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African leader warns of pressure to pick sides in Ukraine
Sep 21, 2022 02:39The chairman of the African Union (AU), Senegalese President Macky Sall, has warned of mounting pressure to choose sides in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, saying the continent "does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War."
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US, Canadian warships transit through Taiwan Strait, irking China
Sep 21, 2022 02:23A US navy warship and a Canadian frigate have carried out a provocative transit through the Taiwan Strait, prompting Chinese condemnation.
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US Senate probe finds Justice Dept undercounted state prison deaths
Sep 21, 2022 02:17A bipartisan US Senate investigation has found that the Justice Department has been severely under-counting the number of state prison and arrest-related deaths in the United States.
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UK's new PM vows to supply more weapons to Ukraine
Sep 21, 2022 02:09British Prime Minister Liz Truss has promised billions of dollars more in financial and military aid to Kiev, as she vowed to rally Western support at the UN General Assembly over Ukraine.
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Russia: Medvedev backs referendums in Ukraine's Donbass region
Sep 20, 2022 14:41One of Russia's most senior security officials says he favors holding referendums in the breakaway Donbass region of eastern Ukraine in order to formally make them part of Russia.
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World in big trouble: UN chief warns global leaders
Sep 20, 2022 14:38United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antiono Guterres has warned that the world is in "big trouble," as he opened the largest annual gathering of global leaders at the UN headquarters in New York for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Pentagon: US may provide ‘NATO compatible’ tanks to Ukraine
Sep 20, 2022 14:36The Pentagon said the US may provide “NATO compatible” tanks to Ukraine's military to replace aging Soviet-era gear, a step towards deeper participation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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Infectious diseases kill 9 people in flood-hit Pakistan, taking toll to 318
Sep 20, 2022 11:50At least nine people died of water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan on Monday, taking the toll from such causes to 318, as infections continue to rise across the South Asian country that has seen unprecedented flooding in recent months.
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Mexico's west coast on fateful anniversary
Sep 20, 2022 11:11A 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook central Mexico on Monday after a drill was conducted to mark the two devastating tremors of 1985 and 2017.
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JCPOA revival talks too much dependent on US domestic affairs: Russian envoy
Sep 20, 2022 07:03A senior Russian diplomat says talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal are “too much dependent” on the US domestic political schedule, hinting at the mid-term Congressional elections in the United States set to be held in November.