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Warning shots were fired to force Kurdish demonstrators to disperse. Kirkuk, Iraq: At least three Kurds were killed and 16 people wounded Saturday during protests in the multi-ethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk, as authorities imposed a curfew after days of tensions. Two people were shot in the chest and a third in the head, Ziad…
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Queen Elizabeth memorial committee has been formed (File) London: The UK government announced on Sunday early stage plans to erect a permanent memorial to the late Queen Elizabeth II, alongside a national legacy programme in her honour, in 2026. The “fitting tribute” to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, who died in September last year aged 96 after…
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Ms Runions is in custody on a $1.5 million bond. (Representative pic) A 25-year-old woman in the United States is under arrest for fatally shooting a 4-year-old girl on Sunday while demonstrating gun safety. According to a press release by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), the woman, identified as Breanna Runions, was charged with…
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Pakistani shopkeepers close their businesses during strike against inflation in Lahore, Pakistan, on September 02, 2023. They protested the soaring cost of living, including higher fuel and utility bills and record depreciation of the rupee against the dollar. | Photo Credit: AP Thousands of Pakistan traders shuttered their shops on Saturday, striking over soaring energy…
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The Nobel Foundation has withdrawn its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the decision to invite them “provoked strong reactions.” File | Photo Credit: AP The Nobel Foundation said on Saturday it was reversing its decision to invite Ambassadors from Russia and Belarus to…
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Australia will send a delegation of industry, government, academic, media and arts representatives to Beijing for a dialogue with their Chinese counterparts next week to stabilise its relationship with China, Canberra’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Trade, investment, people-to-people links as well as regional and international security are among the issues up for discussion in…
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Thailand’s king has formally endorsed members of a new Cabinet, paving the way for a government headed by PM Srettha Thavisin, in picture, to take office more than three months after the general election. File | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s King has formally endorsed members of a new Cabinet, paving the way for a government…
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Eritrean asylum seekers hold sticks and Israeli flags during violent demonstrations by both supporters and opponents of the Eritrean government, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on September 02, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with each other and with Israeli police Saturday, leaving dozens injured in one of the…
U.K. interior minister Suella Braverman ordered a watchdog to review “political activism and impartiality” in the police after an independent review found the force racist, sexist and homophobic. File | Photo Credit: AFP U.K. interior minister Suella Braverman said Saturday she has ordered a watchdog to review “political activism and impartiality” in the police after…
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A supporter holds a t-shirt reading “France Must Go” as supporters of Niger’s National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland protest outside the Niger and French airbase in Niamey on September 02, 2023 to demand the departure of the French army from Niger. | Photo Credit: AFP Thousands rallied Saturday in the Niger capital Niamey…
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