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Flash floods kill hundreds and injure many others in Afghanistan, Taliban says

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People clean up their damaged homes after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan Saturday, May 11, 2024. Flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan killed hundreds of people on Friday, a Taliban official said. | Photo Credit: AP Flash floods from seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed hundreds of…

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Why did Scotland’s government under Humza Yousaf fall apart Explained

May 11, 2024 admin

Humza Yousaf during a debate on a motion of no confidence at the Scottish Parliament on May 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: Scottish National Party (SNP) leader John Swinney was sworn in as the First Minister of Scotland at a brief ceremony in capital Edinburgh on Wednesday. The development follows…

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Pakistan’s ruling coalition in Punjab loses 27 reserved seats after SC ruling

May 11, 2024 admin

Representational image of Pakistan Supreme Court | Photo Credit: Reuters The ruling coalition led by the Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML-N) in Pakistan’s Punjab has been jolted as the provincial assembly’s speaker restrained 27 lawmakers on reserved seats after the Supreme Court’s ruling suspending a lower court’s verdict denying the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) its…

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Israel Orders Residents In More Areas Of Gaza’s Rafah To Evacuate Despite US Pressure

May 11, 2024 admin

About 300,000 Gazans have so far moved to humanitarian area Jerusalem: Israel called on Saturday for Palestinians in more areas of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah to evacuate and head to what it calls an expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, in a further indication that the military is pressing ahead with its plans for a…

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Over 200 Dead, Many Houses Damaged In Afghanistan Flash Floods In Baghlan province: Report

May 11, 2024 admin

Multiple provinces across Afghanistan saw flash flooding Kabul: Flash floods that have ripped through northern Afghanistan left more than 200 people dead in a single province, the United Nations said on Saturday. More than 200 people were killed and thousands of houses were destroyed or damaged in Baghlan province when heavy rains on Friday sparked…

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Panama’s next president says he’ll try to shut down one of world’s busiest migration routes

May 11, 2024 admin

Panama is on the verge of a dramatic change to its immigration policy that could reverberate from the dense Darien jungle to the U.S. border. President-elect José Raúl Mulino says he will shut down a migration route used by more than 500,000 people last year. Until now, Panama has helped speedily bus the migrants across…

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Donald Trump’s son Barron declines from representing Florida at Republican convention

May 11, 2024 admin

File photo of Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump. | Photo Credit: AP Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, will not be a delegate representing Florida at the Republican National Convention in July due to prior commitments, the office of his mother Melania said on May 10. On May 9, a campaign…

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In Pictures | Northern Lights: sightings across Europe

May 11, 2024 admin

The most powerful solar storm in more than two decades struck Earth on May 10, triggering spectacular celestial light shows from Tasmania to Britain – and threatening possible disruptions to satellites and power grids as it persists into the weekend. The first of several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) – expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields…

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Harvard University Faces Off With Student Protesters As MIT Clears Camps

May 11, 2024 admin

Harvard University again threatened suspensions for pro-Palestinian protesters if they don’t leave a campus encampment, escalating tensions in an impasse that’s left the school as one of the few elite colleges that hasn’t forcibly removed demonstrators. The Ivy League university has so far resisted calling in the police to clear the encampment, a move that…

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Israeli envoy shreds UN Charter over resolution to back Palestinian membership

May 11, 2024 admin

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan destroys with a machine a piece of paper with the title of the United Nations Charter as he addresses delegates during the United Nations General Assembly before voting on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full U.N. member, in New…

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