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Muslim mayor blocked from White House Eid celebration
The US Secret Service said Monday it blocked a Muslim mayor from Prospect Park, New Jersey, from attending a White House celebration with President Joe Biden to belatedly mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Shortly before…
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JP Morgan set to take over troubled US bank First Republic
JP Morgan is set to take over the troubled US bank First Republic in a deal brokered by regulators.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) confirmed in a statement that First Republic had collapsed on Monday.
Investment…
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India’s population reached 1,425,775,850 people
India's population has reached 1,425,775,850 people, surpassing the number of people in mainland China, according to the UN's estimates.
India's decennial census - scheduled to be held in 2021 - has been delayed, so there's no official…
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FBI hunting man accused of killing five neighbors in Texas
The FBI said they are hunting for a man accused of killing five of his neighbors in Texas after an argument about him practice-shooting nearby.
Suspect Francisco Oropeza, 38, is "armed and dangerous", an FBI agent said.
He allegedly…
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Paraguay’s ruling candidate Santiago Pena, , scored big win in country’s presidential election
Paraguay’s ruling candidate Santiago Pena, 44, scored a big win in the country’s presidential election on Sunday, tightening the conservative Colorado Party’s political grip in the country and defusing fears about the end of diplomatic ties…
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Philippines President , China agreed to discuss fishing rights in South China Sea
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said China has agreed to discuss fishing rights in the South China Sea, as he pushed for a “direct communication line” with Beijing on maritime differences.
China has agreed to “sit down” and talk…
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Russia missile attack injures 25, damages homes in Ukraine
Russia launched its second large salvo of missiles at Ukraine in recent days early Monday, damaging buildings and wounding at least 34 people in the eastern city of Pavlohrad but failing to hit Kyiv, officials said.
Air raid sirens began…
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UN conducts crisis talks on Afghanistan in Qatar, without Taliban’s presence
The Taliban will be absent from UN-led talks that open Monday in Qatar on how to handle Afghanistan’s rulers and press them to ease a ban on women working and girls going to school.
Envoys from the United States, China and Russia as well…
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Australian faces over 1 year in jail for spitting at Indonesian imam
An Australian man captured on CCTV allegedly spitting in the face of an imam in Indonesia could spend more than one year in jail.
Footage purportedly of Brenton Craig Abbas Abdullah McArthur has gone viral on social media in the country.…
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Gas leak kills 11 in India
A gas leak killed 11 people in India, an official said Sunday, in the latest deadly industrial accident in the vast developing economy of 1.4 billion people.
The gas leak happened in Giaspura, an industrial area of Ludhiana in the…
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