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Korean Air, Cathay Pacific aircraft clip wings at Japan airport; no injuries
Two aircraft belonging to Korean Air Lines and Cathay Pacific Airways clipped wings at New Chitose Airport on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday amid wintry conditions, a Korean Air official said.
No injuries were reported on…
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Republican rivals battle in frigid Iowa ahead of first test against Trump
Republicans vying to beat a dominant Donald Trump to be the party’s nominee in the 2024 US presidential election fought for attention in frozen Iowa on Saturday in some of the final campaigning ahead of the first nominating contest on…
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India, US seek to bolster trade ties
India and the United States have agreed to bolster trade ties and deepen cooperation in areas such as critical minerals, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Saturday.
India’s Trade Minister Piyush Goyal and Tai held…
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Biden, the reluctant escalationist, seeks calm after Yemen strikes
President Joe Biden took office vowing to negotiate an end to a bloody war in Yemen and to remove US troops from harm’s way.
He enters his reelection year by launching strikes on the country instead, but his administration hopes calm can…
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Somali leader’s son freed in fatal car accident trial in Turkiye
A Turkish court has scrapped an arrest warrant for the son of Somalia’s president after he participated in a court case over a fatal car accident involving a diplomatic car he had been driving, state broadcaster TRT reported.
Mohammed…
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Donald Trump defies judge, gives courtroom speech on tense final day of New York civil fraud trial
Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump wrested an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off…
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Ignoring Taiwan’s complaints, more Chinese balloons spotted over strait
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it detected three more Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, one of which crossed the island, the latest in a spate of such balloons the ministry says it has spotted over the past month.…
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Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders withdraws 2018 proposal to ban mosques, Qur’an
Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders made a key concession to potential coalition partners on Monday, announcing that he’s withdrawing legislation that he proposed in 2018 that calls for a ban on mosques and the Qur’an.
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China’s top spy agency says it exposes British espionage case
China said its security agencies found another incident of spying in which the British Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, used a foreigner in China to collect secrets and information.
The case by China highlights the ongoing…
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US Congress leaders announce agreement on topline spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown
Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month.
The agreement largely hues to spending caps for defense and…
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