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Trump loses another election court challenge
Republican lawsuit sought to invalidate mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, where President-elect Biden won by 81,000 votes.The US state of Pennsylvania’s supreme court has dismissed another legal challenge to the election by supporters of President
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China has reached a major milestone in ending absolute poverty. But the Communist Party isn’t celebrating yet
The rush to the cities has left rural communities with shrinking populations and fewer job opportunities. In the face of this decline, Xi's poverty alleviation policies have focused on the countryside.On Monday, state-run news
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France gears for more security law protests amid police violence
Dozens of rallies planned against new law that would restrict sharing images of police as anger over video showing police beating Black man grows.Dozens of rallies are planned on Saturday against a new French
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Syrian regime forces renew shelling on southern Idlib
ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law quit as the deputy head of Turkey’s huge sovereign wealth fund, completing a fall from grace that began with his surprise resignation as finance minister.Berat Albayrak had been
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US army data on civilian harm in war against ISIL questioned
Erbil, Kurdish region of northern Iraq – Rights groups and charities have raised questions over the United States military coordinates of civilian harm in Iraq and Syria released last week by the United Kingdom-based
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Qatari firms systematically exploiting workers: Report
LONDON: Qatari companies have failed to pay “hundreds of millions of dollars” in wages and benefits to low-paid workers amid the coronavirus pandemic, new research by human rights group Equidem has revealed. In a report,
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US to sanction entities linked to Iran’s missile program
LONDON: The UN and Amnesty International have called on Tehran to halt its imminent execution of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali, saying he was subjected to an unfair trial involving torture.Djalali was sentenced to death
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German defense minister rejects Turkey complaint over Libya weapons ship search
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s government on Tuesday denied having information about the visit of an Israeli delegation to Khartoum announced the day before by an official from Tel Aviv.“The cabinet is not aware of an Israeli
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French man fined for breaching lockdown to ‘smash a guy’s face in’
The 39-year-old man, living in Brittany, northwestern France, was hiding behind a car early Saturday morning when he was spotted by a police patrol. He appeared to be drunk, police said. He was questioned
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Airlines mull mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for int’l passengers
International air travel could come booming back next year but with a new rule: Travellers to certain countries must be vaccinated against the coronavirus before they can fly. Encouraging news about vaccine development has


