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SpaceX launched the spacecraft into an overcast midmorning sky from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Named for the asteroid it’s chasing, Psyche should reach the huge, potato-shaped object in 2029. | Photo Credit: AP NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid. Most asteroids tend to be rocky or…
At UN, Palestinians call for halt to Israeli offensive, world powers mull options The Palestinian United Nations envoy appealed to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday to do more to stop a “crime against humanity” by Israel, which has warned nearly half of the population of the Gaza Strip to relocate as it plans an…
Many people have been killed in an artillery strike at a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar’s Kachin State, among them women, children and the elderly, local media reports and sources in the area said on Tuesday. Reuters could not immediately verify the reports. The Kachin media and local sources said the incident took…
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The IMF and World Bank last held their meetings in Africa in 1973, when Kenya hosted the event and some nations were still under colonial rule. | Photo Credit: Reuters The IMF and World Bank gather in Morocco Monday for their first annual meetings on African soil in 50 years, under pressure to reform to…
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An aerial view of the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan, Monday, June 5, 2023. Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, the country’s national disaster authority said. | Photo Credit: AP Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to 2,000, says Taliban…
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She is appealing dozens of convictions for crimes ranging from treason and bribery to violations of the telecommunications law. | Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to media reports. Suu Kyi, in detention since the…
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In this photo provided by the Department of the Treasury a coin with an image of King Charles is displayed. King Charles III will soon appear on Australian coins more than a year after the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, officials said October 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP An image of King…
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Reacting to the news of arrests of journalists and personnel associated with NewsClick, the U.S. State Department reiterated its support for the media. Responding to a question on the arrests as well as the report (from the New York Times) that alleged NewsClick was part of a Chinese influence operation, Principle Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel…
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The Ramaswamy campaign sought the change in rules for the third primary debate scheduled to be held in Miami on November 8, CBS News reported on Monday. File | Photo Credit: AP Indian-American presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign has asked the Republican National Committee to allow only the top four candidates in national polling to…
A view of efforts to douse a fire that broke out at a police facility, in Ismailia, Egypt, October 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters A huge fire early Monday in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt injured at least 25 people, officials said. The blaze ripped through the multistory police headquarters in the Suez…
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