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Egyptian shark attack kills one, authorities close coastal area

SMA NEWS – CAIRO Egyptian authorities on Saturday closed off a stretch of the country’s Red Sea coastline, a day…

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UK government sends Queen Elizabeth a music box to celebrate her jubilee

SMA NEWS – LONDON Britain’s government sent Queen Elizabeth a specially-commissioned musical box to mark her platinum jubilee, depicting on…

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Historic wooden Orthodox church burns down in Donetsk monastic complex

SMA NEWS — KIEV Russian and Ukrainian military officers blamed each other for a fire that destroyed a historic wooden…

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Japan opens up to foreign tourists after two years

SMA NEWS – TOKYO After being closed to tourists for two years, Japan is opening its borders to visitors from…

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Indonesians celebrate Vesak Day at world’s largest Buddhist temple

SMA NEWS – JAKARTA Indonesian Buddhists on Monday marked the religious holiday of Vesak at the faith’s largest temple in…

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Prince Charles reads out Queen’s speech in UK parliament

SMA NEWS – LONDON Britain’s Parliament opened a new year-long session on Tuesday with a mix of royal pomp and…

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World’s oldest person dies in Japan aged 119

SMA NEWS – TOKYO A Japanese woman believed to have been the world’s oldest person has died aged 119, public…

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Six killed after plane crashes on to busy road in Haiti

SMA NEWS – PORT-AU-PRINCE A small plane has crashed on to a major road in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, killing…

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Melting faster than ever, Indonesia’s little-known glacier may disappear by 2025

SMA NEWS – JAKARTA Indonesia’s little-known glacier may disappear as early as 2025, the Meteorological, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency BMKG…

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Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year

SMA NEWS – BANGKOK The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million —…

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