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ICE shooting: NBA game cancelled after Minneapolis man killed by federal ag...

ICE shooting: NBA game cancelled after Minneapolis man killed by federal agent **NBA Game Postponed Following Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Minneapolis** **MINNEAPOLIS, MN** – A highly anticipated National Basketball Association (NBA) matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden... read more »

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Tributes pour in for 'beautiful' young Galway doctor who died in ...

Tributes pour in for 'beautiful' young Galway doctor who died in tragic accident **Galway Mourns Loss of Promising Young Physician in Tragic Incident** Galway, Ireland – A wave of profound sorrow has swept through the community of Galway following the untimely passing of Dr. Grace... read more »

Iran rejects UN rights resolution condem...

Iran rejects UN rights resolution condemning protest killings

Iran rejects UN rights resolution condemning protest killings **Tehran Denounces UN Human Rights Council Resolution Amidst Ongoing Protests** **Geneva/Tehran** – Iran has vehemently rejected a resolution passed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, which condemned the state’s handling... read more »

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Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on Ca...

Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on Canada over China deal

Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on Canada over China deal ## Trump Signals Potential Trade Retaliation Against Canada Following Beijing Agreement **Washington D.C.** – Former President Donald Trump has indicated a willingness to impose a substantial 100 percent tariff on Canadian goods, a move... read more »

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Pak court sets Nov 18 for Musharraf's plea to leave country

Pak court sets Nov 18 for Musharraf’s plea to leave country

Karachi – Pakistan’s Sindh High Court has set November 18 for a decision on former president Pervez Musharraf’s plea against a government ban on him travelling out of the... read more »

Philippines typhoon: Death toll rises to 1,833

Philippines typhoon: Death toll rises to 1,833

MANILA – Death toll in the Philippines from typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) jumped to 1,833 with initial cost of damage increasing to 761.4... read more »

Saudi Arabia officially rejects term on UN Security Cou...

UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

United Nations – Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented moved, formally rejected Tuesday its two-year term on the UN Security Council, clearing the way for... read more »

Israel halts house construction in disputed area

Israel halts house construction in disputed area

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday cancelled a tender published by the housing ministry to build 1,200 housing units in the... read more »

Typhoon relief operations pick up pace in Philippines

Relief supplies sent for Philippines typhoon victims

Relief operations in this typhoon-devastated region of the Philippines picked up pace Wednesday, but still only minimal amounts of water, food and medical... read more »

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