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The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday denied widespread allegations that Pyongyang is shipping weapons to Russia, calling the claim “absurd”.
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North Korea has fired at least one “unidentified ballistic missile”, Seoul’s military said Friday, hours after leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister denied widespread allegations that Pyongyang is shipping weapons to Russia.
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President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have jointly pledged to deepen a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for what they described as the “New Era.”
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A former Iranian minister has been sentenced to three years’ jail for corruption, state media reported on Wednesday, citing the judiciary, in a rare conviction of a senior government official. “Following a trial, former agriculture minister Javad Sadatinejad was sentenced to three years in prison,” chief justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, quoted by the official Iran…
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Singapore on Wednesday swore in Lawrence Wong as its new prime minister Wednesday, replacing Lee Hsien Loong following two decades in office, with the new leader warning that the trade-dependent city-state faced a riskier, more conflict-ridden world. Wong, formerly deputy prime minister, became only the second person outside of the Lee family to helm the…
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An ageing, sickly Saudi religious scholar who has been behind bars for six years faces conditions that amount to torture, a United Nations group of independent experts said on Wednesday. Safar al-Hawali, 76, was arrested in 2018, one of a host of prominent clerics jailed after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman became de facto ruler…
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is suffering from “high temperature” and joint pain and will undergo his second round of medical tests in less than a month, state media reported Sunday. The tests will take place at a clinic at the Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, the Royal Court said in a statement published by the official…
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It is another week of explosive entertainment. We have curated some of the best stories that you may have missed during the week for your enjoyment. Here is your weekly catch-up with Guardian Life. Lagos Police detain singer Portable over unpaid G-wagon instalments The Lagos State Police has detained Nigerian musician Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known…
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The Nigerian agricultural landscape has witnessed significant challenges over the years, leading to a sharp decline in its productivity and contribution to the country’s economy.
