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Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy junior, a vaccine-sceptic and conspiracy-theorist, to be America’s health secretary...
The coalition led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new president, swept to victory in a snap general election...
Hyundai Motors appointed Jose Munoz as its new boss in a reshuffle that hopes to prepare the carmaker for “uncertainties in the global business environment”...
Officials in Delhi shut down primary schools as smog engulfed India’s capital...
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