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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was attacked by any state and that any conventional attack on Russia that was supported by a nuclear power would be considered to be a joint attack. Putin, opening a meeting of Russia’s Security Council attended by top officials, […]
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Through his extensive video archive, Donga looks back on how events in Libya over 10 years changed him and his nation. Donga was 19 when he first joined a protest in his hometown of Misrata, Libya. What began as a peaceful uprising was swiftly met with brutal force. While many of his friends picked up
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First public test-launch of missile likely to raise concerns about China’s nuclear build-up. China has said it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean. The ICBM, carrying a dummy warhead, was launched by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force at 8.44am (00:55 GMT) on Wednesday and “fell into expected sea areas”,
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill was officially written into law Tuesday, allowing same-sex couples to legally wed. The law was published in the Royal Gazette after endorsement by King Maha Vajiralongkorn, and will come into effect in 120 days. This means LGBTQ+ couples will be able to register their marriage in January
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Move means Qatari citizens will be allowed to travel visa-free to the US for up to 90 days, and vice versa. Qatar has become the first Gulf country admitted into the US visa waiver programme, the United States has announced, in a move that will allow Qatari citizens to travel visa-free to the country for
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Israel’s military assault on Lebanon is the most intense in decades. After nearly a year of exchanging fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli military has expanded its offensive. In an intense campaign of air attacks, it targeted 1,600 sites on Monday alone. Israel said it was hitting Hezbollah military positions, but homes and buildings
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“I call again for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the return of the sausages — the hostages — and a recommitment to the two state solution, a recognized Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure Israel.” The mix-up comes just before Starmer heads to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he said
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The fish with beak-like mouth, now named Harriotta avia, prowls exclusively in deep waters of Australia and New Zealand. Scientists in New Zealand have discovered a new species of “ghost shark”. The Wellington-based National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) said on Tuesday that the Australasian Narrow-nosed spookfish lives exclusively in the deep waters
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Hurricane John made landfall in western Mexico late Monday after rapidly intensifying into a Category 3 storm, bringing heavy rainfall and the risk of flooding and landslides to the country’s Pacific coast. The storm’s effects on Monday were felt from the central coast of Oaxaca to Acapulco, a resort city in the neighboring state of
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Heads of UN agencies say they cannot do their jobs ‘in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence’. Leading United Nations officials have demanded “an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip nearly one year into the war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas. “These atrocities must end,”
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