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Australian gov't urged to address health gaps before...
Canberra [Australia], January 3: Disadvantaged Australians were six times more likely to die from COVID-19 at the peak of the...
Philippine jeepney drivers vow to continue protest against...
Manila [Philippines], January 3: Jeepney drivers and operators in the Philippines have vowed to launch more transport strikes in 2024...
1,200 evacuated in Indonesia after volcano erupts
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 3: Authorities on Indonesia's Flores island evacuated nearly 1,2000 people from villages near the Mount Lewotobi volcano...
Taiwan's ruling party candidate leads poll before presidential...
Taipei [Taiwan], January 3: Lai Ching-te from Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) remains the frontrunner for the January 13...
Biden loses support to Trump among African American,...
Washington [US], January 3: US President Joe Biden is losing support among the African American and Hispanic voters, a survey...
Somalia rejects Ethiopia-Somaliland deal as 'aggression'
Mogadishu [Somalia], January 3: Somalia on Tuesday vowed to defend its territory after a controversial deal between Ethiopia and the...
Hamas deputy chief killed in Beirut; Gaza deaths...
Beirut [Lebanon], January 3: The Zionist entity's war against Palestinian militants reached into the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, where...
Turkey detains 34 for spying for Zionist entity
Istanbul [Turkey], January 3: Turkey announced on Tuesday it had detained 34 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on...
South Korea opposition chief stabbed in neck
Seoul [South Korea], January 3: South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a...
Thailand, China to waive visas for each other's...
Bangkok [Thailand], January 3: Thailand and China will permanently waive visa requirements for each other's citizens from March, Thai Prime...
Harvard President Gay resigns after rocky testimony, plagiarism...
New York [US], January 3: Harvard President Claudine Gay said she would resign from her position, ending a six-month tenure...
Russia pounds Ukraine's two biggest cities in new...
Moscow [Russia], January 3: Russia pounded Ukraine's two biggest cities in a new wave of heavy air strikes, killing at...
China breaks heat records in 2023 as sweltering...
Beijing [China], January 3: The heat in China was relenting in 2023 with temperature records broken from Beijing to Shanghai,...
Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy...
Tokyo [Japan], January 3: A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, leaving at least 48 people dead and damaging...
Close shave for 379 passengers and crew of...
Tokyo [Japan], January 3: All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane miraculously escaped from a fire...
Dragon Oil commences production of crude oil from...
Dubai [UAE], January 3: Dragon Oil, wholly owned by the Dubai Government, began the New Year by commencing the production...
AD Ports Group announces Noatum's acquisition of APM...
Madrid [Spain], January 3: AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), one of the world's premier facilitators of logistics, industry, and trade,...
Iran says it reserves right to respond to...
Tehran [Iran], January 2: Iran said on Monday it would reserve the right to respond to the recent assassination of...
Israel shells Syrian sites after militants attack Golan...
Damascus [Syria], January 2: Militants in Syria fired projectiles at Israeli settlements in the occupied Golan Heights on Monday, prompting...
Putin says shelling of Belgorod is "terrorist act"
Moscow [Russia], January 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine's shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod...
S. Korea's opposition party chief taken to hospital...
Seoul [South Korea], January 2: Lee Jae-myung, chief of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, was taken to a hospital...
Taiwan calls on China to share responsibilities to...
Taipei [Taiwan], January 2: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday called on China to share common responsibilities to maintain peace...
Poland's president accuses govt of breaking law
Warsaw [Poland], January 2: In his New Year's address, Polish President Andrzej Duda warned the new government against violating the...
UK 'considering air strikes' to stop Red Sea...
London [UK], January 2: Britain is reportedly considering air strikes on Houthis after the US said its navy sank three...
Hamas fires rockets towards Israel on New Year's...
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 2: The armed branch of the Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, said it launched rocket attacks on...
Tshisekedi re-elected DRC president in landslide victory
Kinshasa [DR Congo], January 2: DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office with a landslide...
Russian women demand return of their men from...
Moscow [Russia], January 2: It started with a morning knock on the door just days into Russia's mobilization drive in...