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Forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe

Shawdesh Desk: A summer heatwave that has triggered devastating forest fires across southwest Europe showed no signs of abating Sunday, as parts of the continent readied for new temperature records

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14 dead in military helicopter crash in Mexico

Shawdesh desk: Fourteen people were killed when a military helicopter crashed on Friday in northwestern Mexico, the navy said. “A Black Hawk helicopter was involved in an accident, the cause

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Russia and Ukraine reach consensus on grain export, UN hails development

Shawdesh desk; ISTANBUL, July 13: Russian and Ukrainian delegations met Wednesday with UN and Turkish officials in a bid to break a months-long blockage of grain deliveries across the Black

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Former US national security advisor admits planning coups abroad

Shawdesh Desk: Former US national security advisor John Bolton admitted on television Tuesday that he has helped plan coups in other countries, while arguing that the January 6, 2021 riot

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Sri Lanka troops barricade Parliament against protesters

Shawdesh Desk: Military troops were moving Thursday to secure Sri Lanka’s parliament building against a takeover by protesters infuriated by the country’s economic collapse and the embattled president’s failure to

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Sri Lankan leader leaves Maldives, protesters leave offices

Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the Maldives on Thursday after fleeing his own country amid mass protests demanding he resign over his country’s economic collapse. A

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Protesters raid Sri Lanka PM’s office after president flees abroad

Shawdesh Desk: Protesters in Sri Lanka defied tear gas, water cannon and a state of emergency to storm the prime minister’s office on Wednesday after the country’s embattled president fled

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Eight candidates in race to become next UK prime minister

Shawdesh Desk: Eight Conservative MPs will vie to become UK prime minister, the party announced Tuesday, with frontrunner Rishi Sunak launching his campaign by saying he would not “demonise” the

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