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Putin open to contacts with Germany’s Scholz: Kremlin
Jan 30, 2023 03:27The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to contact with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, after the latter expressed willingness to hold direct talks with the Russian leader to end the war in Ukraine.
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Trump blasts brutal killing of Tyre Nichols by US police as ‘horrible’
Jan 29, 2023 12:36Former US President Donald Trump has blasted the brutal killing of a Black man at the hands of five Memphis, Tennessee police officers as “horrible,” following mass protests against police brutality in the country.
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Furious UK Muslims vent anger over desecration of Holy Qur’an
Jan 29, 2023 11:35Hundreds of angered Muslim protesters converged on the Swedish embassy in London, to condemn the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book.
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Indian police detain more students over Modi controversial documentary screenings
Jan 29, 2023 11:30University students across India are either being suspended or being detained by the police, over the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role during the deadly Gujarat sectarian riots in 2002, as India continues to stop even the personal viewing of the documentary.
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Tunisia holds second round of parliamentary elections with turnout under scrutiny
Jan 29, 2023 10:28Tunisians have headed to polls to take part in the second round of parliamentary elections, as all eyes are on the turnout amid deepening economic woes.
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US police savagery: More protests erupt in Memphis against killing of Tyre Nichols
Jan 29, 2023 10:03More protests have erupted in the US city of Memphis against the killing of a young Black man, Tyre Nichols, by the police, with protesters blaming the US government for the rising violence against the Black community and saying the system is “murdering us.”
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14 dead as Ukraine’s army strikes hospital with US-made missiles: Russia
Jan 29, 2023 06:38Russia says Ukraine’s army has attacked a hospital in Luhansk using a US-made rocket system, killing at least 14 people.
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Tens of thousands of Portuguese teachers take to streets in Lisbon to demand better pay
Jan 29, 2023 06:30Tens of thousands of public school teachers and school staff have marched through the streets of capital Lisbon to demand higher wages and better working conditions.
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2 US police officers involved in the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols 'relieved of duty'
Jan 29, 2023 06:25Two US police officers who were involved in the brutal killing of a Black man have been suspended following mass protests against police brutality in the country.
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Dozens of Yanomami children hospitalized in Brazil amid health crisis
Jan 28, 2023 12:34Dozens of indigenous children of Brazil’s Yanomami population in the Amazon rainforest, suffering from severe malnutrition and acute diseases, have been hospitalized in northern Brazil, as the federal government declared a public health emergency.