US State Dept agrees to officially change ‘Turkey’ spelling to desired ‘Turkiye’
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Agreeing to the Turkish government's request, the US State Department on Thursday has agreed to stop using the word 'Turkey' and will instead call

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Crypto exchange firm Huobi to lay off 20% of workforce amid industry slump
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Crypto exchange Huobi adds its name to the list of companies that chose to lay off their staff as it announced to lay off 20% of its workforce for

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Afghan hospital wards full with children suffering from pneumonia
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In a bitterly cold bedroom at the start of winter in Kabul, 22-year Maryam sat with her baby son bundled up in a red jumper as he coughed days afte

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"India takes G20 Presidency at critical time, will provide solutions," says Chief Coordinator Harsh Shringla
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Chief Coordinator for India's G20 Presidency Harsh Shringla said on Thursday (January 5) that New Delhi has taken over the presidency of G20 at a '

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India deploys all-women platoon of peacekeepers to UN mission in Abyei
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India will begin deploying women peacekeepers as part of its United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in South Sudan, country's for

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Celebrity chef Navab Ebrahimi arrested in Iran after he posted a recipe of Persian cutlets
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New York-based human rights activists said on Thursday (January 6) that Iran has detained a prominent chef and Instagram influencer as part of its

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Eurozone annual inflation rate falls for second month in a row
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The annual inflation rate of the eurozone fell to 9.2 per cent for the second time in a row in the month of December, dropping into single digits f

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Al-Shabaab kill six in raid on Somalia village they recently lost
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Militants from the Al-Shabaab killed at least six people during a raid early Friday (January 6) in Hilowle Gaab, a village in central Somalia they

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More trouble brews for Musk as laid-off Twitter employees still await severance pay
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Twitter's boss Elon Musk who faced several problems after taking over the social media giant in October last year is now facing another one.

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What awaits Ukraine in 2023?
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Ukraini­ans are con­fi­dent they will win the war, but fears of a re­newed Russ­ian of­fen­sive in 2023 are grow­ing.
Published On 6 Jan 2023

Saudi Arabia 'infiltrated' Wikipedia, jailed administrators to control content: Rights groups
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Just weeks after a former Twitter worker was jailed for 'spying' for Saudi Arabia, activists have now said that the kingdom has 'infiltrated' Wikip

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Why is Cana­da ban­ning for­eign home­buy­ers?
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Cana­da says new law aims to make hous­ing more af­ford­able but ex­perts say oth­er mea­sures would bet­ter re­duce high costs.
Published On 6 Jan 2023

Samsung's quarterly profit plunges to 8-year low on demand slump
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd flagged on Friday that its quarterly profit tumbled by two-thirds to an eight-year low as a weakening global economy ham

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Bas­ra ex­cit­ed ahead of Ara­bi­an Gulf Cup tour­na­ment kick­off
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The 25th edi­tion of the Ara­bi­an Gulf Cup foot­ball tour­na­ment will start in Iraq on Fri­day.
Published On 6 Jan 2023

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What four unique com­mu­ni­ties say about our world
Al Jazeera’s film se­ries looks at four com­mu­ni­ties in dif­fer­ent parts of the world try­ing to hold onto their cul­ture.
Published On 6 Jan 2023

Uranium Water Contamination in US Far More Prevalent Than Believed
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A new investigation looks into the extent to which U.S. water supplies are contaminated with uranium.

Maybe it’s the good kind of uranium that turns you into Spider-Man or the Incredible Hulk and not the bad kind of uranium that turns you into Thyroid Cancer Man – one of the lesser-known Marvel superheroes.

ProPublica has come out with an investigation entitled “The Cold War Legacy Lurking in U.S. Groundwater.” After World War II, the Cold War started between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. because the rich needed to stop the damn Communists from pushing their furry hats on...

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Why is the West Lamenting the End of ‘Liberal’ Israel?
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Even before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on December 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and other Middle Eastern governments but also among Israel’s historic allies in the West.

As early as November 2, top US officials conveyed to Axios that the Joe Biden Administration is “unlikely to engage with Jewish supremacist politician, Itamar Ben-Gvir.”

In fact, the US government’s apprehensions surpassed Ben-Gvir, who was...

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The Banshees of Inisherin lands 14 Bafta longlist nominations
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All Along the Western Front and Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of Elvis also appear in a number of categories.

Prince Harry reveals words he said to Queen Elizabeth on her deathbed
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Harry writes about flying to Scotland and learning of the queen’s death from BBC News.