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Sunak says airfield on standby and planes booked for Rwanda deportations: The prime minister has said the first deportation flights to Rwanda will leave "in ...
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Sunak says airfield on standby and planes booked for Rwanda deportations
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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez Threatens to Quit. What Are His Options?: Pedro Sanchez’s decision to take several days to think about his future as Spain’s prime ...
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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez Threatens to Quit. What Are His Options?
Quick Glance: Spain's PM faces pressure over wife's corruption probe
  • A Madrid court confirmed an investigation against Begoña Gómez for alleged influence peddling and corruption.

  • Sánchez criticized the complaint as part of a harassment campaign against his wife.

  • The probe relates to Gómez's ties to companies that received government funding.

  • The opposition pushed for a statement from her regarding the investigation.
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Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill to become law after late-night showdown: Parliamentary stand-off ends, opening the way for asylum seekers to be sent to the African ...
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Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill to become law after late-night showdown
Quick Glance: British Law on Deportation of Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
  • The new British deportation law aims to curb illegal migration and secure the reelection of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

  • However, experts doubt the effectiveness of the law in stopping illegal migration to the UK.

  • Rishi Sunak is under significant pressure due to political challenges in the election year, including inflation and healthcare issues.

  • The Rwanda law intends to deport migrants without valid papers to Rwanda, although the efficacy of the law is being questioned.
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Sunak Eyes Rwanda Vote and Europe Trip to Boost Election Hopes: Rishi Sunak will have lawmakers sit late Monday to consider legislation on his flagship migration ...
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Sunak Eyes Rwanda Vote and Europe Trip to Boost Election Hopes
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'I'm 72 and people say I'm ageing backwards - my three-step routine is magic': A woman who is 'aging backwards' and has starred in Rihanna's Fenty ...
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Rishi Sunak's flagship smoking ban bill passes first hurdle despite cabinet opposition
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Rishi Sunak's flagship smoking ban bill passes first hurdle despite ...
Quick Glance: UK Lawmakers Support Groundbreaking 'Smoke-Free Generation' Bill
  • The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban to prevent young people from ever smoking passed its first hurdle in Parliament despite opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.

  • The bill, announced by Sunak, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, creating one of the toughest anti-smoking measures in the world to establish the 'first smoke-free generation' in modern Britain.

  • The bill also includes measures to crack down on youth vaping, such as banning the sale of cheap disposable vapes and restricting their flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine.

  • The number of people who smoke in the U.K. has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but approximately 6.4 million people in the country still smoke, accounting for about 13% of the population. Smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and poor health.
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Lies, confections, distortions: how the right made London the most vilified place in Britain
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‘Evasive’ Boris Johnson broke lobbying rules in meeting with Venezuela’s Maduro: Former prime minister failed to disclose links to hedge fund which organized a ...
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‘Evasive’ Boris Johnson broke lobbying rules in meeting with Venezuela’s ...
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Working for Labour is not a dig at Boris Johnson, says Marina Wheeler: The former prime minister’s ex-wife is helping the party with its policies on employment ...
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Working for Labour is not a dig at Boris Johnson, says Marina Wheeler
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Rishi Sunak's attempt to ban smoking is nuts, says Boris Johnson: The proposed law aims to phase out tobacco sales by stopping anyone born after 2009 buying ...
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Rishi Sunak's attempt to ban smoking is nuts, says Boris Johnson
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Pelosi calls for Netanyahu’s resignation: Pelosi said the prime minister is an obstacle to a two-state solution.
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Pelosi calls for Netanyahu’s resignation
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Joe Biden won’t do a trade deal with Britain, says Liz Truss: The former prime minister dismissed the chance of any trade deal happening under the incumbent ...
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Joe Biden won’t do a trade deal with Britain, says Liz Truss
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All the things we won’t know in 10 years: We're more likely to see Judith Collins waving at us from space than 12 years of data on child poverty.
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All the things we won’t know in 10 years
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Boris Johnson: Shameful to call for UK to end arms sales to Israel: Some MPs have urged the UK to reassess how it supports Israel after aid workers were killed ...
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Boris Johnson: Shameful to call for UK to end arms sales to Israel
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner struggles to change narrative on tax controversy: Angela Rayner usually relishes standing in for Keir Starmer at PMQs when the Prime ...
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner struggles to change narrative on tax ...
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Liz Truss endorses Donald Trump to win US presidential election: The ex-PM warns the "world was safer" under Donald Trump's presidency, and the West is "on the ...
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Liz Truss endorses Donald Trump to win US presidential election
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Never forget the politicians who pushed gender politics: Scores of MPs are seeking to carry out a rapid repositioning on gender politics in the wake of the ...
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Never forget the politicians who pushed gender politics
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Plan divides government: Brits should be prevented from buying cigarettes: Cigar fan Winston Churchill's party wants to ban cigarettes in Great Britain ...
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Plan divides government: Brits should be prevented from buying cigarettes
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March Madness live updates: South Carolina caps perfect season with championship win over Iowa; Clark’s college career ends without a title
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Quick Glance: Record Audience at NCAA Women's Championship
  • South Carolina's victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday's women's NCAA championship game garnered a preliminary average viewership of 18.7 million on ABC and ESPN.

