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Russia warns UK’s plan to supply Ukraine with tanks will escalate war
Jan 15, 2023 10:14Russia has warned that the UK's plan to supply Ukraine with tanks and other heavy weaponry will only escalate the war and generate more casualties among civilians.
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Peru declares state of emergency over anti-government protests
Jan 15, 2023 09:03The Peruvian government has declared a state of emergency in the capital Lima and three other regions due to anti-government protests that have claimed the lives of at least 42 people in recent weeks.
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UK cost-of-living crisis: Nursing union warns next strike will be doubled if pay negotiations stay stall
Jan 15, 2023 08:52Double the number of England nurses will be asked to strike in early February to mount pressure on the government, union leaders have threatened as they blame Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for his approach towards pay disputes across the country's health service.
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North Korea slams UN’s nuclear ‘double standards’
Jan 15, 2023 06:09North Korea has slammed the United Nations leadership over what it described as "double standards" exercised by the international organization in pursuing its nuclear obligations in order to maintain global peace and stability.
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California governor asks Biden for emergency declaration after extreme atmospheric rivers
Jan 15, 2023 05:54California Governor Gavin Newsom has asked President Joe Biden for a major disaster declaration after a series of storms battered the state in the first week of the year, causing deadly flooding, downed trees, and widespread power outages.
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New storms hit US state of California as it faces already 'disastrous' floods
Jan 15, 2023 05:48The latest in a damaging succession of storm systems blew into California on Saturday, bringing heavy flooding to already waterlogged regions and threatening snowfalls of up to six feet (two meters) in areas.
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Biden's counsel reports discovery of five more classified documents at his house
Jan 15, 2023 05:23In a rapidly unfolding case, US President Joe Biden's counsel says he has found some additional classified documents at his house in Delaware.
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Republicans probe humiliating US retreat from Afghanistan in 2021
Jan 15, 2023 05:17Republicans have launched an investigation into the humiliating US withdrawal from Afghanistan by the Biden administration in 2021 after 20 years of war and occupation of the impoverished country.
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Muslim advocacy groups in US sound alarm over Islamophobic Congressman Mark Green
Jan 15, 2023 05:06Muslim advocacy groups in the United States have sounded the alarm over the appointment of Islamophobic Congressman Mark Green to the chair of the US House's Homeland Security Committee over his history of anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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Four people injured in shooting incident near London church funeral
Jan 15, 2023 04:50Four people, including a seven-year-old girl, have been injured in a shooting incident near a church in London where a funeral was taking place, British police have reported.