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China’s top diplomat hit out at Washington’s “bewildering” trade policy during a news conference Thursday on the sidelines of a political gathering in Beijing, where Chinese leaders have been championing high-tech development…

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Senegal sets election date after protests sparked by delay

March 7, 2024

Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled the country’s presidential election for March 24, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. “The President of the Republic informed the Council of…

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Deadly Russian missile struck close to Zelensky and Greek leader’s convoy

March 7, 2024

A Russian missile exploded close to a convoy carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a deadly attack on the Black Sea port city of…

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Terror strikes in northeast Nigeria as suspected insurgents abduct 50

March 7, 2024

Suspected Islamist insurgents kidnapped 50 people, mostly women, in northeastern Nigeria this week, local officials and a resident said on Wednesday, the latest mass abduction by fighters who have waged…

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The planet just shattered heat records for the ninth month in a row

March 7, 2024

Last month was the planet’s hottest February on record, marking the ninth month in a row that global records tumbled, according to new data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate…

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Mass grave with 1,000 skeletons found in Germany

March 7, 2024

Archaeologists say they have discovered what may be the largest mass grave ever excavated in Europe at a site in southern Germany. Roughly 1,000 skeletons of plague victims have so…

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Economy

Confusion persists over when the Princess of Wales will appear in public again

March 7, 2024

Speculation over when Catherine, Princess of Wales will return to official royal duties continues this week after expectations were raised by an unlikely source: the British Army. The UK Ministry…

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Economy

Newborns die of hunger and mothers struggle to feed their children as Israel’s siege condemns Gazans to starvation

March 7, 2024

Anwar Abdul Nabi perches on the edge of a bed at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. Her eyes are sunken with grief. The young mother tenderly holds the fingers of…

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World’s largest hunger crisis looms in Sudan, UN warns, as humanitarian response hits ‘breaking point’

March 7, 2024

The war in Sudan is “triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” with more than 25 million people “trapped in a spiral” of food insecurity, a United Nations agency has warned.…

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Oldest ‘dead’ galaxy spied by Webb may cause astronomers to revise their understanding of the early universe

March 7, 2024

Astronomers have spotted the oldest “dead” galaxy ever observed while studying the cosmos with the James Webb Space Telescope, and it’s one of the deepest views into the distant universe…

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