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VIDEO: Hazzaa Al Mansoori kisses his mother’s feet after returning from Russia
Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed receives Hazzaa and Sultan Al Neyadi at the Al Bateen airport.
13 Oct 2019 -
Syria regime forces move to deploy along Turkey border as Kurds strike deal
Defence Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that President Donald Trump had directed US troops in northern Syria to begin pulling out "as safely and quickly as possible." He did not say Trump ordered troops to leave Syria, but that seemed like the next step in a combat zone growing more unstable by the hour.
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Brexit on October 31 a ‘priority’ for British government: Queen
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday set out his government's priorities at a parliamentary ceremony full of pomp and pageantry attended by the Queen, with Brexit top of the agenda.
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US trio wins Nobel Economics Prize for fighting global poverty
US-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work in fighting global poverty that has helped millions of children by favouring practical steps over theory.
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India restores post-paid cellphone services in Kashmir
Postpaid cellphone services were restored in India-administered Kashmir on Monday, more than two months after India’s government downgraded the region’s semi-autonomy and imposed a security and communications lockdown.
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Hazy conditions force Indonesia to shutter schools over children's health concerns
Forest fires are an annual occurrence in Indonesia. Forest fires in 2015 spread haze across a swathe of Southeast Asia, and according to a study by Harvard and Columbia universities, hastened 100,000 deaths.
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K-pop star Sulli found dead in Seoul
Police told the South Korean news agency Yonhap that the K-pop star's manager found Sulli dead at her home in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam.
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Typhoon Hagibis death toll reaches 48
Typhoon Hagibis crashed into the country on Saturday night, unleashing high winds and torrential rain across 36 of the country's 47 prefectures, and triggering landslides and catastrophic flooding.
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