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Iran girls poisoned to stop education, says official
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An Iranian deputy minister has said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported.
Since late November, hundreds of cases of…
UK strikes Northern Ireland deal with EU
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has struck a new deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and he said it would pave the way for a new chapter in London's relationship with the bloc.…
Canada bans TikTok on govt phones, other devices
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The Canadian government on Monday banned TikTok from all of its phones and other devices, citing concerns about data protection.
TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is Chinese, has faced increasing Western scrutiny…
Palestinians count cost of Israeli reprisals
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Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday counted the cost of deadly violence and arson by Israeli settlers targeting a town where two Israeli brothers were killed.
Dozens of Israeli settlers set homes and cars…
Macron to visit China
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French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday he will visit China in early April, in part to seek Chinese help with ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "The fact that China engages in peace efforts is a good thing,"…
Russia battling for survival
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President Vladimir Putin has cast the confrontation with the West over the Ukraine war as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people.
Putin has also accused Nato members of taking part in…
Jordan hosts Israeli -Palestinian talks
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Jordan hosted a meeting between top Israeli and Palestinian officials yesterday to try to halt surging violence, an official said, as Washington and its Arab allies seek to defuse tensions that have led to concern of a…
Most G20 nations condemn Russia for war, China silent
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Finance chiefs of the world's largest economies strongly condemned Moscow for its war on Ukraine on Saturday, with only China and Russia itself declining to sign a joint statement.
India, which as chair of the Group…
‘Tehran still seeking to kill Trump’
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An Iranian general warned his country is still seeking to kill former US president Donald Trump and his secretary of state Mike Pompeo in revenge for assassinating top commander Qasem Soleimani. Tehran has repeatedly vowed…
Blinken to meet Asia ‘Quad’
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet next week with his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia, on the heels of a flare-up in tensions with China.
Blinken will hold the talks with the so-called Quad on…