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Venezuela rejects dialogue with opposition under US pressure A handout picture released by the Venezuelan presidency shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) speaking next to Parliament President Jorge Rodriguez during a meeting with deputies of the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 4, 2022. (Via AFP)
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Japan calls on US to impose restrictions on US troops after virus surge The US Marine Corps Camp Hansen gate is seen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, in southern Japan, on January 5, 2022. (Photo by Kyodo news agency)
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has urged the US to impose restrictions on the troops stationed in Japan amid a spread of COVID-19 cases... |
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North Korea says successfully test-fired hypersonic missile A news broadcast shows file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on January 5, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
North Korea says it has successfully test-fired a hypersonic missile, in the first such launch of the year, as the country pursues new military capabilities.
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UKs stalling economy blamed on inflation and product shortages Goods vehicles at the Port of Dover on 30 December. (Getty Images)
The UKs economic recovery paused prior to the arrival of the Omicron variant of Covid and the dampening impact of the governments plan B restrictions on consumer spending in the Christmas shopping period, a new survey shows.
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Young Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in Nablus The file photo shows Bakir Hashash, a Palestinian man who was killed during a violent raid on the Balata refugee camp in the east of Nablus City in the northern part of the occupied West Bank on January 6, 2022.
Israeli forces have fatally shot a young Palestinian man during a violent raid on a refugee... |
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Heavy snowfall kills 11, wounded 23 across Afghanistan Heavy snow and rainfall that erupted avalanches and floods in different provinces of Afghanistan have so far claimed the lives of 11 people and wounded 23 more.
Citing officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Bakhtar News Agency-Afghan news agency- reported on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, that... |
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Do not violate peoples personal privacy: Taliban rank-and-file Ministry of promotion of virtue and prevention of vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has directed its personnel and all rank and file not to violate peoples personal privacy.
Speaking to Bakhtar News Agency-Afghan new agency- spokesperson of the ministry Muhammad Sadiq Akif said, all the... |
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International community must coordinate humanitarian aids with Taliban: spokesperson A spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan of has said that the UN and International Community must distribute their humanitarian assistance in coordination with the Taliban.
Inamullah Samangani said that to assure further efficacy and positive outcomes of humanitarian aids to Afghanistan,... |
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Gun battles in Kazakh city after govt begins counter-terrorist op reports FILE PHOTO. Riot police walk to block demonstrators gathering during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 5, 2022. © AP / Vladimir Tretyakov
Eight police and military killed, over 300 injured in Wednesdays violence so far, the Kazakh interior ministry says
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Kazakh president asks Russia-led bloc for military help Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. © Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev
Allied military help needed to quell actions of "terrorist bands" amid violent civil unrest in Kazakhstan, the president insists
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Twitter to hunt for harmful content on Jan 6 © David Papazian/Getty
The announcement comes on heels of reports of 700,000 new users joining the right-leaning alternative Gettr in less than a week
Twitter has created a team dedicated to following content posted on the site related to the January 6 Capitol riot, just ahead of the one year... |
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Pandemic babies may have slight development lag study Toddlers born during the pandemic scored lower on some skills development tests than those born earlier. © Getty Images / John Moore
Researchers found infants born into a Covid-impacted environment scored lower on skills development tests than pre-pandemic babies
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Wall Street bank predicts end of gold era © Getty Images / szjphoto
Gold may soon lose its status as the universal "store of value" to Bitcoin, US bank claims
Bitcoin may overtake golds market share in 2022, a Goldman Sachs analyst has said in a research note to clients, as cryptocurrencies and digital assets surge in price and attract... |
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Soldier killed by deer at presidential palace Axis deer (FILE PHOTO) © Sylvain CORDIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
A sergeant in the Paraguayan presidential guard died after being attacked by a gifted non-indigenous deer
A Paraguayan soldier has died after he was run through and gored by an axis deer from India in the gardens of the countrys... |
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Messi already back in Paris after Covid recovery Messi is reportedly back in Paris. © Getty Images
The football superstar recovered from Covid at home in Argentina
Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi is said to have returned to the French capital after producing a negative PCR test.
