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Hawaii floods
Hawaii has declared emergency and has ordered evacuations afterheavy rains brought floods, landslides and fear of dam failures. Meanwhile, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied the claims made byEuropean Council chief Charles Michel about UK imposinga vaccine export ban.
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After heavy rains cause havoc, Hawaii declares emergency, orders evacuations
The move came after a dam overflowed on the island of Maui, forcing evacuations and destroying homes, with the dam's 'unsatisfactory' condition leading to it being scheduled for removal this year, the land department has said.
China accuses US admiral of 'hyping up' threat of Taiwan invasion
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1,000 kg nuclear bombshell: Why attack on Iran’s Bushehr plant could trigger catastrophic fallout
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'Shattered by missile from evil regime': Israel's ‘crown jewel of science' targeted by Iran | What was destroyed as missile hit Weizmann Institute
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Israel's PM Netanyahu shares 'personal cost of war' with Iran, faces backlash from Israelis: Here's what it is
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Did Iran test Israel’s limits? Israel deploys Barak Magen air defence system for the first time
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Breaking | Earthquake rattles northern Iran amid war
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‘Won’t stop until we remove threat’: Israeli FM says delayed Iran’s nuclear bomb by ‘at least two or three years’
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F-35 stuck in India: 'Stealth code' talk, ‘OLX listing’, Modi-Starmer memes swirl about UK fighter jet stranded for 6 days
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Israel-Iran conflict | In a special gesture, Iran opens airspace to evacuate Indians
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Operation Sindhu: India evacuates 517 nationals from Iran as war rages in the Middle East
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Zelensky says Russia ‘not in the mood for a ceasefire’, warns ‘Ayatollah Putin’ of ending up in ‘decay’
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‘Iran doesn’t want to speak to Europe’: Trump says European powers can’t help in ending Israel-Iran conflict
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'HOW DARE YOU': Israel slams Iran at UN for seeking global help, claims 'Iran making missiles with 4,000 km range'
China on Wednesday accused a top US commander of attempting to "hype up" the threat of an invasion of Taiwan to inflate Washington's defence spend.
Boris Johnson rejects EU's claims of COVID-19 vaccine blocking
"Let me be clear: we have not blocked the export of a single Covid-19 vaccine or vaccine components," Boris Johnson said.
Kremlin and other Russian official websites down; experts doubt US involvement
This alleged move from the US has come after the officials concluded that Russia was likely involved in the controversial SolarWinds Orion attacks.
In a first, Greenpeace paragliders land on ECB building to protest
After flying over the Main river in Frankfurt, the two activists landed at the low-rise ECB complex and unfurled a banner that demanded the ECB 'stop funding climate killers'.
With 1,972 new fatalities, Brazil yet again sees record Covid-19 deaths
Brazil on Tuesday set yet another grim record of highest coronavirus deaths in a single day with 1,972 new fatalities, according to the Health Ministry.
Two Afghan youths jailed for fire in Greek migrant camp
About 13,000 people including pregnant women, the elderly, and young children were left without any shelter in two successive fires in September that destroyed the Moria camp.
Almost all young women have been sexually harassed in UK: UN Women
Nearly 96 per cent of women said they did not even report the incidents, of which 45 per cent said they didn't report as they felt it would not change anything.
Christians in Muslim-majority Malaysia can use 'Allah' in publications
The Arabic word for God has long been divisive in Malaysia, with Christians complaining attempts to stop them using it to highlight creeping Islamisation.
Israel's Netanyahu to make first official trip to UAE Thursday: Reports
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to make his first official visit to the UAE on Thursday following an agreement between the two countries to establish ties, Israeli media reported.