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US to re-impose sanctions on Belarus firms over plane ‘hijacking’ incident
The White House announced Friday it will impose sanctions on Belarus after it diverted a European flight and arrested a dissident on board.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki, in a statement outlining the punitive measures, called the May 23…
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Hong Kong organizers loses appeal to hold Tiananmen vigil
Organizers of an annual vigil to commemorate the Chinese Communist government’s bloody crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 said on Saturday they had lost an appeal to hold this year’s rally.…
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22 people were rescued and more than 70 bodies were recovered in the shipwreck of a boat in Nigeria
The Nigerian authorities announced today, Friday, that at least 76 people have died in a boat accident in the Niger River.
A spokesman for Nigeria's Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Dakinjari, said authorities had recovered more than 70…
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Lukashenko reveals why Belarus has not closed its borders following the outbreak of the Corona…
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said that his country did not close its borders during the Corona pandemic, in order to avoid the collapse of its economy.
"Belarus has not closed its borders at all since the beginning of the…
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Ex-Speaker Ryan to Republican Party: Reject Trump and ‘2nd-rate imitations’
Emerging from two years of relative silence, former House Speaker Paul Ryan joined the fight against Donald Trump on Thursday, urging fellow conservatives to reject the former president's divisive politics and those Republican leaders who…
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Jimmy Lai among eight more Hong Kong democracy activists jailed
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences on Friday for attending protests on the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China that were followed by a sweeping crackdown.…
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Egyptian social startup on a mission to get clean water flowing in Africa
Access to clean, safe drinking water is one of the greatest challenges facing people in many parts of the world.
By 2015 the UN’s Millennium Development Goals had succeeded in reducing by half the number of people without such access,…
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The United States .. California shooting
Today, Wednesday, a shooting occurred in an area for storing light trains in San Jose, California, USA, killing a number of people and wounding others.
Dozens of police and ambulances headed to the scene, and the police sealed off the area…
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Former advisor to the British prime minister: Johnson said “to pile up the bodies”
Dominic Cummings, a former advisor to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, confirmed that he heard the latter saying "to pile up the bodies", when discussing imposing a general lockdown in the country again at the end of last year.
And he…
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Italy reports 121 deaths and 3,937 new cases of Corona
Italy recorded 121 deaths from the Corona virus, today, Wednesday, and 3,937 new cases.
The Ministry of Health said that Italy recorded 121 deaths related to the Coronavirus on Wednesday, compared to 166 the previous day, while the daily…
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