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A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 2009 crash of flight AF447, which killed all 228 people on board after the aircraft
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The annual Commemoration of War Heroes was held on Tuesday, and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his address, pledged to fulfill the aspirations of those who had made the supreme sacrifice for
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Thousands of people marched in Montevideo and other cities across Uruguay on Wednesday, demanding the full declassification of military archives related to 205 people who disappeared during the civic-military dictatorship from 1973
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The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz entered the Caribbean Sea on May 20, accompanied by its strike group, marking a significant escalation in U.S. military presence in the region. The deployment, confirmed
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An intelligence aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force narrowly avoided a collision with Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea, in what the UK described as a “dangerous” confrontation involving multiple
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The granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, has won the latest edition of Celebrity Big Brother, marking a striking moment in Italy’s ongoing cultural confrontation with its fascist history.
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The Taliban government in Afghanistan has introduced new legislation that effectively permits child marriage for girls as young as nine, drawing widespread condemnation from rights groups and international observers. The law links
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Saudi Arabia has halted the issuance of new contracts for Western consulting firms and delayed certain payments as it moves to tighten control over public spending amid a widening fiscal deficit and
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