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Qatar’s Emir condemns ‘continued violation’ of Gaza ceasefire
Speaking at the opening session of Qatar’s Shura Council, the country’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani condemned a
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Doha Debates is back
Hosts Dareen Abughaida & Imran Garda lead majlis-style debates from Qatar’s Education City.
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Who is Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ and first female prime minister?
Takaichi, an admirer of Margaret Thatcher, is a social conservative and faces a range of challenges in office.
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Cranes topple during deadly tornado in northern France
Video shows towering construction cranes being brought down by a tornado in northern France, killing one person.
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Diwali provokes ‘hazardous’ alert over New Delhi air quality
Fireworks set off for the festival of lights contribute to Indian capital's 'worst in the world' air quality.
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Despite US push, China poised to dominate rare earths for years
Breaking China's stranglehold on supplies of the critical minerals is likely to take at least a decade, experts say.
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Video: Applause in parliament as Japan gets first female prime minister
There was applause in Japan's parliament as members voted in the country’s first woman prime minister.
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Thick smog blankets New Delhi after Diwali fireworks
Diwali celebrations push air pollution to hazardous levels, impacting health and visibility.
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Trump tells Australian envoy ‘I don’t like you either’
During talks at the White House with Australia's prime minister, US President Donald Trump told Australian Ambassador Ke
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Japan’s parliament confirms hardliner Takaichi as country’s first female PM
Appointment clinched via a last-minute coalition deal, but government remains without a majority.
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Palestinian woman attacked by Israeli settler while harvesting olives
An Israeli settler assaulted a Palestinian woman while she was harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank town of Turmu
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US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29
The California-born player won the Under 12 world championship and became a grandmaster at 18.
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University of Arizona latest to turn down Trump’s policy demands
Seven of nine institutions approached by the Trump administration have now declined to sign new federal funding rules.
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Live: More Palestinians killed in Gaza; US officials visit Israel for talks
Deadly Israeli attacks have continued across Gaza as US VP and other officials visit Israel for ceasefire talks.
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Myanmar military arrests more than 2,000 people at infamous scam centre
The military also confiscated 30 Starlink satellites from the sprawling KK Park scam centre on the border with Thailand.
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George Springer’s Game 7 home run sends Blue Jays into MLB World Series
Springer's three-run homer against Seattle put Toronto Blue Jays into the World Series for the first time in 32 years.
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Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv to decline tickets to Europa League match in UK
Tel Aviv football team says it is working to 'stamp out racism' among its fan base.
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What caused Amazon’s AWS outage, and why did so many major apps go offline?
Amazon Web Services, a cloud platform that supports a portion of the internet, experienced a massive outage on Monday.
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Charged for saying ‘I love Muhammad’, India’s Muslims decry gov’t crackdown
Several BJP-ruled states file cases against hundreds of Muslims, most of them in Uttar Pradesh, for raising the chant.
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