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Pandemic still taking heavy toll on jobs: UN
GENEVA: The COVID-19 crisis is continuing to hit jobs hard around the world, the United Nations said yesterday, warning it…
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Standoff over eviction in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: Zionist police were in a standoff yesterday with a Palestinian man who carried a gas canister onto the roof…
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Houthi strike kills 3 in UAE; Kuwait condemns attack
ABU DHABI: A suspected drone attack killed three people in a fuel tank blast in Abu Dhabi yesterday, officials said,…
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Tonga cut off by volcanic blast, fears grow for coastal towns
SYDNEY: The Pacific Island nation of Tonga was virtually cut off from the rest of the world yesterday, after a…
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Millions hunker down as storm hits eastern US
Millions of Americans hunkered down as a major winter storm hit the eastern United States with heavy snow and ice…
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Texas hostage-taker named as British citizen, 2 arrested
TEXAS: The man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue was identified by US authorities as a British…
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A year after arrest, Navalny says no ‘regret’ about return to Russia
MOSCOW: The Kremlin’s most prominent critic Alexei Navalny said yesterday he did not regret returning to Russia a year ago,…
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Taleban stage show of strength with parade after protests
MAYMANA, Afghanistan: Taleban fighters paraded through a northwest Afghan city in a show of strength at the weekend, days after…
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N Korea fires more suspected missiles, flouts new sanctions
SEOUL: North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles yesterday, Seoul said, its fourth weapons test this month as Pyongyang flexes…
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Trump rallies fans at ‘MAGA Woodstock’
FLORENCE, Arizona: Donald Trump delivered a crowd-pleasing speech to thousands of adoring supporters in Arizona Saturday, insisting yet again that…
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Hostages freed in synagogue standoff in US
COLLEYVILLE, Texas: All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue have been freed…
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UK PM ‘broke the law’: Labour leader
LONDON: Britain’s main opposition leader yesterday accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of breaking the law, but the government vowed changes…
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