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Sat, 21 Dec 2024

Saudia Arabia condemns German Christmas market car-ramming incident

A police vehicle stands at the site where a car drove into a crowd at a Magdeburg Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany December 21, 2024. — ReutersSaudi Arabia on Saturday condemned the car-ramming at a German Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg, which has killed four.German... ...
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Sat, 21 Dec 2024

US House sends bill to avert midnight shutdown to Senate

The US Capitol Building is seen in Washington, US, August 15, 2023. — ReutersWASHINGTON: A legislation was passed by the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Friday that would avert a midnight government shutdown, defying President-elect Donald Trump's demand to also green... ...
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Sat, 21 Dec 2024

Canada's political crisis: What are Justin Trudeau's options?

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves Parliament Hill after a cabinet meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on December 20, 2024. —ReutersGuaranteeing that the Liberals would be ousted from power early next year, the chief of a Canadian political party that has been providing vital... ...
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Sat, 21 Dec 2024

German police arrest Saudi man after car attack on Christmas market kills 4

Emergency personnel work at a Christmas market after a car drove into a group of people, according to local media, in Magdeburg, Germany, December 21, 2024. — Reuters MAGDEBURG: The death toll from a car-ramming at a German Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg rose to four on... ...
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Sat, 21 Dec 2024

Driver runs car into crowded German market, kills at least two

The image shows the Christmas market after the mishap on December 20, 2024. — X/619NCLD/FileBERLIN: At least two people were killed and over 60 others injured on Friday evening when a driver ploughed his fast-speeding car into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of... ...
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Sat, 21 Dec 2024

PM Trudeau's govt hangs in balance as main ally vows no-trust move

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a change of command ceremony where General Jennie Carignan replaces General Wayne Eyre as the Canadian Armed Forces new chief of defence staff, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 18, 2024. — ReutersCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may face... ...
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024

VIDEO: Macron jeered at during visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks with local residents during his visit to a neighbourhood in Tsingoni, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on December 20, 2024, following the cyclone Chido's passage over the archipelago. — AFPMAMOUDZOU: French President Emmanuel Macron... ...
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024

Myanmar civil war fighters exasperate ethnic conflict in India

Seikhogan, 30, an armed Kuki man, walks as he guards a village in Churachandpur district in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, July 23. — ReutersIMPHAL: Indian militant groups that took refuge in Myanmar and fought in its civil war have been streaming back across the border to Manipur... ...
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024

S Korean probe team issues Christmas Day summons for impeached Yoon

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech as he holds his first official news conference, after taking office in May, to mark 100 days in office, in Seoul, South Korea, August 17, 2022. — ReutersSEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was suspended over his foiled... ...
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024

What will happen if US govt shuts down?

A man holding a flag stands in front of the US Capitol building. —AFP/ FileIf Congress does not extend funding beyond Friday, hundreds of thousands of federal employees would be told not to go to work and US government operations would be disrupted.Employees who are considered... ...
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024

US records decade-high deportations under Biden's watch

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks after touring the General Motors 'Factory ZERO' electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan, US, November 17, 2021. — ReutersA United States government report released on Thursday revealed that deportations of immigrants in the United States... ...
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024

Early indicators suggest Trump 2.0 will bring back chaos

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump´s Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida, US. — AFPWASHINGTON: Donald Trump still has a month until he becomes US president but he has already displayed his unique capacity to sow confusion and... ...
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024

House rejects Trump-backed spending deal as shutdown looms

US President-elect Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 16, 2024. — ReutersThe United States House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a spending bill backed by President-elect Donald Trump as numerous Republicans defied him, raising... ...
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Fri, 20 Dec 2024

'President Musk' begins exerting 'influence' in Washington politics

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. — Reuters Elon Musk has already started... ...
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024

American citizen pleads guilty for running 'secret police station' in US

Traffic is pictured at twilight along 42nd St. in the Manhattan borough of New York, US, March 27, 2019. — ReutersAn American citizen has pleaded guilty of running the first "known" secret police station on behalf of the Chinese government in the US. According to... ...
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024

Putin ready to meet Trump for Ukraine deal talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual press conference and President-elect of the US Donald Trump. — Reuters/FileMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he was ready for talks at "any time" with US President-elect Donald Trump, who has touted his ability to... ...
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024

