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Record heat threatens health, food security of Bangladeshis
Record high temperatures are threatening the health and food security of Bangladeshis as their already climate-vulnerable country is caught in a massive heatwave sweeping parts of Asia.
Most of the region has been hit hard, with…
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Pope, meeting refugees, says better future possible
Pope Francis on Saturday met Ukrainians who fled the war on Hungary’s eastern border, telling the refugees that a different future is possible.
Francis met with about 600 refugees, poor and homeless people in a visit to St. Elizabeth’s…
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United Nations asking Taliban to “roll back” restrictions Afghan women
UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday demanding that the Taliban “swiftly reverse” all restrictions that violate the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
In early April, the Taliban banned Afghan women from…
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Afghanistan grateful for Saudi Arabia’s help in evacuating nationals from Sudan
Afghanistan is grateful for Saudi Arabia’s help in evacuating its nationals from Sudan, the chief spokesman of the Taliban administration told on Friday after the first batch of Afghan evacuees reached Jeddah.
According to the Ministry…
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UK asks its citizens to evacuate before ceasefire in Sudan
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly urged Britons and their relatives in Sudan to use evacuation flights Thursday while they are still available, as the end of a temporary cease-fire looms.
London has evacuated 536 people on six flights since…
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Australia proposed overhauling immigration system to speed up getting highly skilled workers
Australia proposed on Thursday overhauling its immigration system to speed up getting highly skilled workers into the country and smoothening the path to permanent residency.
The federal Labor government said the current system used to…
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US Navy to visit South Korea, showcasing commitment to protect against North Korea
For the first time since the 1980s a US Navy nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) will visit South Korea to help demonstrate Washington’s resolve to protect the country from a North Korean attack.
The visit was announced in a…
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Female Israeli principal in Australian court on sex convictions
Former Jewish girls school principal and now convicted sex offender Malka Leifer was ordered on Wednesday to appear in an Australian court in June for a two-day sentencing hearing.
A Victoria state County Court jury convicted the…
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Japan’s ispace concedes failure in bid to make first commercial moon landing
Japanese startup ispace Inc. said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed on Tuesday after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander, concluding it had most likely crashed on the lunar surface.
Final…
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7.6-earthquake off Indonesia and East Timor, in the Tanimbar islands in Maluku
A strong undersea earthquake early Tuesday sent streams of people fleeing to higher ground in eastern Indonesia before the tsunami danger passed.
Footage released by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency showed streams of people in a…
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