A New Zealand man hailed as a Scrabble phenom dominated the Spanish World Scrabble Championships – despite reportedly not speaking the language. Nigel…
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Vandals attacked a Jewish area of Sydney overnight, torching a stolen car and scrawling antisemitic words on walls, prompting a swift response from…
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Nauru agrees to give Australia veto rights overpacts with third nations including China
Australia announced a multimillion-dollar agreement with Nauru on Monday that gives Canberra a veto right over a range of pacts the tiny Pacific…
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Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they claimed thousands of animals were…
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South Korean commander apologizes, calls himself ‘incompetent’ during night of martial law
A commander of South Korea’s special forces has apologized for ordering his troops to storm parliament last week after martial law was declared,…
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An arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne last week is being investigated as terrorist incident, Australian officials said Monday, as the government…
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In every crisis lies opportunity, and in every opportunity lurks crisis. The startling advance of Syria’s opposition in a week is the unintended…
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Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with an iron fist for more than 50 years?
Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and…
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South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol apologizes after abortive imposition of martial law
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has apologized to the nation in his first public comments since his abortive attempt to impose martial…
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Global stakeholders now have to reckon with the geopolitical impact of a rebel offensive led by an Islamist group in Syria that could…