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Video shows Venezuela sergeant demanding Maduro’s removal
A man identifying himself as a Venezuelan National Guard sergeant at a Caracas military outpost called for the removal of President Nicolas Maduro, a video circulating on social media shows. The video did not show
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Fears of ‘Windrush-type scandal’ as EU citizen registration opens
A government scheme designed to allow European citizens to continue living in the UK after Brexit was launched in public test phase on Monday, amid warnings that it could leave tens of thousands of
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Anger and loss over Gaza airport ruin once seen as milestone
In Gaza, a shell of a structure offers a symbol of what could have been. The airport that could once handle 700,000 passengers is rubble, shut down during the second Intifada in 2000 and
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Qatar to bolster Lebanese economy with $500m
Qatar will invest $500m in Lebanese government US dollar bonds to support Lebanon's economy, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. Lebanon has the world's third highest public debt compared with the gross
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Hindus take auspicious plunge during India’s Kumbh Mela
Millions of Hindu devotees will take a holy dip in the Ganges River on Monday on one of the six most auspicious days to bathe during Kumbh Mela - the world’s largest religious festival.
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Howl at the moon: Eclipse watchers revel at Blood Wolf Moon
The only total lunar eclipse this year and next came with a supermoon bonus. On Sunday night, the moon, Earth and sun lined up to create the eclipse visible throughout North and South America
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Oxfam: World’s richest 26 own same wealth as poorest half
The world's 26 richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, according to Oxfam International, as it urged governments to rise taxes on the wealthy to fight soaring inequality. Billionaires
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Turkey ready to take over Syria’s Manbij, Erdogan tells Trump
Turkey is ready to take over security in Manbij, a town in northeast Syria held by Kurdish forces where four US personnel died in a bombing last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told
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US has ‘no plan’ as Syria pullout proceeds: ex-envoy
JEDDAH: Syria exploded into new violence on Sunday with an Israeli airstrike on a military base near Damascus, a rocket attack aimed at the occupied Golan Heights, and bombings in the capital and the
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Lebanon urges return of refugees to Syria
BEIRUT: Lebanon used an Arab economic summit on Sunday to urge the return of refugees to safe areas of Syria after eight years of war. President Michel Aoun told the meeting Lebanon was overwhelmed


