War in Gaza 'must end now'
LONDON, July 21 (AFP): Britain and 24 Western allies including Australia, Canada, France and Italy, said in a joint statement Monday the war in Gaza "must end now", arguing civilians' suffering had "reached new depths"."We urge the parties and the international community to unite in a common effort to bring...
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Japan PM hangs on after election debacle
TOKYO, July 21 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba clung on Monday even after an election debacle left his coalition without a majority in the upper house, as painful new US tariffs loom.In Sunday's election Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has governed almost continuously since 1955, and its partner...
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Court acquits 12 men in Mumbai train bombings that killed 187 persons
NEW DELHI, July 21 (BBC): A court in India has acquitted 12 men who had been convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings that killed 187 people and injured more than 800.Judges had in 2015 sentenced five of the accused to death and the remaining seven to life imprisonment.On Monday,...
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Air India jet skids during landing in Mumbai
MUMBAI, July 21 (Reuters): An Air India Airbus A320 flight veered off the runway as it landed during heavy rain at the Mumbai International Airport on Monday, briefly shutting the runway and damaging the underside of one of the plane's engines.All passengers and crew members have since disembarked, Air India...
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Russia to fix dates for Ukraine talks
MOSCOW, July 21 (AFP): The Kremlin said on Monday that it was working on agreeing the dates for a third round of peace talks with Kyiv, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed holding them this week.The two sides met for talks in Istanbul in May and June, but have not...
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