Suspected suicide car bomb shakes Mogadishu
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — A suspected suicide car bomb exploded near a checkpoint in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday, witnesses said, followed by gunfire around a nearby hotel
Thai government foe ordered to erase vaccine supply criticism
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — A Thai court has ordered a leading government foe to remove allegations on social media that the state's coronavirus vaccine policy is opaque and unfairly
Exclusive: Foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond May deadline - NATO sources
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline envisaged by the insurgent Taliban's deal with the United States, four senior NATO
Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's anti-corruption czar, crowned party chief again
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — Nguyen Phu Trong, re-elected as Vietnam's most powerful man on Sunday, is one of the Southeast Asian country's strongest and longest-serving leaders since
Costa Rica sees ailing tourist trade stagnant in 2021 after COVID-19 blow
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — Tourism to Costa Rica will likely stagnate this year at the sharply reduced levels of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, weighing on the economy of the
Philippines' Duterte tightens anti-money laundering rules to avoid `grey list'
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law on Friday to strengthen anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations ahead of a Feb. 1 deadl
Protesting Indian farmers begin hunger strike after week of clashes
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Saturday in protest against new agricultural laws after a week of clashes with authorities that left one de
U.S. military slams Chinese flights but says they posed no threat
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — The U.S. military said on Friday that Chinese military flights in the past week in the South China Sea "at no time" posed any threat to a U.S. Navy aircraf
Wall St. falls after J&J vaccine data; GameStop effect weighs
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — U.S. stock indexes fell on Friday after COVID-19 vaccine data from Johnson & Johnson hurt sentiment, while a standoff between Wall Street hedge funds and s
Citron to stop publishing short-selling research, says Left
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3 years ago By Charlieparker — Short-seller Andrew Left, whose company Citron was one of the hedge fund players to spark this week's battle with small-time traders over GameStop Corp, sa