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Hurricane Lee targets New England and eastern Canada with wind, roiling seas and rain

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Fishermen removed lobster traps from the water and residents hauled hundreds of boats ashore — leaving some harbors looking like ghost towns — while utility workers from as far away as Tennessee began taking up positions Friday ahead of Hurricane Lee’s heavy winds, high seas and rain spanning hundreds of miles (kilometers) of land and…

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Poland, Hungary, Slovakia to introduce own bans on Ukraine grains

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Poland, Slovakia and Hungary announced their own restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports on Friday after the European Commission decided not to extend its ban on imports into Ukraine’s five EU neighbours. Ukraine was one of the world’s top grain exporters before Russia’s 2022 invasion reduced its ability to ship agricultural produce to global markets. Ukrainian…

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Myanmar to offer visa on arrival to Chinese, Indian tourists

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Myanmar will offer visas on arrival to Chinese and Indian tourists, state media reported, as the ruling junta seeks to lure back foreign visitors and their cash. A start date for the one-year trial scheme “will be announced soon”, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported, citing the junta’s immigration ministry. Holders of the visas…

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Beijing sanctions two U.S. defence companies over Taiwan arms sales

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. File | Photo Credit: AP Beijing sanctioned Friday two U.S. defence companies, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, over their roles in supplying arms to Taiwan. The United States Congress, under the Taiwan Relations Act, requires the supply of weapons to the self-governing democracy for its defence. President Joe Biden’s…

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Ukrainian President Zelensky to make second visit to U.S. White House to rally wartime support

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will pay his second wartime visit to Washington next week, the White House announced Friday, in a bid to solidify the support of his country’s crucial backer which has shipped billions of dollars in aid to fight Russian invaders. Zelensky will travel…

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North Korea’s Kim gets a close look at Russian fighter jets as his tour narrows its focus to weapons

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In this photo released by Khabarovsky Krai region government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, looks at a military jet cockpit while visiting a Russian aircraft plant that builds fighter jets in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, about 6,200 kilometers (3,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim…

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Vivek Ramaswami On Joe Biden Impeachment Inquiry

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Vivek Ramaswami said that impeachment inquiry initiated against President Biden is a step in the right. Washington: Reacting to the indictment of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called it a “fig leaf” designed to divert attention. He also stated that the impeachment inquiry that has been started against the President…

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French Ambassador Diplomatic Members In Niger Held Hostage By Junta: President Emmanuel Macron

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President Emmanuel Macron said the ambassador and diplomatic members are eating military rations (File) Paris: France’s ambassador in Niger is being held hostage at the French embassy by the military junta which has seized power in the West African nation, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. “As we speak, we have an ambassador and diplomatic…

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Ukraine’s Kyiv, Lviv placed on heritage ‘in danger’ list: UNESCO

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The UN’s cultural organisation placed World Heritage Sites in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv on its “in danger” list, saying they are at risk from the war sparked by Russia’s invasion of the country. File | Photo Credit: AFP The UN’s cultural organisation on Friday placed World Heritage Sites in the Ukrainian cities…

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Three Artworks Allegedly Looted By Nazis Seized From US Museums Egon Schiele

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Russian War Prisoner valued at $1.25 million was seized from the Art Institute US authorities seized three artworks allegedly looted by the Nazis and which are being sought by the heirs of a Jewish art collector who died in the Holocaust, officials said Thursday. They confirmed a report in The New York Times that said…

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