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Here is a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Saturday, including complaints filed against Israeli President Herzog in Switzerland, a UNICEF report on 20,000 babies born during the Gaza war and a phone conversation between the Pakistani and Iranian foreign ministers over a row about airstrikes. Criminal complaints have been…
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The cloud, full of beauty and mystery, Always different each time we stare Never a word to describe its fairness, Except we compare its light to darkness. ———————————————- Stars glittering with bewildering lighting, Know their fates could wait a billion years But the larger a star, the shorter its lifetime, A reason silence yells when…
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Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over Quran burning Iraq on Thursday declared Sweden’s ambassador to Baghdad “persona non grata” in response to the ” repeated permission of the Swedish government to burn a copy of the holy Quran,” according to the Iraqi premier’s office. Early Thursday morning, a crowd of Iraqis stormed Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad…
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Editor’s note: In observance of World Refugee Day, MEZIESBLOG present a three-part news story series that sheds light on the experiences and challenges faced by refugees around the globe. Each installment focuses on a distinct region grappling with its own unique refugee crisis. This part of the series centers on the ongoing war in Sudan,…
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Hollywood, Los Angeles, US Rihanna before performing at the 95th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby theatre Photograph: ABC/Getty Images Tecoluca, El Salvador Police officers keep watch during the second arrival of inmates belonging to the MS-13 and 18 gangs to the new prison, a terrorist confinement centre Photograph: El Salvador’s Presidency Press Office/AFP/Getty Images Dolyna,…
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Asunción, Paraguay A pile of motorcycles that were seized by police for allegedly being stolen Photograph: Jorge Sáenz/AP Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic A keeper lets out a white rhino to an outside enclosure at a safari park Photograph: Martin Divíšek/EPA Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen, prays in front of a statue during…
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San Clemente, California An aerial view of a pool at the edge of a hillside landslide brought on by heavy rain. Four ocean-view apartment buildings had to be evacuated owing to unstable conditions Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images Cheltenham, England Racegoers chase a gold cup at the Cheltenham festival Photograph: Tom Maher/INPHO/Rex/Shutterstock Dublin, Ireland A reveller…
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A double rainbow appears above giant hands structure on the Gold Bridge on Ba Na hill near Danang city, Vietnam August 1, 2018. “Tank Biathlon 2018” competition held in Moscow region. Regional dancers perform at the Guelaguetza festival on July 30, 2018 in Zaachila, Oaxaca, Mexico. A reveler disguised as a mythological character holds…
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Cal Fire Division Chief Mark Higgins directs helicopters dropping water as the River Fire burns in Lakeport, Calif., Tuesday, July 31, 2018. A bullfighter goes flying off the bull during a bull riding event in honor of the capital’s patron saint Santo Domingo de Guzman, in Managua, Nicaragua July 29, 2018. The aerobatic demonstration…
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People enjoy themselves along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr at a beach in Tel Aviv, Israel June 17, 2018. Indians performs yoga on a walk-way between two towers of an under construction high rise residential building as they mark International Yoga Day in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, June…
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Groundhog Club handler John Griffiths, center, holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 131st celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, US, on February 2, 2017. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance to Pyongyang Orphans’ Primary School, in this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency…
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A group of geisha and maiko attend New Year’s ceremony at Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater in Higashi Ward, Kyoto, Japan on Jan 7, 2017. Geisha officially marked the first working day of the year ahead of their dance performance. A child reacts among migrants as they try to reach a rescue craft from their overcrowded raft, while…
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Pennsylvania State Troopers and police officers from around the country line up outside the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona, Pa., following a memorial service, Jan. 5, 2017, for Pennsylvania State Trooper Landon E. Weaver, who was killed in the line of duty Dec. 30. Weaver, 23, had been on the force for less than…
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Smoke rise from the ship a day after an explosion at ship breaking yard in Gaddani, Pakistan, November 2, 2016. Reports state that at least eighteen workers were killed and more than 100 were wounded in a blast at Gaddani ship breaking yard near Karachi on November 1. Initial reports suggest the blast occurred when…
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Around the world in pictures is brought to you by courtesy of CNN. Details include photos and events that made headlines around the globe within this fourth week of September. Image shows a sniper firing at ISIS militants in Sirte, Libya. Picture was taken Wednesday, September 21. This picture was taken September 17 near the entrance…
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China’s State Councilor Yang Jiechi noted on Tuesday that with its vast successes, the G20 Hangzhou summit will lay solid stepping stones that’ll lead the world out of its current economic crisis. Image: The 2016 G20 Hangzhou Summit. The summit was concluded on Monday with the adoption of a communique that clarified “the development direction, targets…
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