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File picture of the logo of the International Monetary Fund is visible on its building in Washington | Photo Credit: AP The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have decided to hold their annual meetings in Morocco in October despite a recent earthquake that killed more than 2,900 people, it was announced on Monday….
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Zelensky is expected to make a speech at the General Assembly on Tuesday. Washington: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday arrived in New York ahead of addressing the UN General Assembly and meeting US President Joe Biden for talks. It is Zelensky’s second visit to the United States — which has supplied Kyiv with weaponry…
File picture of Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, in 2019 | Photo Credit: AP Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, pleaded not guilty in Chicago on Monday to U.S. drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges during his first court appearance since being extradited…
Antony Blinken said he believed in “face-to-face diplomacy” to deal with disagreements. Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday for managing tensions with China “responsibly” as he met with the vice president in the rival powers’ second high-level talks in days. Meeting Vice President Han Zheng in New York on the sidelines of…
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File picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Photo Credit: REUTERS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Elon Musk to strike a balance between protecting free expression and fighting hate speech at a meeting on Monday after weeks of controversy over antisemitic content on Mr. Musk’s social media platform X. Earlier this month, Mr….
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At least 34 people also injured after bus plunged into ravine in Peru on Monday. (Representational) Lima: A bus plummeted from the edge of a narrow mountain road in southeastern Peru on Monday, killing 25 people including two children, according to authorities. The accident occurred before dawn when the bus traveling between two Andean towns…
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Netanyahu also praised Elon Musk for welcoming back tens of thousands of banned accounts to the platform. Washington: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged Elon Musk to fight anti-Semitism on his X platform as he sat down with the tech tycoon to discuss artificial intelligence. The conversation, which was broadcast on Musk’s X…
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File picture of Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | Photo Credit: REUTERS Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, the office of the Brazilian presidency said on Monday. Lula has advocated the…
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Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, many arm-in-arm, as part of a deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to unlock nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets. The deal brought Biden profuse thanks from their families but heat from Republican opponents for the monetary arrangement…
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Ovidio Guzman was briefly arrested in Culiacan in the northern state of Sinaloa in 2019. Chicago: Ovidio Guzman, one of the sons of incarcerated Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleaded not guilty to U.S. fentanyl trafficking charges on Monday in federal court in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune, three days after his…
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