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World’s five richest men doubled their fortunes since 2020: Oxfam

The world's wealthiest five men have more than doubled their fortune since…

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A Chinese man sings as he holds the the Chinese flag, with the backdrop of Taiwanese islands (at rear) from a distance of 2 kilometers, during a boat tour to view the islands, off Xiamen, in China’s southeast Fujian province on January 11, 2024, two days before Taiwan’s Presidential election. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
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China calls Taiwan poll frontrunner a ‘severe danger’ days from crucial vote

China urged Taiwan's voters on Thursday to make the correct choice in…

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) stands before leaving Crete for Amman, on January 6, 2024, as part of the first leg of a trip that includes visits to both Israel and West Bank. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)
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Blinken says he wants to avoid escalation on Middle East tour

Washington's top diplomat Antony Blinken said Saturday that he wants to make…

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A damaged car lies underneath a collapsed building at Shika town in Hakui District, Ishikawa Prefecture on January 8, 2024 after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region on New Year's Day. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)c
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Japan earthquake toll hits 161 as snow hampers relief

The death toll from Japan's New Year's Day earthquake jumped to 161…

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China says foreign consulting agency head spied for Britain

China's spy agency said Monday the head of a foreign consultancy had…

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National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on January 4, 2024, in Washington, DC. North Korea has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles and missile launchers that were used in recent attacks on Ukraine, the White House said Thursday. "This is a significant and concerning escalation," Kirby said at the briefing. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
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US accuses Russia of using North Korean missiles for Ukraine attacks

North Korea has provided Russia with ballistic missiles and missile launchers that…

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Guards are seen at the entrance of the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre in Pretoria on January 5, 2024. South Africa's ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole January 5, 2024, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world. Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee will leave the Atteridgeville prison on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria. The time and logistical details have not been disclosed by authorities, citing "security" reasons. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)
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Oscar Pistorius: Olympian hero turned disgraced killer

At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation…

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This picture shows people and Iranian emergency personnel at the site where two explosions in quick succession struck a crowd marking the anniversary of the 2020 killing of Guards general Qasem Soleimani, near the Saheb al-Zaman Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Kerman on January 3, 2024. Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi condemned on January 3 twin blasts that killed at least 103 people in the country's south where crowds gathered to mark the killing of general Qasem Soleimani
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China says ‘deeply shocked’ by Iran twin blasts

China said on Thursday it was "deeply shocked" by twin bomb blasts…

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People walk in front of a collapsed building in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 4, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. More than 50 people were reported missing January 4 as Japanese rescuers battled to reach hundreds still cut off from help three days after a devastating earthquake left at least 78 dead.
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Hundreds cut off after Japan quake that killed 78

More than 50 people were reported missing Thursday as Japanese rescuers battled…

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The file photo taken on September 11, 2023 shows BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded on a ship stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port at Suzhou Port, in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province. China's BYD has overtaken US electric vehicle giant Tesla as the world's leading EV deliverer, according to recent sales figures. (Photo by AFP) / CHINA OUT - China OUT
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BYD: Chinese electric vehicle giant that has overtaken Tesla on sales

China's BYD has overtaken US electric vehicle giant Tesla as the world's…

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