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Canada to become second country to legalise recreational cannabis
Canada is set to become the second and largest country with a legal national cannabis marketplace on Wednesday. At least 111 legal pot shops are planning to open across the nation of 37 million
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Migrant caravan activists: Trump to blame for Honduras situation
Esquipulas, Guatemala - Honduran activists blamed Donald Trump and the United States for the situation forcing thousands to flee the Honduras after the US president warned he may cut aid to the country if
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Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya defends ‘integrity’ amid ICC charges
Sri Lanka's former cricket captain Sanath Jayasuriya has said he has always acted with integrity and transparency, a day after he was charged with two counts of breaching the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption code.
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Fears Brexit could lead to food shortages in EU and UK
The leaders of the European Union are meeting on Wednesday as a deal over Brexit looks to be as far away as ever. The effects of a no-deal Brexit will be felt in the
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Iran: 700 drone attacks against Daesh in Syria
WASHINGTON: The US Treasury announced new sanctions against Iran's Bank Mellat and Mehr Eqtesad Bank on Tuesday. The Treasury also announced sanctions against Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company, Esfehan's Mobarakeh Steel Company, as well as other
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Six killed in Morocco train derailment
SIDI BOUKNADEL, Morocco: At least seven people were killed and about 80 injured when a train was derailed near the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday morning.At least one wagon overturned in the incident near
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KSRelief sends convoy to help those affected by cyclone Luban in Yemen
DUBAI: Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, the Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), on Tuesday said that relief land convoys were sent to Yemen to help those affected by cyclone Luban. Luban
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Somalia: US air strike ‘kills 60 al-Shabab fighters’
A US military air strike against the al-Shabab group in Somalia has killed about 60 fighters, one of its deadliest in nearly a year, US military officials said. The air strike, which was launched
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US sanctions network supporting Iran’s Basij Resistance Force
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a network of businesses that provides financial support to a paramilitary force in Iran, which allegedly trains and deploys child soldiers to fight with the country's Islamic
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Egypt says security forces killed 450 fighters in Sinai peninsula
Egypt has said its security forces have killed 450 armed fighters since the beginning of its eight-month offensive against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, otherwise known ISIS) in the Sinai


