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Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran
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No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
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India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
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Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities yesterday said they will resume issuing passports in Kabul, giving hope to citizens who feel threatened living under the Islamists’ rule.
18 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Last 12 North American hostages freed in Haiti
The remaining 12 of 17 North Americans kidnapped in Haiti two months ago have been freed, police said Thursday, after negotiations with a notorious criminal gang to secure the missionary group’s release.
17 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Omicron can fool antibodies, not others
In the fight against the coronavirus, one key component of the human immune system has hogged the limelight: antibodies.
17 December 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal’s Carthaginian army heavily defeat Roman forces on Italian soil.
17 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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The United States on Thursday unleashed a volley of actions to censure China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority, with lawmakers voting to curb trade and new sanctions slapped on the world’s top consumer drone maker.
17 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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1903 - Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first successful controlled flight in a powered aircraft, the Wright “Flyer”, on the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. They made four flights in all, the longest lasting almost a minute.
16 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Hundreds flee as junta, KNU rebels clash
Hundreds of Myanmar villagers have fled to Thailand after junta troops clashed with an ethnic rebel group, officials told AFP yesterday.
16 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg rejects Russian calls for Ukraine to be excluded from future membership in the alliance
16 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Omicron ‘serious threat’
England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said the Omicron coronavirus variant posed a really serious threat and that what health officials already knew about was “bad”.
16 December 2021, 18:00 PM
US ready to sell F-35s, drones after UAE threatens to pull out of $23bn deal
The United States said on Wednesday it was ready to move forward with the sale of F-35 fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates after Abu Dhabi told Washington it would suspend talks on the $23-billion deal that also includes munitions.
15 December 2021, 19:03 PM
Death toll in Haiti truck blast rises to 75
The death toll from a fuel truck explosion in Haiti rose to 75 on Wednesday as doctors scrambled to treat the wounded from an incident that officials say was made more deadly by residents approaching the vehicle in a desperate search for fuel.
15 December 2021, 18:41 PM
Defying West, Putin, Xi cement ties
Russia and China should stand firm in rejecting Western interference and defending each other’s security interests, presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping agreed in a video call yesterday.
15 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Cross-border aid to Syria rebel bastion vital: UN chief
Cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria remains vital, the United Nations Secretary-General said in an internal report Tuesday, as a UN authorization allowing aid into rebel-held areas in the country’s northwest without approval from Damascus is set to expire.
15 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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1996 - A South Korean appeals court commuted the death sentence on ex-President Chun Doo Hwan to life imprisonment.
15 December 2021, 18:00 PM
NASA spacecraft enters solar atmosphere for 1st time in history
A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.
15 December 2021, 07:29 AM
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Indian police are probing a charity started by Mother Teresa, officials said yesterday. Authorities in the western state of Gujarat told AFP they were investigating whether the Missionaries of Charity forced girls in its shelter home there to wear a cross and read the Bible.
14 December 2021, 18:00 PM
50 killed as fuel truck explodes in Haiti
A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest disaster to hit a country whose troubles deepened greatly this year.
14 December 2021, 16:59 PM
Politicians in Brazil settle scores in 3-round MMA cage fight
The mayor of a small Brazilian city took polarizing politics to another level when he fought a cage match to settle a score with an ex-councilman.
14 December 2021, 12:21 PM
May have to deploy nuclear missiles in Europe in response to NATO’s plans: Russia
Russia said on Monday it may be forced to deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe in response to what it sees as NATO's plans to do the same.
13 December 2021, 19:50 PM
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Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe in the Israeli city of Eilat early yesterday, with several contestants defying pressure to boycott in support of the Palestinians.
13 December 2021, 18:00 PM