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EU to disburse 1st €3B of macro-financial aid to Ukraine
Helping Ukraine meet financing needs to face Russia is 'crucial and urgent,' says EU chief
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Erdogan urges Sweden, Finland to hand over ‘terrorists’ for NATO bid
Erdogan says Turkish parliament cannot ratify NATO bids if ‘terrorists’ are not deported to Turkiye
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6.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan
Earthquake depth estimated to be 409.1 km in Izu-Ogasawara Islands, south of Tokyo
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6.2 magnitude quake hits off Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS
The epicentre of the quake was 48 kilometres south-southeast of the city of Singkil in Aceh province
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Chinese city-dwellers head to hometowns as holidays raise Covid stakes
China abandoned its “zero Covid” policy in December, letting the virus run through its 1.4 billion population
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Masood Khan honoured with Dr Martin Luther King Legacy Award
The ambassador to the US was also nominated as Honorary Chairman of Martin Luther King International Salute
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Russia produces first nuclear warheads for Poseidon super torpedo
US and Russian officials have both described Poseidon as a new category of retaliatory weapon
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China successfully tests ultra-high-speed maglev trains
Several new maglev networks are reportedly under construction, including Shanghai-Hangzhou and Chengdu-Chongqing
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Biden declares disaster as another storm hits flooded California
NWS predicts “disastrous flooding” across the lower Salinas River valley
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Super-rich 1% pocket two-thirds of new wealth: London-based charity Oxfam
Oxfam calls for more taxes on the rich as World Economic Forum gathers for annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
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Afghan families demand Prince Harry’s trial over killings revelation
In his book of memoirs, the duke of Sussex revealed that he killed 25 people as an Apache copter pilot in Afghanistan
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Cold weather in Afghanistan claims at least 24 lives
Large number of low-income Afghans unable to afford wood and coal in winter due to their economic difficulties
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Japan, India start first joint fighter jet drill
Japan to send 8 fighter jets, with India sending 4 fighters, 2 transport aircraft and an aerial refuelling tanker
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Russia says Britain's tanks 'will burn' in Ukraine
Supplying more advanced weapons to Ukraine would not change the outcome of the war, says the Kremlin
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Searchers find black boxes of aircraft in deadly Nepal crash
Data may help determine what caused Nepal's deadliest plane crash in 30 years
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Watch: Historical mosque demolished in India to 'widen road'
Nearly 500 mosques, shrines in Gujarat demolished to date, according to a report
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UAE pledges to invest $30 billion in South Korea, president's office says
The investment decision was announced by South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol
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Israelis rally in three cities against Netanyahu legal reforms
The organisers of protest accused Netanyahu of undermining democratic rule weeks after his reelection
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Three dead, 16 hurt in ammo blast in Russian region near Ukraine
The blast occurred in a cultural center repurposed for Russia's armed forces to store ammunition
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Biden's counsel finds five more classified pages at president's Delaware home
"Five additional pages with classification markings have been discovered", Sauber says
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Catholic priest burned to death, another shot in north Nigeria
Motive for the latest attack was not immediately clear
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Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank
Witnesses said Israeli troops clashed with gunmen before dawn
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At least 68 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in nearly five years
Plane crashes with 72 onboard, rescue operation underway
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Five killed as Russian missile hits apartment block in Ukraine's Dnipro
Ukraine's energy minister says coming days would be 'difficult'
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Punjab, California sign 'sister province' agreement
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Masood Khan witnesses the signing ceremony
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China reports huge rise in Covid-related deaths after data criticism
Says nearly 60,000 people died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-Covid policy last month
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Time running out to ratify Sweden, Finland NATO bids: Turkiye
Erdogan's spokesperson says ratification depends on how quickly Stockholm fulfils counter-terrorism promises
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UN calls on Taliban to end worsening repression of women
UN says its agencies would keep working in the war-torn country
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Top US lawmaker objects to potential F-16 sale to Turkiye
‘Biden administration has told Congress it is preparing potential $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkiye’
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Iran executes British-Iranian national despite UK, U.S. pleas-report
Mizan said in a Tweet early on Saturday the sentence had been carried out, without saying when
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Germany in talks with Iraq over possible gas imports
Germany is in talks with Iraq over the possibility of importing natural gas, says Chancellor Olaf Scholz
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Iran top diplomat hopes for restoration of Saudi ties
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian expressed hope that diplomatic ties between Tehran and Riyadh could be restored
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Astronomers discover Milky Way galaxy's most-distant stars
The researchers said these 208 stars inhabit the most remote reaches of the Milky Way’s halo
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NATO to deploy surveillance planes in Romania
Aircraft scheduled to arrive in country on Jan. 17, says NATO
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Russian Defense Ministry claims it took control of Ukraine's Soledar
Ministry says taking Soledar makes it possible to cut off supply of Ukrainian troops in eastern Bakhmut city
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China COVID peak to last two-three months, hit rural areas next
"Our priority focus has been on the large cities. It is time to focus on rural areas," Zeng was quoted as saying
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Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs
The aim is to create a “technically and tactically sound and well-balanced” defence force by 2030, Thennakoon says
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Three Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes with Israeli forces, Palestinians say
The Israeli military said it had been conducting arrests and confiscating weapons throughout the West Bank
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Donald Trump's company to be sentenced for 15-year tax fraud
A New York state judge to impose the sentence two Trump Organization were found guilty of 17 criminal charges
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UN chief says onus on North Korea to return to talks
Talks are aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program, Guterres says
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Israel says its policy on Iran allows to expand ties with Arab countries
Ron Dermer said Netanyahu's government determined to expand ties with Arab countries
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Biden turns over second set of classified papers
The discovery for Biden came as authorities investigate a far bigger scandal involving his predecessor Donald Trump
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OIC to send delegation to Afghanistan for talks on women’s rights
OIC voiced concern over restrictions imposed by the Taliban-led government on Afghan women
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Computer outage forces massive flight disruption in US
As FAA scrambled to fix the cause of the problem, over 4,300 flights were delayed and 700 cancelled
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China border situation is ‘unpredictable’: Indian army chief
There has been a slight increase in the number of Chinese troops on the border, says Gen Manoj Pande
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Russia assures Afghan Taliban of continued cooperation
Russia does not want to criticise Afghanistan and interfere in its internal affairs like West, says Putin’s aide
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Bangladesh rallies press for Hasina’s resignation
“The time to cling to power by force is over,” BNP leader Mirza Abbas says
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Iran-France tensions escalate over Charlie Hebdo cartoons row
Iran condemned French satirical magazine for publishing caricatures of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Prince Harry hits out at press over reports of Afghan killings in book
English language edition of "Spare" sold more than 1.43 million units in all formats
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11 people arrested after attempted shooting of Mexican journalist
"11 people related to the attack on journalist Ciro Gomez Leyva were arrested earlier this morning," the mayor said
















































