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Iran’s Boloukat wins bronze at Asian Alpine Ski Championships
Iran’s Boloukat stood in third place following rivals from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in the slalom category of the sporting event. Previously in the tournament, Iranian female skier Atena Kiashemshaki gained a bronze medal. South Korea, China, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Mongolia, China Taipei, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan were the 13 participating countries…
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Muslim states failed to stop Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza: Turkeys Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on March 8, 2024. (File photo by AFP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Muslim-majority countries did not do enough to stop Israeli forces from killing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. During an event in Istanbul, Erdogan said that Israel’s war on Gaza, which…
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah targets Israeli positions with several rockets, drones
The Hezbollah resistance movement launched rocket and drone attacks on positions in the Israeli-occupied territories in retaliation for a deadly attack by the regime’s military on southern Lebanon carried out early on Sunday. In a statement released on Sunday, Hezbollah said that its fighters had targeted the Meron settlement in the occupied territories with Katyusha rockets.…
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Iranian Economic Police Blame ‘Enemies’ For Currency Crisis
Hossein Rahimi, the head of Iran’s Economic Security Police, claims there are plans by ‘adversaries’ to disrupt the country’s currency market in the lead up to Iranian new year celebrations. “As we approach the New Iranian Year, there is a possibility of an increase in the exchange rate,” he added. However, he attributed the fluctuation…
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First Princess of Wales photo after surgery released for Mother’s Day | Catherine, Princess of Wales
The first official photograph of the Princess of Wales after her abdominal surgery has been released to mark Mother’s Day. A picture of Catherine sitting on a chair surrounded by her three children was posted to the Prince and Princess of Wales’ social media accounts on Sunday morning, along with a message thanking wellwishers for…
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Iran-Japan costume cooperation on agenda of Parliament
Iran Press/ Iran news: The MPs also examine the cooperation between the national Iranian electricity company (Tavanir) and Turkey’s Ghent Company. A single-urgency bill also is on the agenda to prevent harm to women and improve their security against misconduct. Also, a transboundary environmental impact assessment protocol bill added to the convention for the protection of…
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Home Office breaks pledge to fund sex-crime research after Everard murder | Crime
The government has failed to fund research into the escalation of sex crimes, despite promising to do so in the wake of the kidnapping, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. In 2021, the Home Office pledged to “take forward work looking at the escalation of sexual offending” as part of its plan to tackle violence…
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The downwinders: New Mexicans sickened by atomic bomb testing fight for compensation | New Mexico
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández watched Oppenheimer – a top contender at Sunday’s Academy Awards and Christopher Nolan’s treatment on the physicist who guided testing of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, New Mexico – months ago. And soon after the scene where Cillian Murphy, as J Robert Oppenheimer, peered through safety goggles in a…
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How an epic climb lifted one woman out of life’s lowest point | Life and style
It is hard for Jessica Hepburn to pinpoint the exact moment she decided to climb to the top of the world as well as to listen to every single available episode of Desert Island Discs. “They’ve become so inextricably linked in my mind,” says the author, adventurer and self-described “unlikely athlete” who, in 2022, at…
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Pro-Palestine protester disrupts Biden’s Atlanta campaign rally
A pro-Palestinian protester has interrupted US President Joe Biden’s campaign speech, demanding an immediate ceasefire and an end to the United States’ all-out support to Israel. On Saturday, Biden was quickly interrupted shortly after he began his speech in Georgia’s capital city by a pro-Palestinian protester, shouting, “You are a dictator, genocide Joe” The protester…
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