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Algeria's Bouteflika: a veteran leader who was finally ousted
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» ALGIERS - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who died Friday aged 84, was Algeria's longest-serving president and a veteran of the independence struggle who clung to power...
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France recalls ambassadors to Australia, US in escalating row
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» PARIS: France on Friday recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia for consultations in a ferocious row over the scrapping of a submarine contract,...
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14,109 new Covid cases, 122 more deaths
Online Reporters, Published on 18/09/2021
» Thailand logged 14,109 new Covid cases and 122 more fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Saturday morning.
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Back on the catwalk: live shows return at London Fashion Week
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» LONDON: Catwalk shows resumed at London Fashion Week on Friday, after previous editions of the landmark industry event were forced online by the coronavirus pandemic....
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New Zealand Cricket silent on security threat ending Pakistan tour
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand Cricket officials on Saturday threw a veil of secrecy over the security threat that forced the abrupt cancellation of their Pakistan...
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SpaceX tourists talk to Tom Cruise from orbit, provide update on flight
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» WASHINGTON: Four space tourists orbiting the Earth in a SpaceX capsule at 28,162 kilometres per hour talked to movie star Tom Cruise on Friday and provided a...
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US tycoon Robert Durst guilty of Beverly Hills murder of best friend
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» LOS ANGELES - US real estate scion Robert Durst was Friday convicted of killing his best friend to prevent her talking to police about his wife's disappearance.
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Australia shrugs off China anger on nuclear subs
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia on Friday shrugged off Chinese anger over its decision to acquire US nuclear-powered submarines, while vowing to defend the rule of law in airspace...
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Critics warn of Apple, Google 'chokepoint' repression
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - The global dominance of tech giants serves as a convenient online chokepoint for authoritarian governments to crack down on dissent or rig elections,...
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US firefighters optimistic over world's biggest tree
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» RED FIR (UNITED STATES) - Firefighters battling to protect the world's biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said Friday they are optimistic...