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WASHINGTON – US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is vaccinated, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday morning (Oct 19), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.“Secretary Mayorkas tested positive this…
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WASHINGTON – Former US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday (Oct 18) against the US congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan 6 attack on the Capitol, alleging it made an illegal, unfounded and overbroad request…
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – Former US President Bill Clinton walked out of a Southern California hospital on Sunday (Oct 17) after being admitted last week for a urological infection, live video showed. Clinton, 75, will return to New…
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TBILISI – US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday (Oct 18) Washington was closely watching China’s development of advanced weapons systems, while declining to comment directly on a report that Beijing had tested a…
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MIAMI – A fugitive businessman accused of acting as a money launderer for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime was extradited Saturday (Oct 16) to the United States from Cape Verde, his legal team told AFP. Manuel Pinto…
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MOSCOW – Russia on Saturday (Oct 16) topped 1,000 deaths over 24 hours for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic
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MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin’s special representative on Afghanistan said on Friday (Oct 15) he did not expect any major breakthrough at talks with the Taliban next week in Moscow.The official, Mr Zamir Kabulov, said in…
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GENEVA – The United States is returning to the UN Human Rights Council three-and-a-half years after its dramatic walk-out – time seized upon by China to assert wider influence. The United Nations General Assembly elects new…
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WASHINGTON – Washington has called about 30 nations together on Wednesday (Oct 13) and Thursday to boost the international fight against ransomware, a senior White House official said, noting that Russia was not invited.The United…
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BRUSSELS – The European Union on Tuesday (Oct 12) pledged a €1 billion (S$1.6 billion) aid package for Afghanistan, “to avert a major humanitarian and socio-economic collapse,” the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said. The…
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