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A massive blast outside Karachi Airport in Pakistan kills 2 and injures at least 8
by adminA massive blast outside Karachi Airport in Pakistan on Sunday killed two people and injured at least eight, officials said. Police and the provincial government said a tanker exploded outside the airport, which is Pakistan’s…
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‘Impossible’ for Communist China to become our motherland as we’re older, Taiwan’s president argues
by adminIt is “absolutely impossible” for Communist China to become Taiwan’s motherland because the island’s government is older, Taiwan’s president has said in a carefully timed speech that underscores the intense historical rivalry between the two.…
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Intra-Africa trade could double in next five years, says Secretary General of African Continental Free Trade Area
by adminAfrica is home to the world’s largest free trade agreement, in terms of number of countries, territory, and population – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Fifty-four of 55 African Union member countries have signed…
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New Zealand loses first naval ship since WWII; vessel threatening oil spill off Samoan coast
by adminNew Zealand’s navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for…
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A year on from October 7, the Middle East is facing its greatest upheaval in a half-century
by adminIt is almost impossible to remember life in Israel before Hamas launched its brutal October 7 attacks a year ago, killing more than 1,200 people and kidnapping more than 250 others. There is little point, because that life is gone for good.…
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Israeli military launches new operation in northern Gaza after seeing signs of Hamas regrouping
by adminIsrael’s military says it has encircled Jabalya, northern Gaza and launched a new ground operation, after seeing signs of Hamas rebuilding, despite nearly a year of fighting and strikes in the territory. Despite attention shifting…
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Israel’s kibbutz Be’eri became the symbol of Hamas’ brutality. Some survivors are determined to return
by adminScorch marks and bullet holes scar the battered walls of the Haran family home in kibbutz Be’eri. Its tiled roof has caved in, windows smashed, littering the floors with sharp shards of terracotta and glass…
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Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China
by adminGlance up while strolling through parts of downtown Hong Kong and, chances are, you’ll notice the glassy black lens of a surveillance camera trained on the city’s crowded streets. And that sight will become more…
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‘There will be a lot of deaths’: Israelis living near Lebanese border fear tit-for-tat escalation
by adminYair Pinhas grew up hiking in the hills around Kiryat Shmona, his hometown in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon. “We always thought that the October 7 (attack) would happen here, we always talked…