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Tornado, storms 23 killed in Mississippi
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At least 23 people died as violent storms and at least one tornado ripped through the US state of Mississippi, tearing off roofs and flattening neighborhoods, officials and residents said yesterday.
The southern…
Dozens of migrants missing in latest Tunisia shipwreck
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Thirty-four migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were missing off Tunisia's Mediterranean coast yesterday after their boat capsized, a court official said, the latest in a string of tragedies this month.
The boat carrying…
PENSION PROTESTS King Charles’s France visit postponed
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Britain's King Charles yesterday cancelled a state visit to France after social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron's new pension law erupted into some of the worst street violence seen in years across the country.…
US AIR STRIKES 11 pro-Iran fighters killed in Syria
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Eleven pro-Iran fighters were killed in US air strikes on Syria carried out in retaliation for a drone attack that left an American dead and wounded six others, a war monitor said yesterday. A US contractor was killed, and…
Charles III visit to France postponed over protests: Paris
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A planned visit to France from Sunday by King Charles III has been postponed due to ongoing protests over pension reform, the French presidency announced.
"Given the announcement yesterday of another national day of…
Record int’l migration spurs historic rise in Canadian population
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Canada's population increased by more than a million people for the first time in history in 2022, almost entirely due to a surge in immigrants and temporary residents, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday.
Total…
Indigenous Voice: Australia PM unveils plan for historic constitution vote
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Australia took a step today towards a historical referendum to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders recognition in the constitution and, for the first time, a voice on matters that affect their lives.
In an…
TikTok chief faces hostile US lawmakers over China ties
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced relentless questioning from combative US lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle Thursday over the video-sharing app's alleged ties to China and its danger to teens.
The…
TikTok creators, some US Democratic lawmakers oppose ban on app
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TikTok creators and three US Democratic Party lawmakers on Wednesday said they opposed any potential ban on the Chinese-owned short video sharing app that is used by more than 150 million Americans.
On Thursday TikTok…
Not ‘impartial’ US dismisses China mediation on Ukraine; Kremlin dismisses ‘hostile’ reaction to…
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The United States said Tuesday it does not see China as capable of being an impartial mediator between Moscow and Kyiv over the war in Ukraine.
It was the most direct US criticism yet of China's aim to be a middleman…