  • Nielsen's final numbers on Tuesday may reveal an increase in viewership.

  • It marks the most-watched basketball game since 2019, when the men's NCAA title game between Virginia and Texas Tech averaged 19.6 million viewers on CBS.

  • The women's final also recorded the highest viewership for a Sunday afternoon sporting event on ESPN and ABC since early 2021.
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UK to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - meaning tens of billions of pounds of extra funding
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UK to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - meaning tens of billions ...
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Wellington Liberal Democrats public meeting discusses future: The Wellington branch of the Liberal Democrats invited the public to speak about current and future ...
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Wellington Liberal Democrats public meeting discusses future
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I don’t want to be prime minister again, Liz Truss insists: Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister had previously declined to rule out standing to be Tory ...
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I don’t want to be prime minister again, Liz Truss insists
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NATO target for defence spending should rise due to 'more dangerous world', Grant Shapps says
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NATO target for defence spending should rise due to 'more dangerous ...
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Feeling depressed doesn’t mean you can’t work, Sunak says in welfare reform speech
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Feeling depressed doesn’t mean you can’t work, Sunak says in welfare ...
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Boris Johnson’s ex-wife has just given us a masterclass in post-divorce etiquette
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Boris Johnson’s ex-wife has just given us a masterclass in post-divorce ...
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Liz Truss says No10 infested with fleas - and some blamed Boris Johnson's dog : In a tell-all book, former PM Liz Truss complained that the No11 flat was ...
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Liz Truss says No10 infested with fleas - and some blamed Boris Johnson's ...
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Norway says ready to recognize a Palestinian state: Norway is ready to recognize a Palestinian state together with other countries, its prime minister said on ...
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Norway says ready to recognize a Palestinian state
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Susan Hall refuses to condemn Boris Johnson for exploring 'pay-per-mile' charge: Ms Hall has criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan for exploring the ‘pay-per-mile’ ...
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Susan Hall refuses to condemn Boris Johnson for exploring 'pay-per-mile' ...
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Seven-year-old selling lemonade to help purchase mother’s tombstone: The community of Scottsboro, a city in Jackson County, Alabama, rallies behind 7-year-old ...
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Seven-year-old selling lemonade to help purchase mother’s tombstone
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Unpopular Sunak in ‘doom loop’ as UK PM stares at election defeat: LONDON: He’s failed to meet key pledges, hit an opinion poll low, and even cramped the style ...
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Unpopular Sunak in ‘doom loop’ as UK PM stares at election defeat
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Hyper-history: why did politics go crazy?: On the day Theresa May signed her Brexit withdrawal agreement with Brussels, Dominic Raab, the Brexit secretary ...
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Hyper-history: why did politics go crazy?
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The logic of Liz Truss’s delusion: Here is a list of just some of the people and things that failed prime minister Liz Truss has recently blamed for her own ...
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The logic of Liz Truss’s delusion
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Liz Truss isn’t done yet: The more the Tories fracture and fragment, the further Sunak’s supremacy is eroded
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Liz Truss isn’t done yet
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Thames Water Is Just One of Privatization's Failures Stacking Up for the UK: A wholesale return to public ownership is no answer, after fiascoes from water ...
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Thames Water Is Just One of Privatization's Failures Stacking Up for ...
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Mum killed child thinking eclipse was 'epitome of spiritual warfare': Danielle Cherakiyah Johnson, also known as Ayoka, stabbed her partner and threw her ...
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Mum killed child thinking eclipse was 'epitome of spiritual warfare'
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Rylan Clark says showbiz is 'full of a***holes' - and reveals pre-fame regret: Rylan Clark has become of the biggest names in daytime TV, with presenting gigs ...
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Rylan Clark says showbiz is 'full of a***holes' - and reveals pre-fame ...
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Cameron will struggle to cut through with Trump allies, say US experts: As Foreign Secretary heads to Washington to press Republicans to back Ukraine ...
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Cameron will struggle to cut through with Trump allies, say US experts
Quick Glance: Cameron Warns US Politicians Against Russia Appeasement
  • UK Foreign Secretary intensifies efforts to secure aid for Ukraine but faces rejection from a senior Republican.

