The US Navy has kicked off joint military drills with South Korea and Japan, with a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier taking a lead role in anti-submarine exercises designed to counter the DPRK. The South Korean Defense Ministry announced the latest wargames on Monday, noting the three nations would hold two …
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Exit polls after the second round of voting in the French election on Sunday indicate that centrist President Emmanuel Macron will win with 58.2% of the vote, while Le Pen gained 41.8%. The official results will not be published until Monday. Macron is on the way to becoming the first …
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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva is in first place in the women’s individual event in Beijing after completing an emotional short skate routine on Tuesday. Gold medal favorite Valieva scored 82.16 points for her program, some way off her world record best but still impressive given the immense pressure the …
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Skaters from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team confirmed their pre-tournament status of favorites by winning the figure skating Team event, earning a second gold medal of the Beijing Games for their country. Leading after the first two days of competition, the ROC team continued to dominate by winning two …
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A deadly rivalry between two gangs in West Papua’s Sorong City ended with one person stabbed to death and 18 more trapped in a fire after a fight broke out in the Double O club on Monday night. The two groups, reportedly armed with machetes and arrows, were squaring off …
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Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open legal appeal has copped fresh cynicism from some, while reports suggest that his December infection came after an exemption cut-off. Saturday’s disclosure by Djokovic’s legal team, which indicated that a December 16 diagnosis of Covid-19 was central to his medical exemption application to compete at the …
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On Tuesday evening, protesters marched down the streets of Ankara’s Çankaya neighborhood, where most Turkish government buildings and government institutions are located. They chanted “istifa” (resign) and the name of Erdogan’s ruling party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Many blew whistles and banged pots and pans to make noise. …
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The blast has led to an unspecified number of casualties, witnesses told Reuters. Images from Aden uploaded to social media have captured what appears to be plumes of black smoke coming from the site of the alleged attack. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
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The digital asset lost as much as 10% during the day’s trading, falling to $43,692.57, according to Coin Metrics. Other cryptocurrencies were also in the red, with ether losing 9% to $3,038.74 and XRP becoming the worst performer, down 14% on Monday. “This sell-off is the continuation of a well-established …
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Despite the massive failures by governments and public health officials across the globe in dealing with the pandemic, it’s only the dead that really pay any sort of price. Most of the so-called experts simply move on, retire, or fade back into academia or big pharma where many of them …
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