Israeli air strikes kill 25 in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Apr 20 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes since dawn on Sunday have killed at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip, including women and children.Israel resumed its aerial and ground assault on Gaza on March 18, reigniting fighting after a two-month ceasefire that...
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Protesters rally against Trump across US
NEW YORK, Apr 20 (Reuters): Thousands of protesters rallied in Washington and other cities across the US on Saturday to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump's policies on deportations, government firings, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.Outside the White House, protesters carried banners that read "Workers should have...
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Iran, US task experts with framework for deal
ROME, April 20 (Reuters): Iran and the United States agreed on Saturday to begin drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister said, after talks that a US official described as yielding "very good progress."US President Donald Trump, who abandoned a 2015 nuclear pact between Tehran...
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Russian attacks ongoing despite Putin's truce
KRAMATORSK, Apr 20 (AFP): Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing a surprise but brief Easter truce.The 30-hour truce would be the most significant pause in the fighting throughout the three-year conflict.But just...
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NASA's oldest astronaut returns to earth
WASHINGTON, Apr 20 (AFP): Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday.But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).A...
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