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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrive for a meeting with members of the government in Moscow, Russia May 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin has reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as Prime Minister for the lower house’s approval. Parliament Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the house, the State Duma, will…
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Washington: Days after the October 7 attack, Joe Biden walked onto the tarmac in Tel Aviv and offered a warm bear hug to Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign both of solid support for Israel and the US president’s long, if not uncomplicated, relationship with the prime minister. Seven months into the devastating conflict, the gentle approach…
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People also wondered how she managed to climb into the storage space. (Representational Pic) A video of a woman sleeping in the overhead compartment of a plane, where luggage is stored, has gone massively viral on social media. According to New York Post, the incident took place on a Southwest Airlines flight. The video was…
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Pakistan and China flags | Photo Credit: Oleksii Liskonih Debt owed by various countries, especially in South Asia and Africa, to China has multiplied in recent years. China is either the sole or the major lender for the majority of these countries. In other words, these nations owe a large share of their external debt…
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez applauds the socialist candidate, Salvador Illa, left, during a campaign rally in Villanova i la Gertru, near Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Some nearly 6 million Catalans are called to cast ballots in regional elections on Sunday that will surely have reverberations in Spain’s national politics. | Photo Credit:…
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In the Security Council vote on April 18, the Palestinians got much more support for full U.N. membership. The vote was 12 in favor, the United Kingdom and Switzerland abstaining. | Photo Credit: AP The U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) is expected to vote on May 10 on a resolution that would grant new “rights and…
This aerial picture taken on November 26, 2021 shows the Tonsai village on Thailand’s Phi Phi Don island. The dazzling Thai holiday islands made famous by Hollywood film “The Beach” are facing a severe water shortage following a blistering heatwave across Asia, a tourism official and locals said on May 9, 2024. | Photo Credit:…
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Officials are investigating the deadly accident. (Representative pic) A 41-year-old woman has died after she slipped from her safety harness and fell more than 60 feet while riding a zipline in Italy. According to the New Zealand Herald, Ghizlane Moutahir died on Sunday in front of her family members after slipping from the safety harness…
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Six months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war. There is pressure on all fronts from powerful militias drawn from Myanmar’s ethnic minority groups and newer resistance…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. | Photo Credit: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assassination plot. Mr. Zelensky published a decree to “dismiss Sergiy Leonidovich Rud from the post of head of…
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