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Columbian President Gustavo Petro. File | Photo Credit: AP The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Associated Press reviewed the video and was able to verify that it was altered. The recording released by…
Andrei Medvedev escaped Russia in January via its Arctic border with Norway Norway: Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border back into Russia after seeking asylum in Norway earlier this year, the man’s lawyer said on Saturday. Andrei Medvedev, who…
Professor Rahile Dawut, a Uyghur intellectual has been sentenced to life “for endangering state security”. Photo courtesy Lisa Ross/Dui Hua | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “There are so few of us left,” Ilham Tohti reflected during a walk through the lush grounds of Beijing’s Minzu University, which specialises in the study of China’s ethnic minorities, during…
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The girl was first reported missing in Faithorn at about 8pm Wednesday. (Representative Pic) A 2-year-old girl who went missing in Michigan, US, with two family dogs was found asleep in the woods hours later using one of her pets as a pillow. According to Sky News, the little girl wandered away from her home…
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The baby suffered more than 50 bite wounds to his head and face.(Representative pic) A 6-month-old baby in the United States was nearly eaten alive by rats that bit him over 50 times while he slept in his crib last week, police said. According to USA Today, the incident took place in Indiana on September…
The increased frequency of China’s military activities around Taiwan recently has raised the risk of events “getting out of hand” and sparking an accidental clash, the island’s defence minister said on Saturday. Taiwan has said that the past two weeks has seen dozens of fighters, drones, bombers and other aircraft, as well as warships and…
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European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters in Shanghai, China on September 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union has no intention to decouple from China but needs to protect itself when its openness is abused, the bloc’s Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said,…
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Major U.S. tech companies have acknowledged a need for AI regulations. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Britain pitched itself to the world Friday as a ready leader in shaping an international response to the rise of artificial intelligence, with Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden telling the UN General Assembly his country was “determined to be in…
Mr Alpergin owned London-based Turkish-language radio station Bizim FM. A popular radio DJ in London was allegedly tortured to death by “sadistic thugs” who inflicted around 94 injuries on him and locked his girlfriend in a bathroom for two days, a court has heard. According to The Independent, 43-year-old Mehmet Koray Alpergin and his girlfriend,…
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“If US has to choose between India and Canada, it will choose India”, a former Pentagon official said. Washington: Stating that Justin Trudeau’s allegations have led to “greater danger” for Canada than India, former Pentagon official Michael Rubin said that if the United States has to choose between Ottawa and New Delhi, it will surely…
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