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Israel, Laken Riley feature in Biden's speech

President Joe Biden attacked former President Donald Trump’s vision for America.

March 8, 2024 4:18 pm
 

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Biden takes on Trump and Republicans in feisty State of the Union speech

President Joe Biden took on Donald Trump in a fiery speech to Congress, accusing his election rival of threatening U.S. democracy and kowtowing to Russia, as he laid out his case for four more years in the White House.

March 8, 2024 3:13 pm
 

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China to offer visa-free travel to travellers from six countries

China will offer visa-free travel to nationals from Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg from March 14, foreign minister Wang Yi said.

March 8, 2024 2:45 pm
 

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Six Sri Lankans knifed to death in Canadian capital

Six people from Sri Lanka, including a mother and four young children, were knifed to death in the Canadian capital Ottawa late, rocking a country where mass murders are rare.

March 8, 2024 1:01 pm
 

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More Chinese women choosing singledom as economy stutters

Freelance copywriter Chai Wanrou thinks marriage is an unfair institution.

March 8, 2024 12:13 pm
 

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Spain pledges extra 20 mln euros in aid to UNRWA

Spain will give the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA an additional 20 million euros ($21.88 million) in aid, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said.

March 8, 2024 11:08 am
 

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Hundreds of guillemots, exhausted by storms, dead on French beaches

Hundreds of guillemot seabirds have been found dead on French Atlantic beaches, exhausted by unusually heavy winter storms that prevent them from feeding, environmentalists said.

March 8, 2024 10:46 am
 

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India prepares for its mammoth election exercise

From transporting voting machines on camelback to remote corners of its vast western desert to bolstering control rooms for monitoring malicious deepfakes.

March 8, 2024 9:21 am
 

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US to build temporary port to deliver Gaza aid

President Joe Biden will announce in his State of the Union speech that the U.S. military will construct a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to receive humanitarian aid by sea, senior administration officials said.

March 8, 2024 8:33 am
 

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Three killed in Houthi missile attack on cargo ship - US military

Three crew members have been killed in a Houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off southern Yemen, US officials say – the first deaths the group’s attacks on merchant vessels have caused.

March 7, 2024 4:23 pm
 

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Bangladesh teacher suspended after allegedly shooting student in exam

A lecturer in a medical school in Bangladesh has been suspended, two days after allegedly shooting and injuring a student in a classroom.

March 7, 2024 3:18 pm
 

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Haiti gang leader threatens 'civil war' if PM does not resign

The gang leader behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be a “civil war” if Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, does not step down.

March 7, 2024 2:13 pm

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