  • Cameron warns against 'appeasement' and emphasizes the need for military aid to Kyiv.

  • Despite meetings with top US officials, Cameron failed to gain support from US Republicans.

  • He faced limited reception on Capitol Hill and struggled to make an impact.
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What did Kamla do wrong as PM?: I have lived now to the ripe old age of 79, and there is one undeniable fact about Trinidadians. We love the good life. We use it ...
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What did Kamla do wrong as PM?
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Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest prime minister at 37: Father-of-two Mr Harris becomes Ireland's youngest and 15th taoiseach as he succeeds Leo ...
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Simon Harris becomes Ireland's youngest prime minister at 37
Quick Glance: Simon Harris Becomes Ireland's Youngest Prime Minister
  • Simon Harris has been officially sworn in as Ireland's youngest prime minister, succeeding Leo Varadkar who abruptly stepped down last month. Harris, 37, took the helm of the ruling Fine Gael party but faces challenges as the party trails behind Sinn Fein in polls.

  • A rapid riser in Ireland's political hierarchy, Harris has made a name for himself as Health Minister and most recently as Minister for Higher Education and Science. His political identity as a young politician has been marked by both supporters and critics, particularly standing out with younger voters and on social media platforms like TikTok.

  • Varadkar's government grappled with challenges such as housing crisis and increasing immigration numbers. Harris inherits a tough political landscape, especially with upcoming elections until March 2025. The political landscape in Ireland has shifted, with Sinn Fein emerging as a rising political force, leading to a shift in the traditional party landscape.

