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Russia gives North Korea a million barrels of oil

Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Centre, a non-profit research group based in the UK.

November 22, 2024 12:40 pm
 

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More than 40 dead after gunmen attack passenger vehicles in Pakistan

At least 41 people – including women and children – have been killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a convoy of 200 passenger vehicles traveling through a remote area of Pakistan.

November 22, 2024 11:35 am
 

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Israeli strikes kill 47 people in eastern Lebanon, official says

Israeli strikes killed at least 47 people in eastern Lebanon on Thursday, a Lebanese official said, pressing the campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group as a U.S. mediator sought to advance ceasefire talks in Israel.

November 22, 2024 10:12 am
 

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Attack on vehicles carrying Pakistani Shi'ites kills 42

Gunmen have opened fire on vehicles carrying Shi’ite Muslims in Pakistan’s restive northwest, killing at least 42 people, including six women, and wounding 20 others in one of the region’s deadliest such attacks in recent years.

November 22, 2024 9:45 am
 

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Russia hits Ukraine with missile

Vladimir Putin says Russia hit Ukraine with a new intermediate-range ballistic missile, days after Kyiv used Western-supplied weapons to strike inside Russia

November 22, 2024 8:40 am
 

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War crime warrants issued

Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister, as well as the military commander of Hamas.

November 22, 2024 7:35 am
 

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Call for Google to sell Chrome to end search monopoly

Alphabet’s Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and take a range of other measures to end its monopoly on searching the internet, US prosecutors have argued to a judge.

November 21, 2024 3:36 pm
 

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Belarusian leader Lukashenko pardons 32 people jailed for 'extremism'

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 32 people who were convicted of extremism, according to the Pul Pervogo Telegram account which reports widely on his activities.

November 21, 2024 2:00 pm
 

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Spain's deputy PM Ribera deflects blame over floods to climate change

Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Ribera, who is vying for a top European Commission job, defended the state’s handling of last month’s deadly floods in Valencia and said climate change was largely to blame for the disaster.

November 21, 2024 1:15 pm
 

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Trump picks Matthew Whitaker as nominee for NATO ambassador

President-elect Donald Trump chose Matthew Whitaker as his nominee to be U.S. ambassador to NATO, selecting a loyalist who briefly served as acting attorney general during Trump’s first White House term.

November 21, 2024 12:08 pm
 

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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire

The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza.

November 21, 2024 11:47 am
 

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Welby to end official duties as Archbishop of Canterbury by Jan. 6

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of Anglicans worldwide and the head of the Church of England, will complete his official duties by January 6, after saying last week that he would quit over an abuse scandal.

November 21, 2024 10:04 am

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