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India's Congress lawmakers wear black to protest Rahul Gandhi's dismissal

Lawmakers belonging to India’s main opposition Congress party wore black outfits, held placards that said “Save Democracy” and threw paper in parliament on Monday in protest against the disqualification of their leader Rahul Gandhi from the chambers.

March 28, 2023 6:22 am
 

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Parts of Twitter source code leaked online, court filing shows

Some parts of Twitter Inc’s source code have been leaked and the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk is seeking information on the person responsible, a legal filing showed.

March 27, 2023 4:27 pm
 

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Trump casts 2024 contest in apocalyptic terms, slams prosecutors

Donald Trump used his first election rally in Waco, Texas, to cast the 2024 presidential vote in apocalyptic terms, slam his leading Republican rival Ron DeSantis and rail against prosecutors pursuing him with criminal investigations he likened to a “Stalinist Russia horror show.”

March 27, 2023 2:25 pm
 

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NATO slams Putin rhetoric on nuclear weapons in Belarus

NATO castigated Vladimir Putin over his nuclear rhetoric a day after the Russian president said he planned to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, escalating a standoff with the West.

March 27, 2023 1:01 pm
 

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French PM offers to meet opposition, unions amid pension crisis

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne plans to meet with opposition leaders and trade unions in the hope of ending weeks of protests against a new pension law, her office said on Sunday.

March 27, 2023 12:42 pm
 

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Netanyahu sacks defence minister who opposed judicial overhaul

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed Defence Minister Yoav Gallant a day after he broke ranks and urged the government to halt a highly-contested plan to overhaul the judicial system.

March 27, 2023 8:46 am
 

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Three injured as Russia downs Ukrainian drone south of Moscow

Russian air defences halted a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian town in which three people were hurt and apartment blocks were damaged, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

March 27, 2023 8:11 am
 

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Lithuania to call for sanctions over Russian plan for nuclear weapons in Belarus

Lithuania said it would call for new sanctions against Moscow and Minsk in response to Russia’s plan to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

March 27, 2023 7:33 am
 

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Two migrants suffocate to death aboard Texas train, 10 hospitalized

Two suspected undocumented immigrants suffocated to death aboard a freight train and 10 others in need of medical care were taken by helicopter or ambulance to a hospital in south Texas, police said.

March 26, 2023 4:34 pm
 

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Bus drivers at UK's National Express accept 16.2% pay deal

More than 3,000 bus drivers at a central England division of National Express have ended strike action after voting to accept a 16.2% pay rise, the Unite union said on Saturday.

March 26, 2023 3:45 pm
 

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Labor party takes power in 'fresh start' for Australia's biggest state

The Australian Labor Party in New South Wales state claimed power in an election night, with voters backing the centre-left party’s pledges on anti-privatisation and cost of living relief.

March 26, 2023 2:21 pm
 

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Morocco restricts tomato exports over high domestic prices

Morocco has restricted tomato exports since late February with a total ban in place from last week until Thursday to lower domestic prices, the head of the country’s main fruit and vegetable exporters’ group said.

March 26, 2023 12:30 pm

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