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The United States on Thursday issued a new round of Iran-related sanctions, targeting 16 individuals and 11 entities, including financial institutions, currency exchange firms and energy and trading companies.
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Lisandro Martinez apologises for his criticism after on-field spotlight shifts to Manchester United from City.
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The England international has missed Chelsea's past two league games -- a 3-0 defeat by Brentford and a 5-1 win over Bournemouth. "The 26-year-old was absent from Saturday's 5-1 victory over Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge while medical assessments took place following the injury suffered in…
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PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 16: French papers look ahead to Saturday's call for mass protests, which will bring together a number of social movements. Next, climate change has devastating consequences on communities in Afghanistan.
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Hundreds of protesters, many wearing straw hats and colourful scarves, had hoped to reach the main conference centre but were stopped by a line of police more than a kilometre away, the road blocked by shipping containers.
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Torrential rain has turned streets into rivers near Istanbul, overturning vehicles and cutting off power. At least 3 people have died and 5 remain missing as emergency crews clear the wreckage.
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Apocalyptic orange skies engulf Palangkaraya in Indonesia, while Singapore's famous Marina Bay Sands nearly disappears behind thick smoke. Months of wildfires have triggered an air pollution crisis across Southeast Asia.
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Foley died in his sleep aged 42 on October 16, 2016 due to a heart rhythm disorder just hours before the two teams were set to meet in the tournament. Foley spent more than two decades with Munster, winning the 2006 and 2008 Champions Cups.
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Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan will inaugurate the meet named SAMAGRA 2.0: IIT Palakkad Innovation Summit 2026 to be held at Hyatt Regency on October 29 and 30
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Tesla has unveiled an electric car that can drive upside down and use rocket-like thrusters to jump and turn mid-air.
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After years of intense rivalry between the United States and China over globally challenging issues from trade and technology to Taiwan and human rights, the US president's new spokesperson took the two sides' relationship to uncharted territory.
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As Israel heads to the polls, PM Netanyahu’s most enduring domestic legacy may be the right-wing opposition he faces.
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This World Food Day, 645 million people are going hungry, yet more than a billion tonnes of food is wasted annually.
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In 2024, a 46 percent share of the Latino vote helped propel Donald Trump to the White House. But two years on, polls show that support has plummeted in spectacular fashion.
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Vibe coding lets users build software with AI, but free alternatives to popular programmes raise security concerns.
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One man wanders Gaza in search of somewhere to sleep, having lost his family in an Israeli strike.
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New US aviation sanctions force Iranians to take longer, costlier journeys as international flight routes disappear.
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Designed to bring internet access to remote regions, Elon Musk's Starlink has become vital in crisis regions and war zones. But Ukraine also shows the risks of depending on the service.
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"Almost everywhere in the global economy (is) showing resilience I'm not sure I would have predicted five or six months ago," he told an event hosted by IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva at the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok.
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Since taking over the World Bank in 2023, the former Mastercard CEO has sketched an ambitious plan to fight poverty by addressing an estimated shortfall in the developing world of 800 million jobs.
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Lebanon's president reaffirms the commitment to bring all arms under state control.
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Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
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KYIV, Oct 15 - Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery on Thursday after President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that Kyiv was abandoning a ceasefire covering energy sites announced by US President Donald Trump, and criticised Trump's willingness to strike deals with Moscow.
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MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 - Mexico's president said on Thursday a drastic reduction in the protected area for the near-extinct vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise, will help fishing communities, although critics fear the move threatens the species' survival.
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