Archeologists unearth ancient mummies with gold tongues in Egypt

Image shows gold tongues and gold nails that were found at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. — Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and AntiquitiesThe archeologists in Egypt have made the discovery of 13 ancient mummies with gold tongues and nails in a cemetery at the site of Oxyrhynchus.The time when the... ...
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024

'Great idea': Many Canadians want Canada to become 51st US state, says Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. —AFP/ File WASHINGTON: President-elect of the United States of America , Donald Trump on Wednesday said many Canadians wished Canada to be 51st state of the USA, which, he said, was a great idea. The... ...
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024

Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband jailed 20 years in France mass rape trial

Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, the victim of an alleged mass rape orchestrated by her husband Dominique Pelicot at their home in the southern French town of Mazan, arrives to attend the trial of Dominique Pelicot with 50 co-accused, at the courthouse in Avignon, France, November 19, 2024. —... ...
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024

Two bus accidents take lives of 52 people in central Afghanistan

A representational image depicting men loading their belongings on a bus. — Reuters/FileAt least 52 people were killed and 65 were injured in two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan, the Taliban government spokesmen said Thursday.Between... ...
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024

Yoon 'did not commit insurrection', says leader's legal team

Seok Dong-hyeon, a lawyer for South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, looks on during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, December 19, 2024. — ReutersSEOUL: South Korean impeached president's legal team argued on Thursday that Yoon Suk Yeol did not commit insurrection during... ...
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Wed, 18 Dec 2024

13 dead after Indian navy speedboat rams ferry off Mumbai

A military helicopter flies over a ferry during a rescue operation after a passenger boat capsized off the coast of India's financial capital Mumbai, India, December 18, 2024. — ReutersMUMBAI: An Indian navy speedboat undergoing tests in the busy seas off the financial capital Mumbai lost... ...
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Wed, 18 Dec 2024

President-elect Donald Trump sets social media abuzz with 'new haircut'

Donald Trump speaks at a news conference ; and the United States President-elect with his new hairstyle at one of his golf resorts in Florida, December 17, 2024. — Reuters/Screengrab via X/@michaelsolakie/FileUnited States President-elect Donald Trump has surprised the social media users... ...
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Wed, 18 Dec 2024

European powers question Iran's nuclear intentions

View of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna. — AFP/FileUNITED NATIONS: Britain, France, and Germany voiced serious concerns over Tehran’s nuclear intentions, accusing Iran of enriching uranium to "unprecedented levels" without any "credible civilian... ...
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024

Sara Sharif's father, stepmother sentenced to life by UK court

Sara Sharif , her father Urfan Sharif , and her stepmother Beinash Batool . — Reuters/X/@NormanBrennan/FileSara Sharif's Pakistani father and stepmother have been jailed for life for years of horrific "torture" and "despicable" abuse culminating in her murder.The 10-year-old suffered... ...
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024

Modi's BJP tables bill seeking to hold national, state polls simultaneously

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves towards his supporters during a roadshow as part of an election campaign, in Kolkata, India, May 28, 2024. — ReutersNEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party tabled a bill on Tuesday seeking to hold national... ...
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024

Syrian HTS leader says rebel factions will be 'disbanded'

The leader of Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, addresses a crowd at the capital’s landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024. — AFPDAMASCUS: The rebel factions in Syria... ...
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024

US shuts down Vanuatu embassy after 7.3-magnitude quake rocks island

A general view of a severely damaged building housing the embassies of the United States, United Kingdom, and New Zealand after a powerful earthquake struck Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu, on December 17, 2024. — AFPThe United States has closed its embassy in Vanuatu following a... ...
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024

US charges Iranians over deadly strike on American troops

US Attorney District of Massachusetts Joshua Levy takes questions from reporters during a news conference, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, at the federal courthouse, in Boston. — AFPUS officials announced on Monday the arrest of two Iranian men for export violations linked to a drone strike that... ...
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Tue, 17 Dec 2024

Trump talks drones, Ukraine, and economic plans in Mar-a-Lago presser

US President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by Trump's choice for Secretary of Commerce, Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman and CEO Howard Lutnick, takes a question from a reporter during a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida.— AFPPresident-elect... ...
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