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Trump attends civil trial in New York court, attacks proceedings
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The case, brought by Letitia James, New York's Attorney General, takes aim at Trump's boasts about his net worth, accusing him of crossing from hyperbole into fraud, Xinhua news agency reported.
Republican lawmaker moves to oust McCarthy as Speaker
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It's not yet clear how the challenge to McCarthy will play out, but the effort represents the most serious threat to the California Republican's speakership to date, CNN reported.
Foreign students facing severe accommodation crisis in UK: Report
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Students from countries like India and Bangladesh said trying to find an affordable home in London was extremely difficult because they do not have the references and payslips needed to secure a home, the BBC reported.
Ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh
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Late last month's blitz against the Armenian Christians is the latest chapter in a bitter, decades-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
China’s lunar mission to launch Pakistani satellite
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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has stated in a statement on the social media site Weibo that the Chang’e 6 mission will be launched to the moon in the first half of 2024, The News reported. 
Indian tycoon, son among six killed in Zimbabwe plane crash
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Harpal Randhawa, the owner of RioZim, an integrated mining and metallurgical company, was flying from capital Harare to the Murowa diamond mine in southwestern Zimbabwe when the plane crashed on September 29, state-run Sunday Times newspaper reported.
Turkish Prez Erdogan pledges to make new constitution
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"Now we have a new task and a new opportunity before us. This is to give our country a new and civilian constitution," Erdogan said in a speech at the opening ceremony for the new legislative year of the parliament, Xinhua news agency reported.
Nurses in UK tied Sikh patient's beard with gloves, kept him hungry: Report
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In a dossier leaked to The Independent from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), it was said that these nurses were allowed to carry on working despite the Sikh man complaining about discrimination in a note on his deathbed.
Justin Trudeau trying to crush free speech which is shameful: Musk
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He reacted after the Canadian government made it compulsory for online streaming platforms to register with the government for "regulatory controls".
James Cameron reveals how he narrowly escaped death
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The 69-year-old director helmed the 1989 science fiction film about a deep sea research team trying to recover a lost Navy submarine but found himself in a life-or-death situation when he was shooting underwater and the oxygen tank was running out but he had no way of contacting the photographer above the surface.
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