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Why protestors in China are holding up blank pieces of paper

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BEIJING/SHANGHAI – Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID-19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring of public dissent that has gone beyond social media to some of China’s streets and top universities. Images and videos circulated online showed students at universities in cities including Nanjing and Beijing […]

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Putin declares martial law in seized Ukrainian regions

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KYIV/MIKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin introduced martial law on Wednesday in four Ukrainian regions he says are part of Russia as some residents of the Russian-held city of Kherson left by boat after Moscow warned of a looming assault. The images of people fleeing Kherson were broadcast by Russian state TV which portrayed

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Date of King Charles III’s coronation announced

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles III will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey next May in a ceremony set to follow the traditional pageantry used for anointing monarchs over the last 1,000 years, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday. Charles, 73, automatically became king on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth last month, but

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How this 3 year old survived the preschool massacre in Thailand

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UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (Reuters) – A three-year-old child who managed to survive last week’s massacre at a nursery in northeast Thailand slumbered through the horror under a blanket in the corner of a classroom. Paveenut Supolwong, nicknamed “Ammy”, is normally a light sleeper, but at naptime on Thursday when the killer burst into the nursery

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Russia launches biggest air strikes since start of Ukraine war in revenge for Crimea bridge

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KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched its most widespread air strikes since the start of the Ukraine war on Monday, raining cruise missiles on busy cities during rush hour and knocking out power and heat, in what President Vladimir Putin called revenge for a blown up bridge. Missiles tore into busy intersections, parks and tourist sites

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Biden says Putin’s nuclear threat brings risk of ‘Armageddon’

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NEW YORK/KYIV – Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has brought the world closer to “Armageddon” than at any time since the Cold-War Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President Joe Biden said. Putin celebrated his 70th birthday to fawning praise from some officials. But with his seven-month invasion unravelling, public events

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Prince Harry, Elton John accuse British Newspaper of phone hacking

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Prince Harry and singer Elton John are among a group taking legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail, alleging phone tapping and other breaches of privacy. They are alleging phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy, a law firm representing the group said on Thursday (October 6). The group includes actors Elizabeth Hurley and

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North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan in Long-Range Test

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SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before on Tuesday, sending it soaring over Japan for the first time in five years and prompting a warning for residents there to take cover. U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida spoke by phone and condemned the test

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