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        <title><![CDATA[Student kills at least 6 in a shooting at a high school in Thailand, authorities say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NONTHABURI, AUGUST 7A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing at least six people and wounding several others, police said.The shooting happ...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[WHO chief says Ebola outbreak is outpacing response as aid workers strike over pay]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KINSHASA, AUGUST 6The world&#039;s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday during a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:31:53 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BUNIA, AUGUST 4Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, data showed.As of Tuesday, 3,802 cases had been recorded, wi...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kenya says 15 elephants died of cyanide poisoning after eating tomatoes from nearby farms]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, JULY 30Fifteen elephants that died over the past month in southern Kenya are suspected to have been poisoned by tomatoes contaminated by cyanide, wildlife authorities told...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shakes part of southern Japan but no tsunami detected]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[TOKYO, JULY 28An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan&#039;s southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon, causing damage and injuries, offici...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:55:07 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pakistan monsoon death toll tops 100 in a month as more heavy rain forecast]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LAHORE, JULY 28The death toll from monsoon rains and flash flooding in Pakistan over the past month surpassed 100 on Monday as weather forecasters warned that more heavy rain is ex...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wildfires in France drive 250,000 people from their homes, creep toward wine city]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LEGE-CAP FERRET, JULY 26A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, taking the total forced out of their homes to 220,000 in one...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[India protest movement holds capital sit-in as police crack down on demonstrators]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, JULY 23Thousands of young protesters were camped on the streets of India&#039;s capital New Delhi on Thursday, defying new restrictions in the latest show of strength fo...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:13:17 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rescuers in Afghanistan search for scores missing after floods kill at least 23]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KABUL, JULY 22Rescue crews in Afghanistan searched Tuesday for survivors and bodies in the rubble of houses destroyed by devastating flash floods that authorities said have killed...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[At least 930 people have died in Congo&#039;s Ebola outbreak]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BUNIA, JULY 20At least 930 people have died in Congo&#039;s Ebola outbreak, the country&#039;s Ministry of Health said.The deaths were recorded out of the 2,344 cases confirmed as...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:31:25 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why Britain is getting a new prime minister without a general election]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LONDON, JULY 19Veteran Labour Party politician and popular former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is set to become Britain&#039;s next prime minister on Monday, formally taki...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:24:49 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rescuers race to find survivors in the rain after a landslide in China kills at least 8]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[CHONGQING, JULY 18Rescue crews on Saturday raced to find survivors from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left 34 miss...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:27:29 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[More than 500 feared dead as officials investigate reports of boats capsizing with Rohingya refugees]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SYDNEY, JULY 16More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar&#039;s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:29:29 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Death toll from a Bangkok music bar fire rises to 30, dozens remain in hospital]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, JULY 14The death toll from a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar has increased to 30, officials said Tuesday.More than 70 people were injured, with 24 of them still in critic...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected province]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KINSHASA, JULY 9New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said, as the death toll in the country&#039;s late...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:44:42 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some health workers in Congo&#039;s Ebola outbreak go on strike over pay issues as deaths near 600]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BUNIA, JULY 8The healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo&#039;s Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments, threatening efforts to slow the...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:29:12 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Death toll of landslide in northwestern China rises to 21 as rescue operations conclude]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BEIJING, JULY 8The death toll from a landslide in northwestern China rose to 21, state media reported Wednesday, following the conclusion of rescue operations at the scene.The land...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:01:01 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Clashes in Sri Lankan prison leave at least 25 dead, mostly inmates]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, JULY 7Clashes broke out inside a prison in the outskirts of Sri Lanka&#039;s capital, killing at least 25 people, most of them inmates, and injuring more than 100, officia...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:33:37 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[11-year-old boy driving pickup truck crashes into group of Thai monks, killing 8]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, JULY 2An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing eight, officials said.A total of 3...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:36:32 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[NEPSE extends recovery, closes above 2,660 as banking stocks lead gains]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU, JULY 2The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) extended its recovery for a second consecutive trading session on Thursday, rising 8.78 points (0.33 percent) to close at 2,661.71...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European records]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BERLIN, JUNE 29France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country&#039;s public health agency said Sunday, as the head...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:22:17 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pakistani airstrikes kill 36 civilians in Afghanistan and wound 160, officials say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KABUL, JUNE 29Overnight ground operations and strikes by Pakistani forces have killed at least 36 civilians and injured more than 160 others, Afghan officials said Monday, as tensi...