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Rail link partially disrupted for derailment in Dhaka

Rail communications between Dhaka and rest of the country partially disrupted for around seven hours following the derailment of a wagon of a freight train in Azampur area in the capital on Monday...

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Putin vows more N-capable missile firing at Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday promised more combat test-firing of an experimental hypersonic missile launched at Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for updated air-defence systems to meet the new threat...

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Kyiv accuses Russia of launching ICBM attack

Kyiv on Thursday accused Russia of launching a non-nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine in what would mark the first ever use of the weapon in combat and a sharp  escalation of the conflict.

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G20 leaders talk climate, wars, brace for Trump’s return

G20 leaders on Tuesday were holding the final day of a summit that offered some impetus to stalled UN climate talks, diverged on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East — and foresaw global turbulence as Donald Trump readies to take over the US presidency...

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Russia pounds Ukraine with ‘massive’ attack

Russia on Sunday pummelled Ukraine with a ‘massive’ aerial barrage of missiles and drones, killing at least nine people across the country in the largest attack in months that Kyiv called ‘hellish.’...

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Of emotional beings and indifferent AI

IMAGINE a planet, dominated by artificially crafted creatures roaming around everywhere — at sea, on the land and in the sky. Also, fancy that there is the presence of minor creatures such as birds, grasses and trees. There are waves at sea, roaring with surges of swirling water but none to hear and wonder at the wonders of nature. There are birds...

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Will Trump end or escalate Biden’s wars?

WHEN Donald Trump takes office on January 20, all his campaign promises to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours and almost as quickly end Israel’s war on its neighbours will be put to the test. The choices he has made for his incoming administration so far, from Marco Rubio as Secretary of State to Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor, Pete Hegseth...

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Russia launches drone, missile barrage on Kyiv

Russia escalated its attacks on Kyiv early Wednesday, launching waves of drones and missiles in its first combined aerial assault on the capital in more than 70 days, authorities said...

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Heavy rains lash Spain after deadly floods

Spain closed schools and evacuated residents as heavy rains lashed the country Wednesday, two weeks after its worst floods in a generation killed more than 200 people...

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Ukraine war is lost, three options remain

STARTED listening to George Beebe a few years ago when he was warning about tensions in Ukraine, the real risk of escalation to nuclear war and the dangers of groupthink. Back in 2021 he assessed that Russia was likely to invade Ukraine given the combination of the US’s determination to bring the country into NATO and the fact that it was...

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