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US President Joe Biden addresses Morehouse College graduates during a commencement ceremony Atlanta, United States: US President Joe Biden said Sunday he heard the voice of Gaza war protesters as some students turned their backs on his graduation ceremony speech at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. A small number…
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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla, arrives to launch SpaceX’s Starlink internet service in Indonesia at a sub district community health center in Denpasar, Bali, May 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Elon Musk traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s…
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File Photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pakistan’s accountability watchdog has levelled fresh corruption allegations against jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing him of “illegally” possessing and selling seven high-value watches and 10 other precious gifts linked to the state gift repository when he was in power, media reports…
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Videos on social media showed men in fatigues at the Palais de la Nation, brandishing flags of Zaire. Kinshasa, DR Congo: The DR Congo military on Sunday said it had thwarted an “attempted coup” near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving “foreigners and Congolese”. It happened in the early hours of the…
People watch a Chinese warship as it docks at the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on May 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Two Chinese warships docked on May 19 at a commercial port in Cambodia, in preparation for joint naval exercises between the two countries. The Jingangshan amphibious warfare ship and Qijiguang training ship sailed…
Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on May 19 but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the deeply polarized European Union nation, the defense minister said. “The worst of what we feared has passed,…
It was the second time in less than a month that the Saudi government commented publicly about his health Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has a lung infection and is undergoing a treatment programme involving antibiotics, the Royal Court said Sunday in the latest update on the ageing monarch’s health. Earlier in the day, the…
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Taliban said four people had been arrested over the attack in which gunmen opened fire (Representational) Cairo: Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack by gunmen on tourists in Afghanistan’s central Bamiyan province, the group said on its Telegram channel. Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in…
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has a lung infection and is undergoing a treatment programme involving antibiotics, the Royal Court said May 19 in the latest update on the ageing monarch’s health. Earlier in the day, the court said King Salman was suffering from “high temperature” and…
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Russia said its forces had captured the village of Starytsia in Kharkiv region. (Representational) Moscow: Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine launched a major 62-drone attack on Russian regions forcing one oil refinery in southern Russia to halt operations, and that Kyiv’s forces had fired U.S., French and Ukrainian missiles at Russian-held territory. Russia shot…
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