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Dec 29, 2024
Pyongyang [North Korea], December 29: North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, with a thousand of their troops killed or wounded in the last week alone in Russia's Kursk region.
German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap elections
Man dies after bitten by shark while fishing
At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash in South Korea, Yonhap reports
Thousands protest in Georgia ahead of political showdown
India mourns former prime minister Manmohan Singh in state funeral
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China approves the construction of world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet
Beijing [China], December 29: China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, stoking concerns about displacement of communities in...
Israel detains north Gaza hospital director as WHO condemns raids
Gaza [Palestine], December 29: Israel's army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, as the World Health Organization...
PM Fico offers Slovakia's 'hospitality' in possible Ukraine, Russia talks
Bratislava [Slovakia], December 29: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks on ending the war in...
Finland brings tanker suspected of damaging undersea cable to shore
Helsinki [Finland], December 29: Finnish police on Saturday transported a Russia- linked suspected of intentionally damaging a Baltic Sea power cable to shore.
Trump asks Supreme Court to delay law that could ban TikTok in the US
Washington [US], December 29: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday stepped into the ongoing dispute over the potential ban of the China-based video app TikTok...
'Alarming' rise in climate disasters in Brazil: Study
Brasilia [Brazil], December 29: Brazil has seen a dramatic rise of climate disasters in recent years, compared to two previous decades, a new study says.
World Health Organization finds no mysterious 'Disease X' in Congo
Geneva [Switzerland], December 29: International health experts believe the wave of illnesses in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which had been...
Record number of children living in conflict zones: UNICEF
New York [US], December 29: More children than ever before live in conflict zones or have been forcibly displaced from their homes due to fighting,...
Thick fog continues to cause flight disruption at UK airports
London [UK], December 29: Disruption is continuing at some of the UK's busiest airports as thick fog blankets the country.
UK rail disruption warning after theft of £100k cable
London [UK], December 29: Trains in the north of England will be disrupted after more than £100,000 ($125,750) worth of high-voltage power cable was stolen by thieves.
Putin apologizes after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Voting begins in Chad as opposition calls for boycott
Lebanon arrests 67 Syrians over illegal entry
Dec 28, 2024
Saudi Arabia allocates 500 mln USD to support Yemeni government
Iran seeks calm rather than chaos in Syria: FM
8 killed in Mexico bus accident
Israel turns to Houthi forces in Yemen?
'Virtual' money in the US promises to explode
Cryptocurrency tycoon Do Kwon extradited to the US
China sentences man to death for driving into crowd
