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Consumer group: UK food prices up by as much as 175%, govt. action needed
Jul 17, 2023 04:00A British consumer group has alerted the country's authorities to the meteoric rise in prices of food items over the past two years, urging prompt action to shield households amid the country's unprecedented cost-of-living crisis and soaring inflation.
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South Korea, Japan and US hold joint drills after N Korea’s missile launch
Jul 16, 2023 13:05South Korea, Japan and the US have held a joint naval missile military exercise in the Sea of Japan, in a show of strengthened trilateral military cooperation against what they called North Korea’s escalating nuclear and missile threats.
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More US lawmakers join boycotting congressional speech of Israel's Pres.
Jul 16, 2023 10:27More American lawmakers are joining the boycott of an upcoming speech by the Israeli regime’s president Isaac Herzog at the US Congress over the atrocities and rights violations committed against Palestinians by the occupying entity.
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South Korea flooding: Death toll rises as rescuers retrieve bodies
Jul 16, 2023 10:16South Korean rescue workers have pulled seven bodies from vehicles trapped in a flooded tunnel, raising the death toll from days of torrential rain and landslides to 35.
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UK invites Saudi crown prince for official visit, first since Khashoggi murder
Jul 16, 2023 09:49The United Kingdom has invited Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) for an official visit to the country, indicating that Western countries are easing off on the kingdom following the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Russia repels drone raids on Crimea’s Sevastopol, conducts air strikes on Ukrainian targets
Jul 16, 2023 09:44Russian forces have repelled a “terrorist attack” by Ukraine on the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol in Crimea, destroying several aerial and underwater drones, the country's defense ministry declared, adding that its forces have also conducted air strikes against Ukrainian targets.
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Mass shooting kills four in US State of Georgia, suspect at large
Jul 16, 2023 06:47Police in the United States' southeastern State of Georgia are searching for a suspect who is still at large after gunning down four people.
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Cluster bombs dropped by US in Afghanistan continue to kill Afghan civilians
Jul 16, 2023 05:41The globally-banned, mass-destructive cluster bombs dropped by US military forces in Afghanistan during their 20-year occupation of the country continue to wreak havoc among Afghans with the unexploded bomblets still remaining a major life-threatening risk to local civilians.
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UK’s 2nd-largest trade union backs anti-Israel boycott movement
Jul 16, 2023 05:31Britain's second-largest trade union has declared its support for the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movements against the Israeli regime, slamming UK government legislation barring institutions from boycotting products made in Occupied Territories.
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China tells EU to 'clarify' position on strategic partnership, avoid wavering
Jul 15, 2023 12:20China's top diplomat has demanded the European Union (EU) "clarify" its position on its strategic partnership with Beijing amid recent EU calls for reduced dependence on China.