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COVID-19: Italy reports 368 new deaths in 24 hours
Italy on Sunday reported 368 new deaths due to the novel Coronavirus as the country's death toll mounted to 1,809.
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Russia-backed Assad regime strikes kill 21 civilians in Syria’s Idlib
BEIRUT — At least 21 civilians were killed on Tuesday as Syria’s regime intensified its bombardment of the last jihadist stronghold in the country’s...
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Sri Lanka reduces Easter blasts death toll from 359 to about 253
COLOMBO — The dramatic revision of the death toll in Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings, which has been cut by more than 100, is a grim...
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TikTok, video sharing app banned in India
NEW DELHI — Indian government has ordered Google and Apple to take down the Chinese-owned TikTok video app after a court expressed concerns over...
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At least 42 dead in floods in Indonesia’s Papua: Official
JAKARTA — At least 42 people have been killed by flash floods in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, an official said on Sunday.The floods in...
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NZ terror attack accused charged with murder
WELLINGTON — A right-wing extremist who filmed himself on a shooting rampage that left 49 mosque-goers dead flashed a white power gesture as he...
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Gunman fires indiscriminately inside New Zealand mosque, casualties feared
WILLINGTON — Armed police in New Zealand swarmed central Christchurch on Friday amid a shooting at a mosque in the South Island city."A serious...
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Locals pool funds to send Jharkhand labourer home after mother’s death
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India’s E20 Ethanol Mandate: Progress, Pitfalls and Public Backlash
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