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2 Canadian Sikhs sentenced for role in murder of man over drug debt
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Andrew Baldwin, 30, who used and trafficked drugs, was stabbed to death on November 11, 2019, as he watched a movie with a friend in a basement apartment at Whalley in the Surrey city of British Columbia.
US FDA approves new Covid shots
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The new Covid vaccines target the XBB.1.5 variant, which was dominant when vaccine makers began to formulate and test a new version. They are monovalent because, unlike the earlier boosters, they do not include protection against the original virus that caused widespread infections three years ago, The New York Times reported. 
French wine, live lobsters, perfomers - A peek inside Kim Jong-un's luxury bulletproof train
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According to the BBC report, the green train with a yellow stripe train named 'Taeyangho', the Korean word for the sun and a symbolic reference to North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung, runs along at a speed of about 50km/h because of its heavy armoured protection.
Florida county recognises November as Hindu Heritage Month
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Broward County joins a list of states from across the country, including Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Virginia, etc, to commemorate Hindu heritage, culture, values, and traditions.
US Commends India for Successful G20 Summit, applauds 'India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor'
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The G20 Leaders' summit, conducted during India's presidency, concluded on Sunday. On the summit's sidelines, leaders from the United States, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union jointly introduced the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). This corridor is being viewed as an alternative to China's contentious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Over 1,000 victims remain unidentified 22 years after 9/11 attacks in US
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A commemoration ceremony was held on Monday at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan, New York, where the 2,977 people killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks were honored, reports Xinhua news agency.
Libya hit by 'catastrophic' flooding, over 2,000 dead
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Speaking to a local TV channel on Monday, Osama Hammad, the eastern-based Prime Minister of Libya, confirmed the toll in "catastrophic" floods that hit eastern Libya on Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency.
Kim Jong-un arrives in Russia for rare summit with Vladimir Putin
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The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) confirmed early Tuesday that Kim had left Pyongyang for Russia aboard his bulletproof train on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by leading officials of the regime's ruling party and the armed forces, reports Yonhap News Agency.
'India & US successfully thwart China's move to Delhi its finest moment in G20 declaration'
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Fellow G20 nations from Brazil to South Africa have hailed India’s success in drafting the final New Delhi declaration that remained as elusive as ever just days before world leaders gathered in the Indian capital. The most difficult part for the G20 presidency led by India was not just finding consensus on Russia's war in Ukraine.
Trump demands recusal of US judge in 2020 election subversion case
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Trump's attorneys on Monday argued that US District Judge Tanya Chutkan's comments, which were made while sentencing two previous January 6 defendants that appeared to reference Trump, indicated she believed that the former US President "should be prosecuted and imprisoned", Xinhua news agency reported.
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