on Saturday congratulated Iran’s new president-elect, the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian. King Salman, in a message to Pezeshkian, expressed hope for the “continued development of relations which…
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People search the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment at the Jaouni school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on July 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Hamas authorities in Gaza said an Israeli strike on…
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Spain’s most visited region in 2023 was Catalonia, whose capital is Barcelona Barcelona: Thousands of protesters marched Saturday in Barcelona to denounce mass tourism and its effect on Spain’s most visited city, the latest in a series of similar marches in the country. Under the slogan “Enough! Let’s put limits on tourism”, some 2,800 people…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AP Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory in a presidential runoff, the Kremlin said on July 6. “I hope that your tenure as president will contribute to a reinforcement of constructive bilateral cooperation between our friendly peoples,” Mr. Putin said…
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