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7-Eleven plans 645 store closures as consumer spending slows
7-Eleven plans 645 store closures as consumer spending slows

NEW YORK CITY, New York: 7-Eleven is set to significantly shrink its North American footprint this year, planning to close far more...

Trump, "complicit world" must end policies obstructing peace: Houthis threaten to close Bab al-Mandeb Strait
Trump, "complicit world" must end policies obstructing peace: Houthis threaten to close Bab al-Mandeb Strait

Sanaa [Yemen], April 19 (ANI): The Deputy Foreign Minister of the internationally unrecognised Houthi administration in Yemen Hussein...

New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon meets Akal Takht Jathedar, discusses Sikh community contributions
New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon meets Akal Takht Jathedar, discusses Sikh community contributions

Auckland [New Zealand], April 19 (ANI): New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Sunday visited the Guru Nanak Sikh Sangat Gurdwara...

"Truce must be mutual": Hezbollah warns Israel, slams US-led diplomatic "insult" to Lebanon
"Truce must be mutual": Hezbollah warns Israel, slams US-led diplomatic "insult" to Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], April 19 (ANI): Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem asserted on Saturday that the current 10-day truce with Israel cannot...

Iran to reopen airspace in phased "four-stage" plan following regional conflict
Iran to reopen airspace in phased "four-stage" plan following regional conflict

Tehran [Iran], April 19 (ANI): Iran is preparing to reopen its national airspace in a phased, four-stage plan following significant...

IDF announces death of reservist in southern Lebanon
IDF announces death of reservist in southern Lebanon

Tel Aviv [Israel], April 19 (ANI): The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Sunday announced the death of Sergeant First Class (Res.) Lidor...

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7-Eleven plans 645 store closures as consumer spending slows
7-Eleven plans 645 store closures as consumer spending slows

NEW YORK CITY, New York: 7-Eleven is set to significantly shrink its North American footprint this year, planning to close far more...

Legendary singer Sajida Obaid passes away from cancer in Iraq
Legendary singer Sajida Obaid passes away from cancer in Iraq

IRBIL, Iraq: Women in Iraq are mourning the legendary Iraqi singer, Sajida Obaid, who died early this month from lung cancer in the...

Surge, Gentle Mates unbeaten in CDL Stage 3 Major qualifying
Surge, Gentle Mates unbeaten in CDL Stage 3 Major qualifying

(Photo credit: Nick Oza/The Republic via Imagn Content Services, LLC) The Paris Gentle Mates and Vancouver Surge are atop the standings...

MLB roundup: Chris Sale, Braves win pitchers' duel vs. scuffling Phils
MLB roundup: Chris Sale, Braves win pitchers' duel vs. scuffling Phils

(Photo credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images) Chris Sale worked seven strong innings and Mauricio Dubon provided a two-run single to...

Corbin Carroll slam extends D-backs' win streak, Jays' skid
Corbin Carroll slam extends D-backs' win streak, Jays' skid

(Photo credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images) Corbin Carroll broke a tie with an opposite-field grand slam in the eighth inning and the...

New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon meets Akal Takht Jathedar, discusses Sikh community contributions
New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon meets Akal Takht Jathedar, discusses Sikh community contributions

Auckland [New Zealand], April 19 (ANI): New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Sunday visited the Guru Nanak Sikh Sangat Gurdwara...