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IS caliphate capital at Raqqa 'has fallen'
Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» BEIRUT: US-backed Syrian forces liberated the city of Raqqa on Tuesday from Islamic State militants, a senior commander said, in a major defeat for the collapsing extremist group that had proclaimed it to be the capital of its "caliphate."
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Horror stories from abused Hollywood female stars
Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» HOLLYWOOD: Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Lawrence used their speeches at a Hollywood event honouring women to detail experiences of assault and harassment at the hands of directors and producers and pledged to do more to stop such situations from happening.
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Taliban suicide bomber wave kills 74
Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» KABUL: The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday, targeting police compounds and government facilities with suicide bombers in the country's south, east and west, and killing at least 74 people, officials said.
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North Korea says it plans to launch many more satellites
Published on 18/10/2017
» UNITED NATIONS: North Korea's deputy UN ambassador said Tuesday the country plans to launch many more satellites and accused the United States of trying to block its efforts to help peacefully develop outer space.
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Parts of unmanned Russian spaceship burn up over Dubai
Published on 18/10/2017
» DUBAI: Parts of an unmanned Russian cargo spaceship burned across the night sky of the Arabian Peninsula, drawing gasps from Dubai to Riyadh before breaking up in the Earth's atmosphere and scattering in the Indian Ocean.
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Xi imagines China in 2050: highlights from 3-hour speech
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/10/2017
» BEIJING: President Xi Jinping laid out a sweeping vision to transform China by 2050 at a twice-a-decade party gathering on Wednesday in Beijing.
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Malaysia Airlines outgoing CEO says Ryanair needs his help
Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines outgoing CEO Peter Bellew said Wednesday he decided to return to Ryanair as a form of national service because the Irish budget airline needed his help.
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Amnesty: Myanmar army killed at least hundreds of Rohingya
Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» Myanmar security forces killed hundreds of men, women and children during a systematic campaign to expel Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International said in a new report Wednesday that calls for an arms embargo on the country and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators.
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Southeast Asia stocks end lower
Published on 18/10/2017
» Most Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Wednesday with the Philippines ending lower for the first session in four as investors booked profits after a prolonged rally.
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Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes off Pacific island of Tonga
Reuters, Published on 18/10/2017
» An earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude struck off the east coast of the Pacific island of Tonga on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
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