  • While Harris sees the idea of a potential reunification of Ireland as a legitimate aspiration, his focus remains on current challenges like housing crisis, rising cost of living, and immigration. Despite political changes and discussions about potential reunification, Ireland's future remains uncertain and complex.
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Your response to the view that we are almost all woke: Earlier this week, we published a story on the ‘woke agenda’ and the polarisation in modern society that ...
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Your response to the view that we are almost all woke
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Theresa May’s legacy of chaos: When that great historian Edward Gibbon presented the Duke of Gloucester with the second volume of his Decline and Fall of the ...
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Theresa May’s legacy of chaos
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Boris Johnson: ‘Rather humiliating’ not to be targeted by Westminster honey trapper
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Lords keep Rwanda bill in parliamentary deadlock in blow to Rishi Sunak: The House of Lords snubbed ministerial calls to back down and maintained their stance on ...
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Lords keep Rwanda bill in parliamentary deadlock in blow to Rishi Sunak
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Liz Truss says she had to urge British diplomats to be more pro-Israel at UN: The former prime minister said she had to "actively intervene" with officials to ...
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Liz Truss says she had to urge British diplomats to be more pro-Israel at ...
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Vows to serve ‘till the end of my days’: After representing the people of Siparia for nearly three decades, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is ...
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Vows to serve ‘till the end of my days’
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To understand Britain’s malaise, visit Shildon – the town that refused to die: People will blame Brexit, Boris and austerity, but this country’s demise goes back ...
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To understand Britain’s malaise, visit Shildon – the town that refused to ...
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Who is Count Binface? 2024 London mayor candidate and 'space warrior': Meet London mayoral candidate Count Binface. Who is he, what is his 2024 manifesto ...
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Who is Count Binface? 2024 London mayor candidate and 'space warrior'
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The Christopher Luxon dictionary of corporate speak: An operationalised, strategically aligned, actionable guide to the phraseology of prime minister Christopher ...
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The Christopher Luxon dictionary of corporate speak
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From 'daycare' to dream run: Why Dawn Staley's third title at South Carolina might be her most impressive yet
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From 'daycare' to dream run: Why Dawn Staley's third title at South ...
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Political storm erupts after police ordered to shut down hard-right NatCon conference in Brussels
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Political storm erupts after police ordered to shut down hard-right NatCon ...
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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson responds to speculation he could run for US President: WWE star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has shared his thoughts on ...
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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson responds to speculation he could run for US ...
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Rishi Sunak says spending billions more on defence won’t stop tax cuts: Prime minister said it was ‘not a fair characterisation’ to suggest his plan to boost ...
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Rishi Sunak says spending billions more on defence won’t stop tax cuts
Quick Glance: Increase in UK defence spending by 2030
  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak commits to raising spending to 2.5% of GDP, putting the defence industry on a 'war footing'.

  • Sunak emphasized the need for deeper stockpiles of munitions and quicker replenishment due to the events in the Ukraine conflict.

  • The planned increase in defence spending would require significant financial reshuffling, partly through announced measures to reduce the size of the civil service.

  • Shortly after announcing the pledge to send weapons worth 500 million pounds to Ukraine, this commitment followed.
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Lawrence Wong, Singapore's next PM, seeks growth in 'troubled world': SINGAPORE -- Born and raised in Singapore, Divya Loudon thinks her future may lie ...
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Lawrence Wong, Singapore's next PM, seeks growth in 'troubled world'
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it: The prime minister’s bigotry is who he is. Whether Hindu society can or wants to change is ...
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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Scott Morrison says he took medication for anxiety while he was prime minister: Former prime minister Scott Morrison reveals his experiences with acute anxiety ...
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Scott Morrison says he took medication for anxiety while he was prime ...
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Will Britain Have a Surprise Summer Election? Ex-Conservative Adviser Sees Risk: On this week’s Merryn Talks Money , BlondeMoney CEO Helen Thomas explains her ...
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Will Britain Have a Surprise Summer Election? Ex-Conservative Adviser Sees ...
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Journalists to walk out over Giorgia Meloni ‘censorship’: They fear that the right-wing government and its allies exert too great a control over what is reported ...
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Journalists to walk out over Giorgia Meloni ‘censorship’
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Thailand to replace military-appointed Senate, reduce its powers: BANGKOK - Thailand’s Cabinet on April 23 approved a plan to select a new slate of senators who ...
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Thailand to replace military-appointed Senate, reduce its powers
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PM Hasina urges all to say 'no' to wars: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon all to stand against all forms of aggression and atrocities ...
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PM Hasina urges all to say 'no' to wars
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Ian Hislop cheered as he asks why Rishi Sunak isn't in jail over 'corrupt' act: Ian Hislop was applauded on Have I Got News For You on Friday night as he ...
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PM Hasina to visit Thailand Wednesday, 6 deals, MoUs to be signed: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit Thailand on a historic state visit ...
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