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India | Saturday, October 9, 2021 The country’s wealthiest man is bringing 7-Eleven to India, adding the convenience store brand to his vast corporate empire, which includes energy, chemicals, retail, and telecoms. Reliance Retail, Mukesh Ambani’s conglomerate’s commerce arm, announced on Thursday that it will establish India’s first 7-Eleven shops, only days after the fast-food …

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United States | Tue, September 14, 2021 Despite Pyongyang’s statement that it had launched a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend, a White House spokesperson said on Monday that the US is still willing to negotiate with the country. “Our attitude on North Korea has not changed; we remain prepared to engage,” Karine Jean-Pierre, …

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Doha, Qatar | Mon, September 6, 2021 Political leaders have rushed to Doha, and several nations have relocated their Kabul embassies there, all hailing their host for its crucial part in the airlift out of Afghanistan’s capital. After earning the trust of both parties in Afghanistan’s never-ending conflict, tiny Qatar has grabbed the moment, consolidating …

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New York |  Thu, September 2, 2021 At least seven people have died in New York as a result of flash flooding, according to police, as Storm Ida wreaked havoc on the northeast, prompting airline cancellations and declaring states of emergency. Ida smashed through Louisiana’s southern state over the weekend, delivering devastating flooding and tornadoes …

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Sydney, Australia | Fri, August 13, 2021 More defense personnel may begin patrolling Sydney next week to ensure that lockdown restrictions are followed, as officials warned on Friday of a surge in cases in Australia’s largest city after it reported the greatest daily increase in infections ever. “Unfortunately, this tendency (in certain cases) will continue …

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Sydney, Australia | Wed, August 4, 2021 On Wednesday, New South Wales confirmed one of the country’s youngest deaths from COVID-19, as daily infections remained near a 16-month high despite the state capital Sydney’s lockdown nearing its sixth week. Authorities claimed the anonymous man in his 20s died at his home in the city, despite …

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Sydney | Fri, June 25, 2021 | 6.45 pm Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a double digit rise in new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the third straight day as officials fight to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. “Since the pandemic has started, this is perhaps …

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Taipei | Tue, June 15, 2021 The US Navy announced on Tuesday that a US aircraft carrier group commanded by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea on a normal operation, amid escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims the majority of the disputed waterway. China routinely criticizes US military deployments …

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Colombo, Sri Lanka  |  Wed, June 2, 2021  |  5:12 pm The navy stated on Wednesday that a burnt-out cargo ship that had already produced Sri Lanka’s greatest maritime environmental disaster was in imminent risk of sinking because several hundred tonnes of oil remained in its fuel tanks. The MV X-Press Pearl, which was carrying …

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Bangkok, Thailand | Mon, May 24, 2021 The first community-acquired cases of the highly contagious Indian strain of the novel coronavirus have been identified among 15 employees at a construction site in Bangkok, according to Thai health officials. According to Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration, several staff at the site …

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