[ad_1] After years of delays and cost overruns, the $ 11 billion link between Hong Kong and China's extensive high-speed rail network finally opened on Sunday, an important step on the road …
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[ad_1] Ochori Burana said the ferry was overcrowded and hundreds of people were heading to a popular open-air market when it capsized Thursday on Lake Victoria. Moments before the tragedy, the ferry …
Read More »Election of the Maldives: the opposition candidate, Solih, declares his victory over Yameen
[ad_1] NEW DELHI – The opposition candidate proclaimed Sunday the presidential election victory in the Maldives, an unexpected blow against the authoritarian leader of the country, who tried to consolidate power by …
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[ad_1] HAVANA (Reuters) – New Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in New York on Sunday for his first trip to the United States, where he denounced the US trade embargo for decades …
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Read More »Presidential candidate of opposition in Maldives claims victory in controversial election
[ad_1] Opposition presidential candidate, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, a long-time but little-known legislator in the Maldives, said victory Monday morning in a controversial election widely considered a referendum on the country's young democracy. …
Read More »Israel orders Palestinians to leave Khan al-Ahmar by 1 October
[ad_1] Israel orders Palestinians to leave Khan al-Ahmar by 1 October Israeli soldiers arrested for allegedly kidnapping Palestinian women at Checkpoint Newsweek Israel gives Palestinians eight days to leave Khan al-Ahmar Aljazeera.com …
Read More »Russia revives allegations of Israeli guilt in plane shot down in Syria
[ad_1] Liz Sly Head of the Beirut office, covering Lebanon, Syria and the whole region Ruth Eglash Reporter covering Israel and the Palestinian territories September 23 at 14:57 BEIRUT – Tensions between …
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[ad_1] A military alliance between Russia and Iran to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gives way to economic rivalry as the war in Syria stops, a contest that Moscow is leading. Frictions …
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