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French police evacuate migrants from makeshift camp

French police on Tuesday have evacuated migrants from a makeshift camp near Dunkirk, in northern France, where at least 1,500 people gathered in hopes of making it across the English Channel to Britain.The Prefecture of the region said more than 400 people agreed to go to shelters. “The operat...

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Netanyahu appears in court as ex-aide prepares to take stand

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court for the first time in over half a year on Tuesday as a one-time confidant prepared to take the stand against him in a high-profile corruption case.But the long-awaited testimony was delayed until next week after a legal challenge fro...

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Despite mistrust, Afghan Shiites seek Taliban protection

Outside a Shiite shrine in Kabul, four armed Taliban fighters stood guard on a recent Friday as worshippers filed in for weekly prayers. Alongside them was a guard from Afghanistan’s mainly Shiite Hazara minority, an automatic rifle slung over his shoulder.It was a sign of the strange, new rel...

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Choppers rescue travellers on Canada highway after mudslides

Nearly 300 people trapped overnight in their vehicles by mudslides on a highway in British Columbia were being flown to safety by helicopters Monday while authorities sought to determine if anyone was swept up in the flow of debris set off by torrential rain.A yellow Cormorant chopper dropped people...

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China hails Xi-Biden talks

China on Tuesday hailed a virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden, saying they had a candid and constructive exchange that sent a strong signal to the world.The positive description of the meeting came in sharp contrast to heated exchanges between the two nations earl...

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Myanmar EC charges Suu Kyi with electoral fraud

Myanmar’s state election commission announced it is prosecuting the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and 15 other senior political figures for alleged fraud in last November’s general election.The announcement was published Tuesday in the state-run Global New Light of Mya...

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Argentina’s opposition scores win in midterm elections

President Alberto Fernández suffered a severe setback in Argentina’s midterm elections held Sunday amid widespread anger over high inflation and rising poverty, with his governing coalition losing control of the Senate and threatened with falling from its position as the biggest bloc in...

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Kuwaiti emir transfers some duties to crown prince

Kuwait has temporarily handed its crown prince some of the ruling emir’s constitutional duties, the royal family’s secretariat announced on Monday, without explaining why the transfer was necessary.The brief statement published by the state-run KUNA news agency said only that the governm...

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Roadside bomb in Kabul wounds two people

A roadside bomb blew up on a busy avenue in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, wounding two people, police said.The bomb detonated as a taxi was passing by in the Kota-e Sangi district of western Kabul. The Taliban spokesman for Kabul police, who goes by a single name Mobin, said two people were wo...

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Foreign students returning to US, but below pre-Covid levels

International students are returning to U.S. colleges in stronger numbers this year, but the rebound has yet to make up for last year’s historic declines as COVID-19 continues to disrupt academic exchange, according to a new survey.Nationwide, American colleges and universities saw a 4% annual...

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Biden, Xi prepare for crucial meeting

Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping have slurped noodles together in Beijing. They've shared deep thoughts about the meaning of America during an exchange on the Tibetan plateau. They've gushed to U.S. business leaders about developing a sincere respect for each other.The American president...

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India opens to vaccinated tourists after 18 months

India began allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular commercial flights on Monday, in the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions as infections fall and vaccinations rise. Tourists entering India must be fully vaccinated, follow all COVID-19 protocols and tes...

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New outbreak prompts China to lock down university campus

China has confined nearly 1,500 university students to their dormitories and hotels following an outbreak of COVID-19 in the northeastern city of Dalian.The order was issued Sunday after several dozen cases were reported at Zhuanghe University City and hundreds of students were transferred to hotels...

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Smog chokes Delhi as air pollution soars

Sky obscured by thick, gray smog. Monuments and high-rise buildings swallowed by a blanket of haze. People struggling to breathe.In the Indian capital, it is that time of the year again.The city’s air quality index fell into the “very poor” category on Sunday, according to SAFAR, I...

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Dubai Air Show opens to recovering industry

Dubai’s biennial Air Show opened Sunday to a world still reeling from the pandemic and an aviation industry hard-hit by the coronavirus, but on the mend.Boeing and Airbus have traditionally been the stars of the aviation trade show, competing for multibillion-dollar Gulf-based airline purchase...

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As virus surges in Eastern Europe, leaders slow to act

At the main hospital in Romania’s capital, the morgue ran out of space for the dead in recent days, and doctors in Bulgaria have suspended routine surgeries so they can tend to a surge in Covid-19 patients. In the Serbian capital, the graveyard now operates an extra day during the week in orde...

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Battle among Ecuador prison gangs kills at least 68 inmates

A prolonged gunbattle between rival gangs inside Ecuador’s largest prison killed at least 68 inmates and wounded 25 on Saturday, while authorities said it took most of the day to regain control at the Litoral Penitentiary, which recently saw the country’s worst prison bloodbath. The kill...

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Poland says police hit with stones by migrants at border

Polish authorities reported Sunday that a group of migrants who tried to cross the border from Belarus attacked Polish police officers with stones, hitting one in the helmet.Police said that incident occurred Saturday evening near Kolonia Klukowicze, a village close to the border with Belarus. ...

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Biden, Xi to hold virtual summit tomorrow

President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping will hold their much-anticipated virtual summit on Monday evening as the two sides look to dial back tensions after a rough start to the US-China relationship since Biden took office earlier this year.The White House is setting low expectations for the ...

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Sudanese protest coup as generals tighten grip on power

Pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Sudan on Saturday against the military’s takeover, as the generals tighten their grip on power despite outcries from the US and other Western governments.Security forces used tear gas to disperse protesters in at least one location, activists sai...