Former US president slams FBI raid, calls Joe Biden an ‘enemy of the state’ in his first public appearance since the search of Mar-a-Lago. Former US President Donald Trump has slammed the FBI’s raid on his Florida home as a “travesty of justice” as he made his first public appearance…
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Speaking in Singapore, Noeleen Heyzer says she will make no second visit to the country unless she can see the deposed leader. Noeleen Heyzer, the United Nations special envoy on Myanmar, has said she is “very concerned” about the health of Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has…
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Redacted document provides more information about evidence that led to unprecedented search of Mar-a-Lago this month. The US Department of Justice has released the highly anticipated affidavit that underpinned this month’s search of Donald Trump’s Florida home, confirming that the United States is investigating the alleged mishandling of classified documents by the…
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Fires at a nearby coal-powered plant reportedly forced the nuclear station’s two working power units offline. The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been disconnected from Ukraine’s energy grid for the first time in its history after nearby fires damaged overhead power lines, according to the country’s state nuclear power company.…
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Judge grants bail until September 1 after Khan was charged under anti-terror law for ‘threats’ to police and a judge. Islamabad, Pakistan – An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has granted interim bail to Imran Khan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former prime minister, in a case registered against him last week for…
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A flare-up in fighting around the Russian-controlled nuclear power station – with both sides blaming each other for attacks – has raised the spectre of a disaster worse than Chernobyl. Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed that a team of independent inspectors can travel to the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant…
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Polarised presidential campaign kicks off with former left-wing leader holding 12-percent lead over Jair Bolsonaro. Brazil’s former left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a double-digit lead over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, a new poll has shown, as the country’s tightly contested presidential election campaign officially kicks off. Bolsonaro and Lula,…
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Min Aung Hlaing firing military chiefs and senior politicians as he moves against tycoons amid chaos triggered by his February 2021 coup. Bangkok/ Yangon – Failing to subdue resistance across Myanmar, military government chief Min Aung Hlaing is resorting to increasingly desperate measures to cling to power, firing senior ministers and…
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Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled Sri Lanka amid mass protests, requests entry into Thailand after weeks in Singapore. Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested entry into Thailand for a temporary stay in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests, the Thai…
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Ex-president insists he did ‘nothing wrong’ but says he invoked Fifth Amendment because he had ‘absolutely no choice Former US President Donald Trump has said that he refused to answer questions under oath during an appearance before the New York state attorney general in an investigation into his business dealings. Trump had…
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