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NASA’s Insight Lander: What can Mars teach us about our planet?
After a six-month space cruise, NASA's latest Mars mission is set to arrive at the Red Planet on Monday with a single goal: explore its deep insides. InSight Lander - the Interior Exploration using
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Will Macron bow to the demands of ‘Yellow Vest’ protesters?
Emmanuel Macron was elected last year on presidential pledges to create more jobs and improve lives.But for many French people, his economic reforms are a disaster. Critics accuse him of being a president for
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Saudi Arabia’s MBS arrives in Bahrain in latest leg of Arab tour
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has arrived in Bahrain as he continues his first tour abroad since the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The crown prince, widely known by his initials MBS, landed
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Keeping hopes alive: Yemeni children visit amusement park
Even as Yemen continues to crumble from the ongoing war, it's not all so dark and bleak. At least that's what some social workers have been trying - giving hope to the school deprived
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Israel rearrests Palestinian Jerusalem governor
JERUSALEM: Israeli police arrested the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem for the second time in as many months, a spokesman said Sunday, after reports of an investigation related to a land sale.Adnan Gheith was arrested
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Partial reopening of Baghdad’s Green Zone delayed
BAGHDAD: The partial reopening of Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone to through traffic, planned for Sunday, has been postponed for several days, a government official said.The enclave has been home to Iraq’s parliament, government offices,
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Russia accuses rebels of Aleppo gas attack, Syria calls for UN action
DAMASCUS/MOSCOW: Russia on Sunday accused insurgents in Syria of bombarding the city of Aleppo with shells filled with chlorine gas, poisoning 46 people, including eight children it said were being treated in hospital.Russia’s Ministry of
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6.3-magnitude earthquake hits western Iran
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 has shaken western Iran near its border with Iraq, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has reported. USGS on Sunday said the quake was at a depth of 65km
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Russia accused of firing on Ukrainian ship in naval standoff
The Ukrainian navy has accused Russia of firing on and capturing three of its ships near the Kerch Strait, a narrow sea passage close to the Crimean peninsula that separates the Black Sea and the
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3,000 women march against gender-based violence in Madrid
More than 3,000 women marched in Madrid to mark the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Many of the demonstrators felt galvanised by a court decision on Friday that cleared


