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Sri Lanka: ‘I can’t afford milk for my babies’

Shawdesh desk; The smell hits you first – freshly cooked rice, lentils and spinach, served in ladles from steaming pots. Dozens of families – including mothers with babies – are

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Highland Park shooting person of interest left online trail of violent imagery

Shawdesh Desk: HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. —  Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, the person of interest identified by police after Monday’s shooting in a Chicago suburb that killed six people and

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Ukraine retreats from key city in major Russian gain

Shawdesh desk: The Ukrainian army retreated from the strategic city of Lysychansk Sunday, as Russia claimed a major victory by seizing control of the entire eastern Lugansk region. The Ukrainian

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4th crew member rescued after ship sinks south of Hong Kong

Shawdesh dEsk: A fourth crew member has been rescued Monday after a storm sunk an engineering vessel two days earlier, according to Chinese authorities. The crew member was rescued by

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Monkeypox cases triple in Europe, WHO says, Africa concerned

Shawdesh desk: The World Health Organization’s Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do more to

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Global Covid cases top 551 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 551 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe. According to the

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Turkey supports Finland and Sweden Nato bid

Nato member Turkey has agreed to support Sweden and Finland’s membership of the alliance. It had initially opposed the Nordic countries’ bids to join. Turkey was angered by what it

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At least 52 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire

Shawdesh desk: At least 52 inmates were killed and 26 more injured early Tuesday after a fire broke out during a prison riot in southwestern Colombia, the national prisons agency said.

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