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UN: It’s still unsafe for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar
Aug 18, 2022 01:53UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says conditions are not suitable yet for the Rohingya Muslim refugees to return to Myanmar.
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Several killed as bombing rips through mosque in Afghan capital
Aug 17, 2022 23:37A huge explosion has targeted a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least three people and wounding more than 25 others.
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Chinese troops will travel to Russia for major joint drills
Aug 17, 2022 11:45Chinese troops will travel to Russia for major joint military exercises amid heightened tensions with the United States over Taiwan and Ukraine.
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Spanish firefighters continue battling fire north of Valencia
Aug 17, 2022 09:47Spanish firefighters and emergency units continue to battle an out-of-control wildfire near Begís, to the north-west of Valencia, where flames have burnt more than 700 hectares and forced the evacuation of several small villages.
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UK inflation tops 10%, highest since 1982
Aug 17, 2022 06:25British consumer price inflation jumped to 10.1% in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual rate of 9.4% in June, intensifying the squeeze on households, official figures showed on Wednesday.
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North Korea fires two cruise missiles into waters off its west coast: South
Aug 17, 2022 03:30North Korea has fired two cruise missiles toward the sea off its west coast, South Korea’s military says, as tensions continue on the Korean Peninsula.
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US carries out long-range nuclear missile test after Chinese drills amid Taiwan tensions
Aug 17, 2022 03:24As the US and China are locked in tension over a host of major issues in particular Taiwan, Washington says it carried out an intercontinental ballistic missile test to show "the readiness of US nuclear forces.”
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US cuts water supply for some states, Mexico as drought bites
Aug 17, 2022 03:12Water supplies to some US states and Mexico will be cut to avoid "catastrophic collapse" of the Colorado River, Washington officials said Tuesday, as a historic drought bites.
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Kenya's Odinga says presidential election result 'null and void'
Aug 16, 2022 12:16Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected as "null and void" the result of an Aug. 9 presidential election he was declared to have lost, adding on Tuesday that Kenya's democracy faces a long legal crisis.
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Russia says has ‘no need’ to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Aug 16, 2022 12:15Russia has dismissed media speculations about a possible deployment of nuclear or chemical weapons in Ukraine, saying Moscow has “no need” to use its nuclear arsenal to achieve its goals in the conflict.