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World
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International
6/1/2023 1:32:33 PM
Beijing's decision to decline a meeting between US and Chinese defence chiefs is "unfortunate", particularly given recent "provocative" Chinese behaviour, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday.
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World
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Region
5/31/2023 9:06:49 PM
The United Nations special envoy for Myanmar will step down, a spokesman for the UN chief told AFP Wednesday, after an 18-month tenure in which she was criticised by the junta and its opponents and with the country in turmoil.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/31/2023 7:29:56 PM
European leaders started gathering in Moldova Wednesday on the eve of a sprawling summit aiming to show a united front in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine and underscore support for the Eastern European country’s ambitions to draw closer to the West and keep Moscow at bay, as Brussels chief Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Moldova's President Maia Sandu on making "big progress" in the reforms required to back a bid for European Union membership.
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World
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International
5/30/2023 9:45:28 PM
A decision on Sweden's NATO membership is "absolutely possible" before the alliance's summit in July, NATO's chief said Tuesday, two days after the re-election of Turkey's president who is opposed to the idea.
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World
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International
5/30/2023 12:53:52 PM
Beijing has declined a US invitation for a meeting in Singapore between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu, the Pentagon said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/29/2023 7:39:00 PM
Egypt plays a central regional and international role in hosting large numbers of refugees of different nationalities who fled the Sudanese conflict, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Monday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/28/2023 7:22:58 PM
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called for the international community to support countries hosting Sudan’s refugees, especially Egypt.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/27/2023 1:21:21 PM
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said he was "shocked" by a letter from Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, reportedly requesting the replacement of special envoy Volker Perthes amid a brutal war with paramilitaries.
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Sports
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World
5/25/2023 10:44:01 PM
La Liga chief Javier Tebas insisted Thursday he didn't mean "to criticise" Vinicius Junior following a charged exchange on Twitter after the Real Madrid forward was racially abused during a march.
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World
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Region
5/24/2023 7:48:57 PM
The head of Iran’s nuclear program insisted Wednesday that his government would cooperate with international inspectors on any “new activities.” His statement followed an exclusive Associated Press report about Tehran’s new underground tunnel system near a nuclear enrichment facility.
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World
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Region
5/24/2023 11:24:24 AM
Lebanon's public prosecutor Monday summoned the country's embattled central bank governor for questioning following an international arrest warrant issued against him in France over corruption charges, judicial officials said.
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World
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Region
5/24/2023 10:12:26 AM
The world is failing to protect civilians as the number of people caught up in conflicts and their humanitarian aftershocks skyrocketed last year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday.
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World
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Region
5/23/2023 6:49:31 PM
The Israeli government’s national security adviser on Tuesday said a new nuclear facility being built by Iran would not be immune from attack, despite assessments by experts it will be beyond the reach of last-ditch US bunker-busting bombs.
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Life & Style
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Health
5/22/2023 10:29:53 PM
A new pandemic accord under negotiation must be a "historic agreement" marking a dramatic shift in the approach to global health security after the COVID crisis, the WHO chief said.
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World
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Region
5/22/2023 12:11:47 PM
Iran's president on Monday appointed a new official to take over the post of secretary of the country's Supreme National Security Council, replacing the longtime powerful official Ali Shamkhani.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/18/2023 9:47:46 PM
The UN aid chief decried Thursday multiple serious breaches of an agreement by Sudan's warring parties last week to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure and to let in badly needed aid.
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Business
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Tech
5/16/2023 10:07:52 PM
The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress on Tuesday that government intervention "will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful” AI systems.
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Egypt
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Defence
5/16/2023 7:37:10 PM
Egypt’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Osama Askar met with India’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Manoj Pande on Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/16/2023 7:17:35 PM
UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths late on Monday called for the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows the export of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products from Black Sea ports.
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World
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Region
5/16/2023 6:40:25 PM
A French investigating magistrate on Tuesday issued an international arrest warrant for Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salameh, a source close to the case said.
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