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23 dead in two crowd crushes in Nigeria
Lagos [Nigeria], December 22: At least 23 people died in two incidents in Nigeria on Saturday as crowds, mostly women...

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Vanuatu Islands, GFZ...
Wellington [New Zealand], December 22: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Vanuatu Islands on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre...

Mohammed Al Sharqi attends closing ceremony of Fujairah...
Fujairah [UAE], December 22: The ninth edition of the Fujairah International Arabian Horse Championship, held under the patronage of H.H....

Rulers of Emirates congratulate Emir of Kuwait on...
Emirates [UAE], December 22: Their Highnesses the Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates have sent messages of congratulations...

Emir of Kuwait inaugurates Arabian Gulf Football Cup
Kuwait City [Kuwait], December 22: The Arabian Gulf Football Cup, "Khaleeji Zain 26," officially kicked off on Saturday evening with...

Dozens of martyrs, wounded on 442nd day of...
Gaza [Palestine], December 22: Israel continued bombardment of areas in the Gaza Strip on the 442nd day of the war,...

U.S. House passes stopgap funding bill to avert...
Olympia (Washington), December 21: The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a new stopgap spending bill after scrambling for...

Brazil's central bank need to intervene to stabilize...
BrasÃlia (Brazil), December 21: Brazil's Central Bank must intervene to stabilize the exchange rate against the U.S. dollar amid recent...

Hungarian parliament approves 2025 budget
Budapest (Hungary), December 21: Hungary's parliament approved the 2025 budget on Friday, projecting 3.4 percent economic growth, 3.2 percent inflation,...

Austria's GDP to contract 0.6 pct in 2024:...
Vienna (Austria), December 21: The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) on Friday projected Austria's gross domestic product (GDP) to...

Ex-IMF chief Rato gets 4-year jail term for...
Madrid (Spain), December 21: Rodrigo Rato, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Spain's deputy prime minister,...

Six killed in Ukrainian missile attack on Russia's...
Moscow (Russia), December 21: Six people were killed and 10 injured after a Ukrainian missile attack on the town of...

Romania's new parliament convenes amid political deadlock
Bucharest (Romania), December 21: Romania's newly elected Parliament convened on Friday following the Dec. 1 elections, as efforts to form...

Bulgarian President, Hungarian PM call for peace in...
Sofia (Bulgaria), December 21: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met in Sofia on Friday, emphasizing...

Avalanche kills snowboarder, injures skier in Bulgaria
Sofia (Bulgaria), December 21: A snowboarder was killed, and a skier sustained injuries on Friday in an avalanche near Bulgaria's...

Interview: Bridging cultures is enduring legacy of Marco...
Rome (Italy), December 21: Respecting diversity and building bridges between cultures is a crucial legacy of Marco Polo's adventure, an...

EU signals readiness for talks with Trump amid...
Brussels (Belgium), December 21: The European Union (EU) is open to discussing trade issues, including energy, with U.S. President-elect Donald...

Ukraine to stop Russian gas transit on Jan....
Kyiv (Ukraine), December 21: Ukraine will halt the transit of Russian gas through its territory starting Jan. 1, 2025, the...

Italian regulator fines OpenAI 15 mln euros for...
Rome (Italy), December 21: Italy's data protection agency announced on Friday that it has fined artificial intelligence company OpenAI 15...

Black boxes of crashed DHL plane show no...
Vilnius (Lithuania), December 21: A preliminary analysis of the black boxes of the DHL cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius...

Roundup: Volkswagen, unions reach agreement, cutting 35,000 jobs...
Berlin (Germany), December 21: German automotive giant Volkswagen and employee representatives concluded their five-day intense talks over the company's far-reaching...

Man accused of hoax gunman report in Prague
Prague (Czech Republic), December 21: Czech police announced Friday that a man has been accused of scaremongering after falsely reporting...

Slovak gov't agrees with medical trade union over...
Bratislava (Slovakia), December 21: The Slovak government approved an agreement with the Medical Trade Union Association (LOZ) on Friday to...

ar hits Christmas market in Germany, killing at...
Berlin (Germany), December 21: A car plowed through a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday...

Heatwave looms as fires burn nation's east and...
Canberra (Australia), December 21: Out-of-control bushfires are raging in different corners of the nation, confirming grim forecasts of a difficult...

Australians return home as Vanuatu rescues continue
Canberra (Australia), December 21: Hundreds of Australians are now back on home soil after being airlifted out of earthquake-stricken Vanuatu...

Mr. Yoon Suk Yeol denies the charges of...
Seoul [South Korea], December 20: According to Reuters, defense attorney Seok Dong-hyeon yesterday asserted that South Korean President Yoon Suk...