‘Geneva patient’ declared the sixth person in HIV remission, will need to be watched closely
PARIS (TIP): A man dubbed the "Geneva patient" is the latest person with HIV to be declared in long-term remission…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)15 Indian-origin men held in Canada for running cargo theft ring; USD 9 mn worth property recovered
TORONTO (TIP): Canadian police have arrested 15 Indian-origin men for allegedly running a major organised cargo theft ring, and property…
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Russian lawmakers move to further restrict transgender rights in a new legislation
TALLINN (TIP): Russian lawmakers on July 13 approved a toughened version of a bill that outlaws gender transitioning procedures, with…
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China’s top diplomat says Beijing, Moscow to deepen ties
JAKARTA (TIP): China's top diplomat said on July 13 Beijing would strengthen ties with Russia in areas of strategic communication…
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UK government offers millions of public sector workers pay raises in push to end strikes
LONDON (TIP): The British government offered millions of public sector workers pay raises on July 13 in a bid to…
Read MoreItalian authorities seize migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking
ROME (TIP): Italian authorities have ordered the Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship to remain in a port near Rome after…
Read MoreSix killed, four wounded in mass shooting in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (TIP): A mass shooting in South Africa left six people dead and four wounded when three men entered the…
Read MoreUkraine says downed 20 Russian drones, two cruise missiles
KYIV (TIP): Ukraine said on July 13 it had downed 20 Russian attack drones and two cruise missiles in an…
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Fire in Italy retirement home kills six
MILAN (TIP): A fire at a retirement home in the early hours of July 7 in Milan killed six people,…
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Fresh protests against police violence planned in France
FRANCE (TIP): Dozens of marches against police violence in France have been announced for July 8 after authorities banned a…
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Russian cruise missile attack on Ukraine city of Lviv kills 6 people and injures dozens
LVIV (TIP): Russia fired cruise missiles July 6 at a western Ukraine city far from the front line of the…
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Keeping up pressure, China sends warships and fighter jets near Taiwan during Yellen’s Beijing visit
BEIJING (tip): China’s People’s Liberation Army sent 13 aircraft and 6 vessels into airspace and waters around Taiwan over the…
Read More‘Negligible’ impact of Fukushima water release on South Korea: Seoul
SEOUL (TIP): Japan's plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant would have "negligible consequences" for South Korea,…
Read MoreBlast at a Russian explosives plant kills six, injures two
MOSCOW (TIP): A blast at a Russian explosives plant on July 7 killed six people and injured two more, emergency…
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France must address ‘deep’ police racism: UN
GENEVA (TIP): France must address deep issues of racial discrimination in its police, the United Nations said on June 30,…
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Thousands protest in Iraq for second day over burning of Quran in Sweden
BASRA (TIP): Thousands of followers of a firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric rallied in major cities in Iraq on June 30,…
Read MoreFrench president urges parents to keep teens at home as government orders buses to stop at 9 p.m.
PARIS (TIP): French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents on June 30 to keep teenagers at home and blamed social media…
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Google to remove Canadian news links from searches in response to new media law
Ontario (TIP) : Google on June 29 joined Meta in announcing that it will restrict news from Canada. The decision…
Read MoreFinnish minister resigns over pro-Nazi remarks
HELSINKI (TIP): Finland's new economic affairs minister Vilhelm Junnila, a member of the far-right Finns Party, announced his resignation on…
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Cyprus rescues 45 Syrian migrants from boats in distress; two placed in custody
NICOSIA (CYPRUS) (TIP): Cypriot emergency services rescued 45 Syrian migrants from two boats after receiving information that they were in…
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Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is writing a book on leadership
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (TIP): Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on June 23 she is writing a book,…
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South African authorities say 31 illegal miners killed in explosion in May; found only now
JOHANNESBURG (TIP): At least 31 people were believed to have died in a gas explosion in a disused mine shaft…
Read MoreChinese human rights lawyer chased out of 13 homes in 2 months as pressure rises on legal advocates
TAIPEI, Taiwan (TIP): A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been forced to move 13 times in two months as…
Read MoreBeijing records hottest June day as extreme heat sears northern China
Beijing (TIP): Beijing logged its hottest June day since records began on June 22, the national weather service said, as…
Read MoreSuspected Russian diplomat seen squatting in vetoed embassy site in Australia
CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA) (TIP): A suspected lone Russian diplomat was seen squatting on the site of Moscow's proposed embassy after the…
Read MoreTunisia to free opposition figure after 4 months in jail
TUNIS (TIP): A Tunisian judge on June 23 ordered the release of opposition figure Chaima Issa four months after her…
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Donor nations commit USD 10.3 billion for millions of Syrians at home and as refugees abroad
BRUSSELS (TIP): International donors said June 15 they would commit $10.3 billion in aid for millions of Syrians battered by…
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15 killed as bus carrying seniors to casino in Canada collides with truck
MONTREAL (TIP): A semi-trailer truck and a bus carrying seniors collided in central Canada's Manitoba province on June 15, killing…
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Japan raises age of consent from 13 to 16 years old
TOKYO (TIP): Japan's age of consent was raised from 13, among the world's lowest, to 16 years old on June…
Read MoreMost of 108 drowning victims in Nigeria boat accident were women and children
ABUJA, Nigeria (TIP): Most of the 108 people who drowned after a boat broke apart in north-central Nigeria were women…
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