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Sri Lanka calm but protesters refuse to leave presidential compound
Jul 10, 2022 09:14Sri Lankan protesters remain in the compound housing the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa which they stormed Saturday, saying they will stay until he officially resigns.
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PM Lapid approves closure of Israeli embassy in Eritrea after ambassador blocked
Jul 10, 2022 09:01Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid has approved the closure of the regime’s embassy in Eritrea as authorities in the Northeast African country have not been allowing the arrival of a diplomat from the occupied territories in the past two years.
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Zelensky sacks Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, other countries
Jul 10, 2022 08:42Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Kiev’s ambassadors to Germany, India, the Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary.
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Sympathy votes after Abe's killing help Japan's ruling party
Jul 10, 2022 08:08The assassination of Shinzo Abe has prompted many Japanese voters to cast sympathy votes in favor of the former prime minister's ruling party bloc.
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Canada to return Russian gas turbine to Germany amid Europe energy crisis
Jul 10, 2022 07:48Canada will return a repaired Russian turbine to Germany necessary for maintenance on the key Russia-Europe natural gas pipeline, despite objections from Ukraine.
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Sri Lanka opposition plans to install new government
Jul 10, 2022 04:24Calm has returned to the streets of Sri Lanka's capital, a day after the president and prime minister offered to resign in the country’s most chaotic day.
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Japan votes in upper house elections following assassination of former PM Abe
Jul 10, 2022 04:16The people of Japan have started to vote in the upper house elections, just two days after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail.
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US general annoyed over China’s military advances
Jul 10, 2022 04:01A senior US military official has lamented China over producing new weapon systems five to six times faster than the American and at a fraction of the cost, achieving a strategic advantage that Washington cannot afford to ignore.
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Native American survivors of US boarding schools recount abuses
Jul 10, 2022 03:56Elderly survivors of federally established US boarding schools for Native Americans have recounted widespread atrocities at the government-run institutions in a meeting with US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
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Blinken asks China to stand up against Russia’s war in Ukraine
Jul 10, 2022 03:53US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to stand up against Russia’s war in Ukraine when they met at the G20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali on Saturday.