Residents of flood-hit German towns talk of short lead time
AHRWEILER, GERMANY: Like other residents of his town in Germany, Wolfgang Huste knew a flood was coming. What nobody told him, he says, was how bad it would be. The …
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US President Joe Biden stumps for McAuliffe in early test of political clout
ARLINGTON: President Joe Biden led the kind of campaign rally that was impossible last year because of the pandemic, speaking before nearly 3,000 people in support of a fellow moderate …
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Covid-19: Hanoi goes into lockdown as virus cases soar
HANOI: Vietnam locked down eight million people in Hanoi on Saturday, the latest attempt to curb a serious coronavirus outbreak that has already forced a third of the country to …
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US seeks to dismiss charges in visa fraud cases of Chinese researchers
The US government on Friday filed motions in federal courts to dismiss charges in the remaining four cases of Chinese researchers arrested on visa fraud charges last year. A federal …
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20 terrorists killed in airstrikes on Taliban hideouts: Afghan Army
KUNAR: A total of 20 terrorists were killed as fighting planes struck Taliban hideouts and positions in Ghazi Abad district of Afghanistan eastern Kunar over the past 24 hours, the …
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Morocco files French libel suit over Pegasus spyware claim
PARIS: Morocco has filed defamation claims against Amnesty International and a French NGO who claim its intelligence services used the Pegasus mobile phone spyware against dozens of French journalists, lawyers …
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White House says no change to mask mandate
WASHINGTON: The White House says there’s been no decision to change the Covid-19 guidance on wearing face masks. Press secretary Jen Psaki insisted Thursday that the Centers for Disease Control …
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Afghanistan President Ghani lashes out at Taliban, says they have ‘no will’ for peace
KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani a speech on Eid on Tuesday lashed out at the Taliban after three rockets landed in areas near the Presidential Palace and said that the deeds …
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Western wildfires: California blaze crosses into Nevada
GARDNERVILLE, Nev.: A Northern California wildfire crossed into Nevada, prompting new evacuations, but better weather has been helping crews battling the nation’s largest blaze in southern Oregon. The Tamarack Fire …
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Infrastructure bill fails first vote; Senate to try again
WASHINGTON: Senate Republicans rejected an effort Wednesday to begin debate on a big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group of senators brokered with President Joe Biden. But supporters in both …
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