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Treasury official: Recession looming, millions of jobs to be lost if US defaults on debt
May 15, 2023 03:57According to a US Treasury Department official, if the US defaults on its debt by June 15, it would face a catastrophic recession that would destroy millions of jobs.
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Thousands march in London, New York City, Dublin, and Vienna to mark Nakba Day
May 15, 2023 02:58Thousands of people have marched in London, New York City, Dublin, and Vienna to mark the 75th anniversary of the illegal creation of the Israeli regime, known among Palestinians as the Day of Nakba, or the Day of Catastrophe.
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Vote counting underway in Thailand as pro-democracy opposition set to win big
May 14, 2023 09:51Polls closed in Thailand's general election with pro-democracy opposition parties tipped to defeat the conservative military-backed government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha.
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Biden selling weapons to most of world's autocracies: US media
May 14, 2023 09:19The Joe Biden administration sold weapons to the majority of the world’s autocratic countries in 2022 and helped arm dozens of authoritarian countries, according to a US media report.
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India's opposition Congress defeats ruling BJP in key southern state
May 14, 2023 04:29India’s main opposition Congress has swept past Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Saturday's vote in the southern State of Karnataka.
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Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect
May 14, 2023 04:20The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the US-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty.
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Honduran teenage migrant dies in US government custody
May 14, 2023 04:17A teenage migrant who arrived unaccompanied in the United States from Honduras has died in government custody.
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US vows to bolster military ‘posture’ in Persian Gulf after Iran seized invading oil tankers
May 14, 2023 01:39The United States says it will a make a series of military moves in the Persian Gulf after Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy seized two invading foreign oil tankers in the country’s territorial waters in the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks.
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Ukraine using UK missiles to hit civilian targets in Luhansk: Russia
May 13, 2023 13:09Russia says Kiev used Britain’s long-range cruise missiles to strike civilian targets in Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine.
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Blasts rock Sudan's capital as 'humanitarian catastrophe' looms
May 13, 2023 12:02Fierce fighting continues in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, with both sides exchanging gunfire and accusations, even as their representatives are meeting in Saudi Arabia for talks to prevent a looming "humanitarian catastrophe.”