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“IL-10″… a plane that hates Hitler
American experts believed that the Russian plane "Il-10" could be the most effective aircraft of the Second World War, if it was born early.
And an American news site said about the "Il-10" fighter-bomber, that it was…
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Fears of environmental disaster as oil-laden ship sinks off Sri Lanka
A chemical-laden cargo ship is sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka, sparking fears of an environmental disaster.
The Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl had been on fire for almost two weeks before the blaze was put out…
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Iran’s largest navy ship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman
The largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.
The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support…
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Whistleblower or vengeful ex-con? Mafia boss Sedat Peker stirs up a political storm in Turkey
Millions of Turks are waiting with bated breath for the next bombshell video from fugitive organized crime boss Sedat Peker — in which he is expected to detail his ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Peker, 49, a prominent mafia…
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Indian doctors slam yoga guru’s medicine critique
Thousands of Indian doctors observed a Black Day on Tuesday to protest controversial yoga guru Swami Ramdev’s comments accusing medical practitioners of several coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths across the country and terming allopathy…
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Belarus activist stabs himself in neck in court: rights group
A Belarusian political activist stabbed himself in the neck on the first day of his trial Tuesday and was rushed to hospital, a rights group said.
Viasna, an independent rights group monitoring the trial of Stepan Latypov, said it…
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An Asian woman is violently beaten in a New York restaurant
New York City police say a deranged man violently hit an Asian woman in the face and knocked her to the ground, in an attack outside a restaurant in the city's Chinatown.…
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‘Very complicated matter’: ABC bans term ‘apartheid’ in coverage of Israel/Palestine conflict
Australian Broadcaster ABC has announced that they will not allow the use of the word ‘apartheid’ in their coverage of Israel and Palestine in an effort to “be as objective as possible.”
The network has also noted the term’s “specific…
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Most Turks believe mob boss’s corruption claims, survey shows
Most Turkish people believe the corruption claims leveled by fugitive mob boss Sedat Peker against the government, a new survey shows, despite presidential chief adviser Oktay Saral accusing him of being “used by Turkey’s enemies.”
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Hong Kong’s ‘Grandma Wong’ arrested for solo Tiananmen protest
Hong Kong police have arrested an elderly democracy activist as she made a solo demonstration over China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown in a vivid illustration of the zero protest tolerance now wielded by authorities in the financial hub.…
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