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Jacinda Ardern is the first leader in New Zealand to give birth while in office (File)

Wellington, New Zealand:  New Zealand's pregnant Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday revealed her government's plans for running the country after she gives birth and takes six weeks maternity leave.

Ardern, 37, said she will

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Men carry an injured during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between Israel and Gaza strip

GAZA BORDER:  Israeli forces killed at least 41 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday as angry protesters demonstrated at the frontier hours on the day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem, health
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Jerusalem, Undefined:  Washington's contentious new embassy in Jerusalem is high-profile, but it's no gleaming new building changing the ancient city's skyline.

Instead, Ambassador David Friedman will set up shop in existing consular offices in the leafy middle-class Arnona neighbourhood on the city's southern edge for

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The security personnel of Beijing's 798 Art Zone allegedly refused the women to enter the gallery

Beijing:  Two women were allegedly assaulted by security guards at an art centre for wearing the rainbow insignia on their clothes, triggering a social media storm in the country where the LGBT group still suffers constant
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Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri's last public message was issued in February. (file photo)

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, speaking in a recording released on Sunday, the eve of plans by the United States to move its embassy to Jerusalem, said that
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Steve Plain began his quest just four years after a swimming accident left him with a broken back

Kathmandu, Nepal:  An Australian climber reached the top of Mount Everest Monday, becoming the fastest person to summit the highest mountain on each of the world's seven continents.

Steve Plain conquered Everest 117 days after

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