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Union says UK prime minister will face staff walkout on first day in office
The public service trade union said on Thursday that workers at Britain's business and energy department will begin a strike next week. This will be on the day the country's new prime…
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Fresh flood threatens Pakistan, forcing millions to evacuate
As the region nervously awaited the arrival of rainwater flowing from Pakistan's north, emergency responders in the south of Pakistan have scrambled to evacuate millions of people from…
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Germany to expand its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region
The German defense chief said that the country intends to increase its military presence in the Indo-Pacific by deploying more warships and participating in drills with its allies.…
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Jeju Island is forecast to be hit by a super strong typhoon early next week
Jeju, a southern resort island, may be directly affected by a super-strong typhoon approaching the Korean Peninsula early next week, the state weather agency said Thursday. At 3 a.m.…
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Egyptian canal authority re-floats tanker after it runs aground in the Suez Canal
An oil tanker stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal late on Wednesday due to a technical problem with its rudder was re-floated by tug boats, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said. Two…
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Brazilian Amazon suffers from most severe August fires in over a decade
A series of fires swept through Brazil's Amazon rainforest in August, the most since 2010, according to government data released Wednesday. It was the highest number of fires since…
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
At the age of 91, Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, has passed away, according to hospital…
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Fire-stricken ferry is due back in Swedish ports
It is expected that a ferry will be back in Nynashamn after a fire on the car deck temporarily knocked out its power, the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) said in a report on…
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Emergency aid of $160 million to be sought by the UN for Pakistan floods
It is anticipated that the United Nations (UN) and Pakistan will appeal on behalf of the nearly half a million displaced persons as a result of the record-breaking floods that have…
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Rockets land in the Baghdad Green Zone after a day of clashes
The Iraqi military said Tuesday that Iraqi militants fired several rockets at Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Tuesday as sporadic clashes continued for a second day in Baghdad. A…
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