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Russian airstrikes kill 2 and wound 3 in southern Ukraine as war enters 20th month

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Russian airstrikes on Sunday killed two people and wounded three others in southern Ukraine’s Kherson province, the region’s governor reported on Sunday as the war in Ukraine entered a 20th month. According to Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin, Russian forces struck the city of Beryslav, destroying an unspecified number of private houses. A woman was killed and…

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Death toll in Taiwan golf ball factory fire rises; Four of the victims were firefighters

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This image provided by the Pingtung County Government shows a factory fire at golf ball manufacturer Launch Technologies Co. in the southern county of Pingtung in Taiwan on Sept. 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Search teams found the bodies of the last three missing people on Sunday at the site of a golf ball…

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Joe Biden To Host Pacific Island Leaders In US Charm Offensive Against China

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The White House said this year’s effort would focus on priorities including climate change. Washington: President Joe Biden will host a second summit with Pacific island leaders this week, part of a U.S. charm offensive to block further Chinese inroads into a strategic region Washington has long considered its own backyard. During the three-day meeting,…

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Mexico Police Arrest Chucky Doll For Using Knife To Scare People

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The doll in handcuffs. In a very unusual incident, the police in Mexico arrested a Chucky doll which was being used by its owner to scare people, as per a report in the New York Post. Carlos “N” used Chucky, a doll that local authorities there have dubbed a “demon doll”, to terrorise residents by…

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Earth’s Photo Of Day And Night Split In Half Released By European Space Agency

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Two Latin words that signify equal and night make up the word equinox. The European Space Agency (ESA) on Saturday released a satellite picture of day and night split in half on Earth’s surface. The image posted on X, formerly Twitter, shows the crossing of the Sun in the celestial equator in the sky and…

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Apple Intimidates Workers Who Dare to Leave, Alleges Startup Rivos

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Chip startup Rivos is countersuing Apple Inc., claiming the tech giant forces employees to sign restrictive agreements that prevent them from working elsewhere and stifle up-and-coming companies that hire its staff. The countersuit filed Friday by Rivos and six ex-Apple employees in a San Jose federal court escalates an acrimonious trade secret feud that began…

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Mysterious Sea Urchin Deaths Threaten Red Sea Corals

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Reports in January claimed that a sea urchin species off Eilat was dying rapidly. Eilat, Israel: The Red Sea’s spectacular coral reefs face a new threat, marine biologists warn — the mass death of sea urchins that may be caused by a mystery disease. Because the long-spined creatures feed on algae that can suffocate corals,…

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Biden Blames “Small Group Of Extreme Republicans” For Shutdown Threat

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US lawmakers have until midnight on September 30 to reach an agreement on a spending bill. Washington: President Joe Biden on Saturday blamed “a small group of extreme Republicans” for a budget impasse that has placed the US government a week away from a shutdown, urging the lawmakers to resolve the issue. Speaking at a…

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US Will Try To Stay Out As India-Canada Diplomatic Row Spirals, Says Expert

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US on Friday urged India to work with Canada. (File) The Biden administration will likely try to stay out of the diplomatic dispute between Canada and India as much it can, aiming not to disrupt the progress it’s made in its relationship with PM Narendra Modi’s government, the founder of political strategy firm Signum Global…

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