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France's Macron pledges $10.7m in humanitarian aid for Pakistan
French Development Agency will implement projects worth up to $386.5 million to rebuild Pakistan, says Macron
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Teacher shot by 6-year-old hailed as a hero for evacuating kids
This incident marks only the third time since 1970 that a child aged 6 or younger has fired a weapon at a US school
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Iran sentences former president's daughter to a five-year prison term
Faezeh Hashemi had repeatedly been accused of spreading anti-state propaganda
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Germany says it wants to increase pressure on Iran after latest executions
"With the executions, the Iranian regime is employing the death penalty as a means of repression," Scholz says
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UK considering giving battle tanks to Ukraine
UK planning to deliver the British Army's Challenger 2 main battle tank to Ukraine, source says
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Taiwan condemns China for latest combat drills near island
Taiwan defence ministry says it had detected 57 Chinese aircraft
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Drinkers look forward to enjoying Dubai's 30% tax cut on alcohol
Free alcohol licenses will be mostly welcomed by Dubai's 3.5 million residents, majority of whom are expatriates
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Brazil police amass at camp of Bolsonaro's backers after capital stormed
Brazilian police deployed at a camp of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital on Monday
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Meta's Oversight Board tells company to allow 'death to Khamenei' posts
Meta’s Oversight Board overturned its decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan “death to Khamenei”
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Marching across India, Gandhi scion aims to repair Congress party's image
Gandhi plans to round off his march in northernmost Kashmir by January end
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China 'wolf warrior' diplomatic spokesperson Zhao moves to new role
Zhao is now deputy head of the ministry’s Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs
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Kremlin says new Western arms for Ukraine will 'deepen suffering’
"This supply will not be able to change anything", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a daily briefing
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90pc of people in China province infected with Covid: official
“As of January 6, 2023, the province’s Covid infection rate is 89.0pc”, says Kan Quancheng
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Delhi fog delays flights, cold wave closes schools
IMD forecast says air, road and train traffic could be affected for two days
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California braces for 'parade of cyclones' after storms kill 12
US West Coast under grip of torrential downpours, damaging winds for past 10 days
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'Life is moving forward': China declares new COVID phase
Officially, China has reported just 5,272 COVID-related deaths as of Jan.8
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Biden makes maiden visit to Mexico border
Fears of Trump-era clamp-downs loom as US President sets sight on re-election
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Israeli minister declares Palestinian flag symbol of 'terrorism'
Far-right leader orders police to remove flag from public spaces to prevent 'incitement'
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Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil Congress, presidential palace
Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro pushed through police barricades and stormed into the national Congress building
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Iranians protest outside French embassy after Charlie Hebdo cartoons
Dozens of Iranians gathered outside the French embassy in Tehran protesting against the Charlie Hebdo cartoons
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Thousands of Israelis protest Netanyahu's new government
Protesters brandished signs with slogans including "Together against fascism and apartheid"
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Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia in latest boat arrival
The ship is the fifth boat carrying Rohingya refugees to land in Indonesia since November, according to authorities
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Indians evacuated from 'sinking' holy town
Residents blamed the building of roads and tunnels for a nearby hydroelectric project
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Sweden can't meet some Turkey demands for NATO bid: PM
Turkey has made some demands that Sweden cannot accept, Sweden's prime minister said on Sunday
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Iraqi defence shot down drone over Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base
It was not clear whether the drone was on a surveillance mission or if it was carrying any explosives
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China ends quarantine for overseas travellers
Beijing ends almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as it battles a surge in Covid cases
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Ukraine shelling damages 2 power plants in Russia-controlled parts of Donetsk
Preliminary information indicated injuries in the shelling in Zuhres and Novyi Svit
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Iranian citizen arrested in Germany for 'planning attack'
Authorities claim 32-year-old 'suspected of preparing serious act of violence endangering the state'
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Japan's COVID-19 cases surpass 30M
Tokyo reports nearly 240,000 new cases with 463 deaths in past 24 hours
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China braces for Lunar New Year migration as Covid fears loom
Analysts say infection peak possibly already reached while global health experts predict over a million deaths in 2023
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Lone Putin observes Christmas at Kremlin church
Putin attended the service at the Cathedral of the Annunciation, originally designed as a church for the Russian tsars
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China's 'great migration' kicks off under shadow of Covid
This Lunar New Year public holiday will be the first since 2020 without domestic travel restrictions
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Police arrest Indian executive for urinating on plane passenger
Shankar Mishra was on the run after being accused of urinating on a fellow passenger aboard an Air India flight
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Iran executes two more men in connection with protests
Perpetrators of the crime were hanged this morning for killing a paramilitary force member, says official news agency
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Kevin McCarthy elected Republican US House speaker, but at a cost
McCarthy's victory in the 15th ballot brought an end to the deepest congressional dysfunction in over 160 years
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U.S. announces over $3.75 billion in new military assistance to Ukraine, other countries
United States and Germany have also pledged to send Patriot missile systems to repel Russian missile and drone attacks
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Top Iranian Sunni cleric says torture of protesters un-Islamic
Authorities' crackdown following nationwide protests continued with arrests
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At least 29 killed during Mexico capture of El Chapo’s son
19 suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed after the arrest of Mexican drug lord Ovidio Guzman
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Taliban criticise Prince Harry over Afghan killings comment
The Taliban slammed Prince Harry after the royal disclosed he killed 25 people on military duty in Afghanistan
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UK's Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 people in Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot
Prince Harry says he viewed those he killed as ‘chess pieces’ to be taken off the board in forthcoming memoir Spare
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Half of world’s glaciers expected to vanish by 2100
Half of the Earth's glaciers are destined to disappear by the end of the century because of climate change
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'We threw ourselves to the floor': Mexican passenger plane caught in cartel crossfire
A video circulating on social media showed passengers crouching low below their seats as a child cried
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As COVID-hit China reopens to the world, countries put up travel barriers
The aviation industry has also been critical of the decisions to impose testing on travellers from China
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Türkiye, US jointly freeze assets of Daesh/ISIS affiliates
Türkiye to continue taking 'effective steps' to counter terror financing, says Foreign Ministry
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Ukraine rejects Putin call for Christmas truce
There would be no truce until Russia withdraws its invading forces from occupied land, says official
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Amazon to lay off over 18,000 employees: CEO
‘The majority of role eliminations are in our Amazon Stores and PXT organizations,’ says Andy Jassy
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UNSC to meet on Taliban ban on female aid workers
The closed-door meeting was requested by the United Arab Emirates and Japan for January 13
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UNSC to discuss Israeli minister's Al-Aqsa visit
The 15-member council will convene at 3:00 pm at the UN headquarters in New York
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Putin orders ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas: Kremlin
Russian troops must hold fire for 36 hours from 1200 on January 6, the Kremlin says
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Leaders of Turkey, Syria could meet for peace: Erdogan
“We have launched a process as Russia-Turkey-Syria,” Erdogan says

















































