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Ethiopia’s rival forces sign deal to start implementing truce reached in South Africa
Nov 13, 2022 05:20The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have signed an agreement to lay out a roadmap for implementation of a peace deal that both sides reached in South Africa this month.
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Democrats retain control of US Senate with Nevada win, turn ‘red wave’ to ripple
Nov 13, 2022 05:12US Democrats have kept control of the Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada.
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she "absolutely" feels her life is in danger
Nov 13, 2022 05:05US Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has emphasized that since joining Congress, she has "absolutely" felt her life has been in danger.
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Bolton mocks US 1st Amendment after arrest of inquiring reporter
Nov 13, 2022 04:59Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has poked fun at the constitution’s First Amendment rights after a journalist was hastily arrested for questioning his hawkish positions and “covering up [US] war crimes in Afghanistan.”
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Only five of 49 US warplane types mission-ready to fly: Report
Nov 13, 2022 04:51Only five of the 49 types US war planes met mission readiness targets for five or more years in the span between fiscal years of 2011 and 2021, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has unveiled.
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Yellen warns not lifting US debt ceiling poses ‘huge threat’ to economy
Nov 13, 2022 04:47With odds of a split US Congress rising, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that lawmakers' failure to raise the statutory limit on US debt posed a "huge threat" to America's credit rating and the functioning of US financial markets.
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Biden to warn of bigger US military presence in South Korea
Nov 12, 2022 13:33US President Joe Biden aims to tell Chinese President Xi Jinping that the military threat posed by North Korea requires American forces to have a bolder presence on the Korean Peninsula, the White House has said.
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UN chief urges junta to end Myanmar’s ‘unending nightmare’
Nov 12, 2022 13:30UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the international community has failed Myanmar, urging the ruling junta to cut the “unending nightmare.”
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British PM Sunak in new controversy over cabinet picks
Nov 12, 2022 10:57British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced new questions Saturday over his choice of senior officials after his number two was accused of behaving aggressively towards staff.
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Bolivia sets census for 2024 as US-backed anti-government riots persist
Nov 12, 2022 10:48Bolivia’s President Luis Arce has set the date of the country’s next census for 2024, a year later than demanded by US-backed opposition groups that have waged anti government riots in recent weeks.