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Hurricane Ian batters Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic fury
Sep 29, 2022 11:32Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic force, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that made it one of the most powerful US storms in recent years.
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Russia to keep up military op. 'at least' until Donetsk's liberation: Peskov
Sep 29, 2022 06:43Russia says it is going to keep up its underway military operation in Ukraine until liberation of the entire eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
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US military killed 12 Afghan civilians in 2021: Pentagon
Sep 29, 2022 03:01The US military, which invaded and illegally occupied Afghanistan for almost two decades, killed 12 Afghan civilians in 2021, according to a congressionally mandated Pentagon report, pointing to a tip of an iceberg.
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Turkish warplanes launch heavy shelling on Kurdish villages in northern Iraq
Sep 29, 2022 02:50Amid Turkey's ongoing military operation targeting purported positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, Turkish fighter jets launched a string of airstrikes on border villages in the area on Wednesday.
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‘Witch-hunt’: India outlaws leading Muslim political group, citing ‘terror links’
Sep 28, 2022 14:20The right wing government in India has declared the Popular Front of India (PFI), a political organization that represents Muslims in the country, as “unlawful”, banning it for five years.
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Millions in Florida urged to evacuate as Ian strengthens to 'extremely dangerous' storm
Sep 28, 2022 08:51Millions of Americans in the western coast of the state of Florida have been urged to evacuate as Hurricane Ian drew near, threatening to bring a deadly storm surge.
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US preparing new $1.1bn arms package for Ukraine as referendum held in east
Sep 28, 2022 04:46The United States is preparing a new $1.1 billion arms package for Ukraine as several eastern Ukrainian regions have voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to join Russia.
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Asian women face career hurdles in US financial sector: Study
Sep 28, 2022 04:46Women who identify as Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) say they are subject to bias and racial disparities, according to a new study.
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Drought puts 3.6m children at risk of dropping out of school in Horn of Africa: UN
Sep 27, 2022 12:18Nearly four million children are at risk of dropping out of school due to the drought in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations has warned, amid fears that it could lead to “a lost generation”.
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US gun violence: 7 killed, 30 injured in bloody weekend shootings in Chicago
Sep 27, 2022 08:59As the epidemic of gun violence assumes alarming proportions across the US, at least 7 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a series of shootings across the US city of Chicago over the weekend, according to police.