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More Americans are dying “in the prime of their lives,” new report finds
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Younger and middle-age Americans have been dying at higher rates over the past three decades, marking what is becoming a public health crisis across the US workforce. Among the causes of death increasingly striking ...
Armenian Prime Minister says he is facing an attempted ‘military coup’ after army demands his resignation
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said he is facing a military coup attempt after the general staff of the country's armed forces called for his resignation. "I consider the statement of the general staff ...
Australian Prime Minister apologizes to former staffer allegedly raped in Parliament office
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Canberra, Australia Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized Tuesday to a former government staffer who alleged that she was raped by a colleague in Parliament House two years ago. Morrison promised an inv...
Mario Draghi is named Italy’s new prime minister, announces a political rainbow of cabinet picks
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Italy's next government has taken shape, after Mario Draghi was named Prime Minister and announced a cabinet selected from across the country's political spectrum. Draghi, a prominent economist, accepted the top rol...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleads not guilty to corruption charges
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Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a Jerusalem court he is not guilty of one charge of bribery and three charges of fraud and breach of trust. Monday's appearance was Netanyahu's second in c...
Biden and Netanyahu’s decades-long friendship faces new test after Israel’s Prime Minister went all in for Trump
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US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been friends, allies and partners in a relationship that has spanned nearly four decades. When they first met, Biden was a junior senator in ...
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will resign amid pandemic and political turmoil
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Rome Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will resign on Tuesday morning, his office said in a statement on Monday, heightening political turmoil in the country as it battles Covid-19. "The Council of Ministers is ...
Facebook suspends Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu-linked chatbot for breaking its privacy rules
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Jerusalem Facebook has deleted a post by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suspended a chatbot linked to his account for violating the company's privacy policy. Visitors to the Prime Minister's Facebook p...
UK Prime Minister imposes harsh lockdown as new Covid-19 variant spreads
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reimposed a lockdown in England on Monday as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 fuels a surge in infections and hospitalizations in the country. "It is clear that we need to d...
100 people killed in attacks on Niger villages, says prime minister
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One hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in western Niger, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said following one of the deadliest days in recent memory for a country ravaged by Islamist violence...
Lebanon’s prime minister charged over deadly Beirut blast
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Beirut, Lebanon A Lebanese judge has charged caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three ex-ministers with criminal neglect over the huge explosion at Beirut's port that killed more than 200 people this summer. D...
Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister dies of Covid-19
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Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan's last democratically elected prime minister, who was toppled in 1989 by former dictator Omar al-Bashir, died Thursday from coronavirus. Al-Mahdi, who was 84, died in the United Arab Emirates, ...
Bahrain’s longest serving prime minister, Prince Khalifa Al Khalifa, dies at 84
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Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the only person to serve as Bahrain's premier since the founding of the tiny island state, has died at the age of 84. He died at Mayo Clinic Hospital in...
Japanese Prime Minister sets goal of zero emissions, carbon-neutral society by 2050
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Japan's Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, said the country will aim to become carbon neutral by 2050. In his first policy speech since taking office last month, Suga told Japan's parliament Monday that his "administra...
Gunmen kill children in attack on school in Cameroon as prime minister condemns ‘act of wickedness’
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Yaoundé, Cameroon Gunmen stormed a school in Cameroon and opened fire over the weekend, killing several children and wounding more. The attack occurred on Saturday in Kumba, a town in the country's restive Anglophone...
‘Well, this is Iceland’: Earthquake interrupts Prime Minister’s interview
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Iceland's Prime Minister was interrupted by an earthquake while filming an interview on Tuesday -- but managed to shrug off the intrusion and finish her answer. Katrin Jakobsdottir was discussing the impact of the ...