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:12:07 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A skydiving plane crashes in northeastern France, killing all 11 people on board]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[TOMBLAINE, JUNE 29Families watched in shock as a skydiving plane carrying their loved ones on what was meant to be a thrilling introduction to parachuting crashed in northeastern F...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:45:09 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[UK says it will open new sponsorship routes for eligible refugees]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LONDON, JUNE 28Britain&#039;s government said it will open safe, legal routes for eligible refugees, while also changing human rights laws to make it easier to deport people who ar...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:14:39 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Frustration grows in Venezuela as earthquake death toll reaches 1,430]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LA GUAIRA, JUNE 28Tensions flared Saturday as desperation grew in Venezuela&#039;s state of La Guaira as rescuers and civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:27:39 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE, JUNE 26The Australian government plans to strengthen laws that ban children younger than 16 from social media platforms, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.Observers s...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:27:16 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Venezuela health minister says around 235 people dead and 4,300 injured in catastrophic earthquakes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LA GUAIRA, JUNE 26Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes that off...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:13:22 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[CARACAS, JUNE 25At least 164 people have died and 971 were injured after a pair of powerful quakes rocked Venezuela, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Thursday.Wednesday evenin...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[CARACAS, JUNE 25Powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening, causing widespread damage, collapsing buildings and sending panicked residents into the str...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:21:45 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[A judge on Tuesday barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, ordering an end to a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took o...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:58:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[PARIS, JUNE 23Millions of people across Europe were exposed to extreme and exceptional high temperatures on Tuesday, with 40 fatalities from drowning recorded in France in the past...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[LONDON, JUNE 22British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he is stepping down as leader of the governing Labour Party and will leave office within weeks, forced out by his own...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:01:09 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[DAKAR, JUNE 20The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed more than 200 lives in its first month and is the worst known outbreak at this stage, with up to 35,000 suspected p...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:36:22 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting hundreds of flights at its airpo...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:41:07 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, JUNE 18President Donald Trump signed an agreement with Iran on Wednesday that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waives U.S.-backed...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:01:19 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, JUNE 16A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California&#039;s Mojave Desert and burst into flames Monday, killing all eight...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:29:53 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, JUNE 13Five Indian Air Force personnel were killed when a transport aircraft crashed during a routine training flight in the northeastern state of Assam, officials said...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:12:37 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[MANILA, JUNE 8An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines Monday, killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in damaged buildings and...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:42:38 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fire rips through dormitory at girl&#039;s school in Kenya, killing at least 16 students]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[GILGIL, MAY 28A fire ripped through a dormitory in a girls&#039; boarding school in central Kenya on Thursday, killing at least 16 students, a government official said, in the late...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:13:12 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Muslims begin the annual Hajj in sweltering heat against a backdrop of war concerns]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MECCA, MAY 25The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began Monday.More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from outside the coun...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 11:24:55 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A powerful bomb has exploded near railway track in southwest Pakistan, wounding more than two dozen]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[QUETTA, MAY 24A powerful bomb exploded near a railway track as a train carrying passengers passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, wounding more than tw...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 13:51:02 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[TOKYO, MAY 23The first woman to conquer the world&#039;s second-highest peak, K2, three times has also summited all 14 of the world&#039;s tallest mountains.But Naoko Watanabe, 44,...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:06:17 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[BOISE, MAY 18All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:10:12 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KYIV, MAY 15Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three childr...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:09:35 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW, MAY 14Dust storms, heavy rain, and lightning damaged homes and other structures and killed at least 96 people in northern India, officials said Thursday.The storms also in...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:34:46 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[BEIJING, MAY 14China&#039;s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that the two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue was not handled properly, an unusually...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:05:19 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, MAY 11Thailand &#039;s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose 21st-century political odyssey sharply divided Thai society for decades, was released from a Bangkok...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:38:24 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[A year ago on 7th May 2025, India launched Operation Sindoor in response to the dastardly terrorist attack in Pahalgam where 26 civilians including a Nepali citizen Sudip Neupane w...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 15:57:51 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[BUENOS AIRES, MAY 7Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:00:46 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[BEIJING, MAY 5An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, state media reported Tuesday, prompting the halting o...]]></description>
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