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Thousands rally outside UK parliament to protest government’s environmental failures
Apr 23, 2023 01:34Thousands of protesters descended on Britain's parliament on Saturday as part of a four-day campaign designed to "highlight the environmental failures" of the government.
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Frequent shootings put US mass killings on a record pace
Apr 22, 2023 10:53The US is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror on a loop roughly once a week so far this year.
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Russia to expel German diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Apr 22, 2023 10:08Russia has slammed a decision by Germany to expel Russian diplomats from the country en masse, saying it has decided to respond in kind to the move.
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China, Philippines promise to resolve maritime issues amid tensions
Apr 22, 2023 10:03The Foreign Ministers of China and the Philippines have held talks in Manila, where the two sides pledged to work together to resolve their maritime differences in the South China Sea.
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Japan orders military to shoot down North Korean satellite if necessary
Apr 22, 2023 09:36Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada has ordered the military to prepare to shoot down a North Korean satellite should it fall within Japan's territory after Pyongyang said this week it was ready to launch its first military spy satellite.
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New fighting shatters temporary truce in Sudan capital
Apr 22, 2023 07:26Fighting in Sudan has entered a second week, with gunfire and explosions shattering a temporary truce in the capital Khartoum where a violent power struggle has left hundreds dead.
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US-held captives in Guantanamo suffer 'accelerated ageing': ICRC
Apr 22, 2023 07:11Foreign inmates who have been held captive for many years without trial in the US military prison and torture facility in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are showing signs of "accelerated ageing," the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has unveiled.
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Suspect in leaked US documents case shared info earlier than previously known, report reveals
Apr 22, 2023 03:39US Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents had been posting “sensitive” information months earlier than previously known, the New York Times reports, after the man was arrested last week and faced criminal charges.
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Americans purchased almost 60 million guns during the pandemic
Apr 22, 2023 03:35Academic studies find out that one-fifth of American households bought guns during the coronavirus pandemic.
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US military prepares options for possible Sudan evacuation
Apr 22, 2023 03:08The US military is preparing options to evacuate the US Embassy in Sudan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Friday as the Biden administration weighed whether to pull personnel out of the country's increasingly unstable capital.