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Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris, giving her expected but crucial support

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ASEAN diplomats meet China as friction mounts over Beijing's vast maritime claims VIENTIANE, Laos: Top Southeast Asian diplomats met China's foreign minister in Laos on Friday for talks that come as friction escalates over Beijing's growing push to assert its vast maritime claims in the South China Sea.Several members of the Association of Southeast Asian … Read more

UK must drop legal challenge against ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu: HRW

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LONDON: The new UK government must drop the country's legal challenge to the International Criminal Court's request for an arrest warrant against Israeli leaders, Human Rights Watch said. Rishi Sunak, a former British prime minister, challenged the court's arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant earlier this year. Karim … Read more

Sri Lanka announces first presidential vote since unrest

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's first presidential election since an unprecedented economic crisis sparked widespread unrest will be held in September, the electoral commission said on Friday. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has led efforts to repair the island nation's battered finances, will face at least two rivals who are campaigning against austerity measures imposed as part of … Read more

Kamala Harris gains ground in polls as Trump tries to brand her a Marxist

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HOUSTON, Texas: Vice President Kamala Harris launched her presidential campaign before the largest US teachers union on Thursday, vowing to “fight for the future” as new polls showed her narrowing the gap with Republican rival Donald Trump. Harris's rapid emergence as the successor to President Joe Biden, 81, as the Democratic presidential nominee in the … Read more

US military, seeking strategic advantages, builds up Australia’s northern bases amid China tensions

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ABUJA: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Nigeria's armed forces on Thursday warned of Kenya-style violence in protests planned for next week over the soaring cost of living, with the military saying it would avert “anarchy”. Deadly protests have rocked Kenya, forcing the government to cancel new taxes. Nigeria's economic reforms saw a 40 percent increase … Read more

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