Taiwan launches live-fire drills, claims China is readying to invade island nation

On August 3, China started military exercises around Taiwan in retaliation for the United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit.

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· 2 hours ago

Former rebel Gustavo Petro takes oath as Colombia’s president

The 62-year-old is the South American country’s first leftist president.

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· Yesterday · 02:30 pm

US President Joe Biden again tests positive for Covid-19 three days after coming out of isolation

The White House said it was due to a rare case of ‘rebound’ seen in a small percentage of patients who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid.

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· Jul 31, 2022 · 12:37 pm

US President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid-19

The president is experiencing very mild symptoms and is taking antiviral drug Paxlovid, the White House press secretary said.

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· Jul 21, 2022 · 09:23 pm

Canada: Mahatma Gandhi statue defaced at Hindu temple in Ontario

Unidentified persons had desecrated the statue by writing the words ‘rapist’ and ‘Khalistan’ on it, the police said.

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· Jul 14, 2022 · 10:45 am

Israeli forces beat up mourners carrying journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s body

The Al Jazeera journalist was shot dead while covering an Israeli raid in the State of Palestine on Wednesday.

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· May 13, 2022 · 08:17 pm

Emmanuel Macron wins second term as French president, defeats far-right rival Marine Le Pen

Macron is the first French president in the past two decades to have won a second term, but this is also the closest the far-right has ever come to winning.

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· Apr 25, 2022 · 08:15 am

UAE destroys two ballistic missiles fired by Houthi rebels, no casualties reported

This comes a week after two Indians and a Pakistani citizen were killed in a suspected drone attack claimed by the Yemeni insurgent group.

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· Jan 24, 2022 · 01:15 pm

US: Several hostages released after 12-hour standoff at Texas synagogue, gunman dead

The standoff took place at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville.

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· Jan 16, 2022 · 11:06 am

Kazakhstan: 164 killed in protests, property worth 175 million damaged, says government

The protests in the Central Asian country have been taking place against rising fuel prices and have since expanded to reflect other causes for discontent.

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· Jan 09, 2022 · 07:21 pm

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of startup Theranos, found guilty of investor fraud, conspiracy

Holmes had raised millions of dollars claiming to have developed a device that could detect several diseases from a few drops of blood.

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· Jan 04, 2022 · 03:48 pm

South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu dies at 90

Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his non-violent resistance to the apartheid regime.

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· Dec 26, 2021 · 02:31 pm