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Taliban leader pleads for help in first address
Russia Today 28 Nov 2021
The leader of the Taliban has delivered his first televised address since the group took power in Afghanistan in mid-August. He vowed not to interfere in other countries, and asked for international aid ... Read more Taliban reveals agenda of upcoming talks with Washington ... Think your friends would be interested? Share this story! .
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Dead dolphins, extortion, bullets in Italy's mafia 'maxi-trial'
Straits Times 28 Nov 2021
LAMEZIA TERME, ITALY (AFP) - A dead dolphin on a doormat and windows smashed with sledgehammers. Weapons stored in cemetery chapels. Bribes to judges for acquittals, and bogus medical certificates letting convicted killers dodge prison ... Payoffs and public servants ... They are accused of procuring weapons, gathering votes or delivering messages ... PHOTO. AFP.
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Stowaway found in landing gear of plane after flight from Guatemala to Miami
The Hill 28 Nov 2021
Officials discovered a 26-year-old man inside an aircraft’s landing gear compartment after a flight from Guatemala landed in Miami on Saturday morning, NBC News reported. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement that the man was being evaluated at a hospital after he was discovered on the flight ... "Do not come." ... ....
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Low Expectations on Nuclear Talks as Iran Creates Facts on the Ground
Hamodia 28 Nov 2021
World powers and Iran return to Vienna on Monday for a last ditch effort to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal, but few expect a breakthrough as Tehran’s atomic activities rumble on in an apparent bid to gain leverage against the West. Diplomats say time is running low to resurrect the pact, which then-U.S ... and European diplomats consider unrealistic.
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Devin Booker shines as Suns extend win streak to 16
Urdu Point 28 Nov 2021
Los Angeles, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Nov, 2021 ) .Devin Booker scored 30 points and the Phoenix Suns led wire-to-wire to easily beat the Brooklyn Nets 113-107 and extend their NBA winning streak to 16 games on Saturday ... They are trying to equal the 2006-07 team, which holds the record of 17 straight wins ... ....
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Lack of rule of law is why Pakistan hasn't reached potential: PM Imran Khan
The News International 28 Nov 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan. ISLAMABAD. A lack of rule of law is the reason why we haven't achieved our potential, believes Prime Minister Imran Khan ... The biggest environmental disaster in the world called climate change was because human beings had deviated from the basic principle of protecting the earth, he said ... “I had everything ... .
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Britain snubbed as France is set to host Channel migration talks
Straits Times 28 Nov 2021
CALAIS, FRANCE (AFP) - France is hosting a meeting of European ministers on Sunday (Nov 28) to discuss ways to stop migrants crossing the Channel in dinghies, but without Britain, which has been excluded following a row last week ... France has suggested Britain should process asylum requests in northern France ... "Their promises turned out to be lies.".
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Honduras election challenges long-ruling National Party
Al Jazeera 28 Nov 2021
Honduras is bracing for potential violence as more than five million people vote to replace President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a controversial figure accused of drug trafficking in the United States ... For Sunday’s election, opposition fears of a rigged poll and reports of pre-election intimidation have led to high tensions ... Security measures ... .
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Bee aware: do you know what is in that cheap jar of honey?
The Observer 28 Nov 2021
British beekeepers are calling for a requirement on supermarkets and other retailers to label cheap honey imports from China and other nations with the country of origin after claims that part of the global supply is bulked out with sugar syrup ... Supermarket own-label honey from China can be bought for as little as 69p a jar ... Photograph ... Read more ... .
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Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial finally to begin in earnest
The Observer 28 Nov 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial is scheduled to start in earnest in federal court in Manhattan on Monday with opening statements about the eagerly awaited case. Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial ‘over-hyped’, brother insists. Read more ... Epstein’s sometime girlfriend is also accused of participating in his sexual abuse of teenage girls.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi due to hear first verdict in junta trial
Manila Standard Today 28 Nov 2021
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to hear the verdict in her incitement trial on Tuesday, the first in a catalogue of judgements to be handed down in a junta court that could jail her for decades ... More than 1,200 people have been killed and over 10,000 arrested in a crackdown on dissent, according to a local monitoring group ... .
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Kyrgyzstan holds parliamentary vote amid rising tensions
Al Jazeera 28 Nov 2021
Kyrgyzstan is voting in parliamentary polls as tensions simmer after claims of a plot to unseat populist President Sadyr Japarov, who rose to power in post-vote unrest last year ... But Zamirbekov worried that low turnout would benefit rich parties “without any vision” for the mountainous, land-locked country of 6.5 million ... .
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Travel curbs tightened across the world amid new Covid variant fears
Belfast Telegraph 28 Nov 2021
Australian officials are racing to carry out further tests on passengers arriving from southern Africa who tested positive for Covid-19 to determine if they are carrying the Omicron variant, as nations around the world tightened controls against the worrying new strain ... The Omicron variant was first detected in South Africa (Denis Farrell/AP) ... / ... / ... .
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Formula 1: Williams Racing founder Frank Williams dies
Gulf News 28 Nov 2021
Frank Williams, the founder of Formula One outfit Williams Racing, has died at the age of 79, the team announced on Sunday. The team won the F1 drivers’ title seven times and the constructors’ championship on nine occasions under Williams’ stewardship, although the most recent triumphs came in 1997 ... “Sir Frank was a legend and icon of our sport ... .
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The side effects of excess stress on physical and mental health
Indian Express 28 Nov 2021
A hectic lifestyle coupled with an erratic sleep pattern and certain situations can lead to stress. “Stress is a response to a threat in any given situation. In other words, it triggers your body’s ‘fight-or-flight’ response. This stress response helps protect the body in an emergency by preparing you to react quickly to the situation ... Digestive.