Wadh Kassim
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Blinken Proposes UN role, Palestinian State Path in Gaza
Blinken acknowledged the misgivings of Israel — where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a far-right government and expects even stronger US support under President-elect Donald Trump — but pleaded for a new approach.
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UK’s Princess Catherine Says She Is In Remission From Cancer
Catherine, Princess of Wales, said on Tuesday she was “in remission” from cancer after she and husband Prince William visited the specialist London hospital where she was treated.
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African Nations Championship Postponed to August
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said there had been “good progress” on building and upgrading facilities, but that “more time was required”.
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Dozens Rescued, 15 Bodies Pulled From South Africa Mine
This brings the death toll to 24 since August, when authorities began driving out clandestine miners at the site near Stilfontein, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, police Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili told…
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Trump to Make Online Address to Global Elite’s Davos Meeting
Donald Trump will speak online to the annual meeting of the global political and business elite in Davos next week, days after taking office as US president, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday.
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Gay Men Can Train as Priests But Don’t Flaunt It: Italy Church
A section of the 68-page guidelines was specifically directed at “persons with homosexual tendencies who approach seminaries, or who discover such a situation during their training”.
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More Than One Million People Internally Displaced in Haiti: UN
The latest data “reveals that 1,041,000 people, many displaced multiple times, are struggling amidst an intensifying humanitarian crisis”, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration said.
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Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher On Instagram
Usher became Bieber’s mentor, guiding him through the early stages of his career and helping him secure a record deal with Island Def Jam Recordings. Their relationship has evolved over the years, with Usher providing…
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Nine charged over looting in LA fires: prosecutor
The charges include for one burglary that netted $200,000 and one in which an Emmy statuette was stolen, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters.
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Mozambique to Swear in New Parliament After Disputed Vote
Two opposition parties, Renamo and MDM, announced they would boycott Monday’s session, which will swear in new parliamentarians. Renamo won 28 seats in the 250-seat house and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) took eight.
