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    Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, killing hundreds and damaging historic buildings in Marrakech
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    Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, killing hundreds and damaging historic...

    Rabat (Morocco), Sep 9: A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing at least 296 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. Men, women and children stayed out in the streets, fearing aftershocks. Morocco's...
    China wont require COVID-19 testing for incoming travellers starting Wednesday
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    China won't require COVID-19 testing for incoming travellers starting Wednesday

    Beijing, Aug 28: China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result from incoming travellers starting Wednesday. It is a milestone toward ending the virus restrictions imposed in China since early 2020. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced the change at a briefing...
    New crew for the space station launches with 4 astronauts from 4 countries
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    New crew for the space station launches with 4 astronauts from 4 countries

    Cape Canaveral (US), Aug 26: Four astronauts from four countries rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday. They should reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule Sunday, replacing four astronauts living up there since March. A NASA astronaut was joined on the predawn...
    Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon
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    Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon

    Moscow, Aug 20: The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon. Russia's unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported on Sunday. The agency said it lost contact with the spacecraft on...
    Russia intercepts drones heading for Moscow for the second straight day
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    Russia intercepts drones heading for Moscow for the second straight day

    London, Aug 10: Russian air defence systems on Thursday shot down two drones heading toward Moscow for the second straight day, officials said, with the attack disrupting flights at two international airports as Ukraine appeared to step up its assault on Russian soil. One drone was downed in...
    NASA power outage temporarily halts contact with space station
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    NASA power outage temporarily halts contact with space station

    Cape Canaveral, Jul 25: A NASA power outage disrupted communication between Mission Control and the International Space Station on Tuesday. Mission Control couldn't send commands to the station and talk with the seven astronauts in orbit. The power outage hit as upgrade work was underway in the...
    Milan Kundera, Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris aged 94
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    Milan Kundera, Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris aged 94

    PARIS, July 12: Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris at the age of 94, Czech media said Wednesday. Kundera’s renowned novel, ``The Unbearable Lightness of Being,’’ opens wrenchingly...
    Russian navy ships visit Shanghai as sides reaffirm military ties amid Ukraine conflict
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    Russian navy ships visit Shanghai as sides reaffirm military ties amid Ukraine...

    Beijing, Jul 6: A pair of Russia navy ships are visiting China as the countries reaffirm their military ties amid Russia's war in Ukraine. The Cold War-era frigates Gromkiy and Otlichnyy arrived in the financial hub of Shanghai, China's largest city and biggest port, on Wednesday for a...
    France faces 5th night of rioting over teen
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    France faces 5th night of rioting over teen''s killing by police, signs of...

    Paris, Jul 2: Young rioters clashed with police late Saturday and early Sunday and targeted a mayor's home with a burning car as France faced a fifth night of unrest sparked by the police killing of a teenager, but overall violence appeared to lessen compared to previous nights. Police made 719...
    Deep, 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Philippines southwest of the capital
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    Deep, 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Philippines southwest of the...

    Manila, Jun 15: A deep earthquake shook part of the Philippines southwest of the capital on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties. The 6.2 magnitude morning earthquake was near Hukay and about 120 kilometres below the surface, according to the US Geological...
    Germany to give USD 1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024
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    Germany to give USD 1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024

    Berlin, Jun 15: The organisation that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Thursday that Germany has agreed to extend another USD 1.4 billion (1.29 billion euros) overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for the coming year. The compensation was negotiated...
    Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing on memorial service in northeast Afghanistan
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    Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing on memorial service in...

    Islamabad, Jun 10: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a memorial service in northeast Afghanistan that killed at least 13 people and wounded 30 others. In a statement late on Friday, the IS regional affiliate — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province...
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