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North Korea’s Kim calls for ‘people’s paradise’ marking Korean War ‘Victory Day’

July 28, 2024 admin

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, visits the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 26, 2024. | Photo…

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Pakistan’s JI party’s sit-in enters second day as party protests against electricity price, tax hike

July 27, 2024 admin

Supporters of the Pakistani religious group “Jamaat-e-Islami” sit during a protest in the city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s rightwing Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Saturday vowed to continue its protest in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi as the party’s sit-in entered the second day to press the…

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Nicolas Maduro | Chavism’s designated successor

July 27, 2024 admin

On Sunday, a battered Venezuela, still reeling from an economic crisis that has resulted in the largest forced displacement crisis in Latin America, will vote to choose a President for a new six-year term, beginning January 10, 2025. The incumbent, who has presided over this economic decline, Nicolas Maduro, is running for his third consecutive…

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Kamala Harris Says “Underdog” Campaign Will Overcome Trump’s “Wild Lies”

July 27, 2024 admin

Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday acknowledged the uphill climb to defeating Donald Trump in November, but said her freshly-minted presidential campaign would prevail over the “wild lies” of her Republican rival. As Trump prepared to address a bitcoin conference in Tennessee, Harris was speaking at a fundraising event in Massachusetts with celebrity…

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Netanyahu Warns Hezbollah After Air Strike Kills 11

July 27, 2024 admin

Majdal Shams: A rocket fired from Lebanon hit a football pitch in an Arab town in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights Saturday, killing 11 youngsters in what the army described as the “deadliest attack on Israeli civilians since October 7”. The army said Lebanese group Hezbollah fired the deadly rocket that killed the youngsters aged between…

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Netanyahu Warns Hezbollah After Air Strike Kills 10

July 27, 2024 admin

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UK PM Shrugs Off Paris Olympics Photo

July 27, 2024 admin

The image was seen as a classic example of a very British stiff upper lip. Paris: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Saturday brushed off the fascination with a viral image taken at the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony showing him as the only dignitary not wearing a protective plastic poncho during driving rain. Starmer was…

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U.S. hails ‘productive’ meeting between Blinken and China FM in Laos

July 27, 2024 admin

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi as they meet on the sidelines of the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane on July 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The United States hailed “open and productive” discussions between China’s Foreign Minister…

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US Condemns Horrific Missile Attack In Israel

July 27, 2024 admin

Washington: The White House on Saturday condemned a missile attack on a Druze village in northern Israel, calling the strike, which killed 11 people, including children, on a soccer pitch “horrific.” Israeli authorities blamed Hezbollah for the attack and vowed to respond against the Iran-backed Lebanese group, though Hezbollah denied any responsibility. “Our support for…

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At least 10 killed in rocket attack on town in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights

July 27, 2024 admin

Residents comfort each other as they gather at a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on July 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A rocket attack on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on July 27 killed at least 10 people and…

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