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May 8, 2024

Argentina Introduces 10,000 Peso Banknote Amid Inflation, Valued at $11

Argentina, battling one of the world’s worst inflation rates, recently unveiled its largest ever banknote: a 10,000 peso note worth a mere $11.35 (USD) at current exchange rates. The earlier top 2,000…

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May 8, 2024

Putin sworn in as Russia’s President for fifth term

President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new six-year term on Tuesday at a Kremlin ceremony that was boycotted by the United States and a number of other Western countries due to Russia’s war…

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May 7, 2024

NYT, Reuters Win Pulitzer Prizes for Gaza Coverage

New York: The war in Gaza featured prominently in Monday’s Pulitzer Prizes, which included a special citation for journalists covering the Israel-Hamas conflict. The New York Times won a Pulitzer in international reporting…

Modi to start WEF annual meet with ‘desi’ cuisines, live yoga sessions in Davos

New Delhi: With exquisite desi cuisine on the platter and live yoga sessions on display, the annual Swiss jamboree of the rich and powerful from ‘a fractured world’ will begin in Davos…

January 23, 2018

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Tension in Bangladesh camps as Rohingya oppose return to Myanmar

GUNGDUM: Tensions mounted at refugee camps in Bangladesh holding hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims over an operation to send them back to Myanmar, from where they have fled following a military…

January 23, 2018

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Turkish troops enter Syria in operation against Kurdish militia

HASSA: Turkish ground troops entered Syria to push an offensive against Kurdish militia as rocket fire hit a border town in apparent retaliation. Turkey launched operation “Olive Branch” seeking to oust from…

January 23, 2018

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US government shuts down after Senate blocks spending bill,Trump slams Democrats

Washington: The U.S. Senate was short of the votes needed to approve a bill to keep the federal government running as a midnight deadline loomed on Friday night, although high-level negotiations continued.…

January 21, 2018

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India, China have established mechanisms to resolve any ‘confusion’: MEA

New Delhi: India and China have established mechanisms which they use to resolve any “misunderstanding”, the external affairs ministry said and asserted that it was keeping a “constant vigil” on the situation…

January 21, 2018

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Gaza family ‘executes’ its member for passing info to Israel

Gaza City: A family in Gaza “executed” one of its own members for passing on information to Israel that led to the deaths of three Hamas militants, Palestinian sources said. Hamas, which…

January 21, 2018

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Russia, China ‘growing threats’, must be ready for war: Jim Mattis

Washington: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that America is facing “growing threats” from China and Russia, and warned that the US military’s advantages have eroded in recent years. Mattis’s assessment…

January 21, 2018

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30-year-old Kerala man dies fighting for Islamic State in Syria: Police

Kannur :An Islamic State (IS) recruit from Kannur district has been killed in Syria, Kerala police said on Friday. A senior police official said family members received the news of Abdul Manaf’s…

January 20, 2018

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US plotting another Korean War: North Korea

Pyongyang: North Korea has accused the US of plotting to provoke another Korean War by convening a foreign ministers’ meeting in Vancouver, Canada. “The US, in collusion with Canada, created the scene…

January 20, 2018

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Turkey ‘not satisfied’ with US assurance over Syria force

ISTANBUL: Turkey described as far from satisfactory US assurances playing down plans to create a border force in northern Syria made up of Kurdish militia forces deemed as “terrorists” by Ankara. Washington…

January 20, 2018

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