The 34-year-old first tested positive for Covid while... |
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Tracking Britains Role in West Asia Crises as Queen Rewards Blair with "Knighthood" On Saturday, the British Queen Elizabeth granted the former Prime Minister Tony Blair the Order of the Grater, the highest order of knighthood in Britain. Granting the order to a man who during his premiership joined the US in invasion of Afghanistan and then Iraq after the 9/11 attacks has stirred public... |
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Kazakhstans president vows tough response to unrest Kazakhstans President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (file photo by AFP)
Kazakhstans President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says he will act as tough as possible on those who broke the law by staging "massive attacks" on security forces during the ongoing protests prompted by a sharp rise in fuel prices.
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Daily COVID-19 cases in US up 98% from last week as Omicron rages on People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site in New York Times Square on Dec. 13, 2021. (AP Photo)
The current seven-day daily average of COVID-19 cases in the United States is 491,700 per day - marking a 98% increase over the previous week, according to the top federal health agency.
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Saudi Yemen blockade
The Yemen Petroleum Company says the Saudi-led coalition has seized yet another fuel ship heading for the country’s Hudaydah port. The company says this is the fifth fuel ship that has been detained by the coalition despite having UN clearance to enter Yemeni ports.... |
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Iran reports lowest unemployment rate in 25 years at 8.9% Irans statistics agency says jobless rate dropped 0.5% in the quarter to December to 8.9%.
Irans unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest point in the past 25 years mainly because the countrys economically active population has shrunk because of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according... |
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Russia warns against outside meddling in Kazakhstan, urges dialogue Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov (file by AFP)
Russia has reacted to the ongoing unrest in Kazakhstan, warning against any outside interference into the internal affairs of the Central Asian nation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Kazakhstan could solve its own problems and... |
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US condemns North Koreas suspected missile launch, calls for talks US President Joe Biden and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Reuters Photo)
he United States on Wednesday condemned North Koreas firing of a suspected ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to engage in talks.
A US Department of State spokesman in a statement said the launch was in "violation of... |
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UK defense ministry fails troops, wastes taxpayers money, Labour says This is a file photo of a British Challenger 2 tank on exercise in Oman.
The British Labour Party says the defense ministry has failed the countrys troops and people by wasting billions of dollars of the taxpayers money on its military projects over the past decade.
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It is time for world to recognize Taliban: Deputy FM Deputy Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanekzai said that they have completed all preconditions for recognition and now is the time for the International Community to come forward and recognize the Taliban.
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Islamic Emirate: No More Fencing Allowed on Durand Line A top military commander said the Islamic Emirate will not allow fencing on the Durand Line.
"We will not allow the fencing anytime, in any form. Whatever they did before, they did, but we will not allow it anymore. There will be no fencing anymore," Mawllawi Sanaullah Sangin, commander of the border... |
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German FM to urge Russia dialogue during US visit German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (R) during a G7 meeting with his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Liverpool. (Photo by AFP)
Germanys Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said she plans to reiterate the value of dialogue with Russia to avoid a conflict over Ukraine when she meets her US... |
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Taiwan air force stages drill amid tensions with China F-16V fighter jets perform an elephant walk during an annual New Years drill in Chiayi, Chinese Taipei, on January 5, 2022. (Photo by Reuters)
Taiwans air force has conducted a drill simulating a war situation to show the self-ruled islands combat readiness amid heightened tensions with Beijing.
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Soleimani rushed to Iraqs aid against Daesh at critical time: President Salih Iraqs President Barham Salih speaks at a ceremony marking the second martyrdom anniversary of Irans top anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), in Baghdad on January 5, 2022.
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US snowstorm strands drivers for 24 hours or more Vehicles are seen on an icy stretch of Interstate 95 closed as a storm blankets the US region in snow, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, US January 3, 2022. (Reurtes photo)
The snow storm is over but the travel misery lingered: drivers on a major highway outside Washington reported Tuesday they were stuck... |
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Japans Okinawa considers COVID emergency amid virus spread from US base A US navy sailor is screened on arrival from Guam at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. (File photo)
Japan is considering declaring a state of emergency in the southern island of Okinawa, after the region emerged as the epicenter of a new coronavirus surge, with officials saying the virus... |
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