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'Like battle': Indian rescuers strive to free 41 trapped workers
Ambulances were on standby Thursday as Indian rescuers dug through the final metres of debris separating them from 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks.
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WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illness
Beijing's National Health Commission (NHC) told reporters last week that the respiratory illness spike was due to the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and the circulation of known pathogens, including influenza and common bacterial infections that affect children.
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Israel, Hamas truce and hostage release delayed
The delay is a hammer blow to families desperate to see their loved ones return home, and to two million-plus Gazans praying for an end to 47 days of war and destruction.
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'First good news': World welcomes Gaza hostage deal
Some 240 people - ranging from infants to the elderly - were taken captive during the Hamas-led 7 October attack that killed about 1,200 in Israel, mostly civilians, according to Israeli authorities.
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Israel, Hamas agree to four-day truce, 50 hostages to be released
Hamas released a statement welcoming the "humanitarian truce" and said it would also see 150 Palestinians released from Israeli jails.
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Displaced Gazans search for warm clothes as cold draws in
The heat still lingered when families fled their home in the northern Gaza strip under Israeli bombardment in early October, but as winter loomed, they struggled to find clothing for their children to keep them warm in the rain and bitter cold.
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Britain awaits key budget with eyes on election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was boosted last week by news that he has met his target to halve inflation, and won another lift on Tuesday after year-to-date borrowing undershot forecasts.
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Argentine markets surge with optimism on Milei election
Latin America's third-biggest economy is creaking under annual inflation of 143 percent.
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Indian workers trapped in tunnel for 10 days seen on camera
Before the camera was introduced, rescuers had been communicating with the men inside using radios.
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With X's Musk under fire, Biden joins rival Threads
The White House confirmed it had launched Threads accounts for the president, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, her husband Douglas Emhoff and the White House itself in English and Spanish.
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Hamas leader says 'close to reaching' truce deal in Israel-Hamas war
Negotiators have been working to seal a deal to allow the release of around 240 mostly Israeli hostages seized on October 7, during the deadliest assault on Israel in its history.
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Rapper A$AP Rocky to stand trial over allegedly shooting at old friend
The 35-year-old, who has two children with R&B star Rihanna, is being prosecuted on two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm but has denied the charges.
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Maldives to battle rising seas by building fortress islands
President Mohamed Muizzu promises the low-lying nation will beat back the waves through ambitious land reclamation and building islands higher - policies, however, that environmental and rights groups warn could even exacerbate flooding risks.
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Milei says could take two years to tame Argentina's inflation
The 53-year-old outsider, who has drawn comparisons with former US president Donald Trump and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro for his abrasive style and controversial remarks, vowed to "very quickly put public accounts in order."
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Boris Johnson 'bamboozled' by COVID data, inquiry hears
Former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance said Johnson, who was prime minister at the time, sometimes struggled to retain scientific information.
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Putin to take part in virtual BRICS summit on Gaza
The meeting will be chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the hope of drawing up a common response to the more than six week conflict.
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World must 'act urgently' to stop humanitarian crisis in Gaza: China FM
Israel has vowed to destroy Gaza's rulers Hamas over the October 7 attacks that it says killed 1,200 people and saw 240 hostages taken, in the worst-ever onslaught on the country.
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Not just Biden -- 77-year-old Trump also under age scrutiny
Videos of the 77-year-old real estate tycoon stammering, verbally stumbling, or looking frail and sweaty have been gleefully posted on social media by the campaign team of Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor, a youthful 45, is currently leading Trump's Republican rivals in opinion polls in most states
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'The change we want': Milei supporters elated in Argentina
One supporter dressed up as a lion, while another wore a makeshift chainsaw on his head -- a nod to the power tool Milei carried around during his campaign, vowing to slash government spending.
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Gaza health official says 31 premature babies evacuated from Al-Shifa hospital
The move came a day after hundreds fled the hospital - Gaza's largest, which the World Health Organisation has described as a "death zone". This after Al-Shifa's director said the Israeli army had ordered it to be evacuated.
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Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios wins crown at Miss Universe 2023
Nicaragua's Sheynnis Palacios was crowned Miss Universe 2023 on Saturday at the 72nd edition of the pageant, held this year in El Salvador.
