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US returns to Cambodia 30 antiquities looted from historic sites

US returns to Cambodia 30 antiquities looted from historic sites

The United States will return to Cambodia 30 looted antiquities, including bronze and stone statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities carved more than 1,000 years ago, U.S. officials said on Monday. The Southeast Asian country’s archaeological sites -including Koh Ker, a capital of the ancient Khmer empire – suffered widespread …

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Russia to launch Iranian satellite amid Ukraine war concerns

Russia to launch Iranian satellite amid Ukraine war concerns

Russia is scheduled to launch an Iranian satellite into orbit on Tuesday, but Tehran brushed off fears that Moscow might use it in the war against Ukraine. Iran’s “Khayyam” satellite is scheduled to take off from the Moscow-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 0552 GMT, three weeks after Russian President …

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Nosebleed forces Hanoi-Tokyo flight to U-turn

A plane made a U-turn as it was flying from Hanoi to Tokyo on Monday after a Japanese boy suffered a nosebleed. Flight VN384 operated by Vietnam Airlines, with 145 passengers on board, was already one hour and 45 minutes away from Hanoi when the 10-year-old boy suffered a nosebleed. …

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