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Russia bans anti-war candidate from challenging Putin
Moscow [Russia], December 24: A former TV journalist who announced she would challenge President Putin in Russia's spring election has...

Yekaterina Duntsova barred from running against Putin in...
Moscow [Russia], December 24: Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova was disqualified as a candidate for Russia's next presidential election, preventing...

Uganda intensifies vaccination of animals following outbreak of...
Kampala [Uganda], December 23: Uganda has intensified the vaccination of animals following the outbreak of anthrax, which has claimed at...

Zelensky discusses delivery of F-16 jets to Ukraine...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 23: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he had discussed the delivery of F-16 fighter...

Greece rescues 81 migrants in Mediterranean Sea
Athens [Greece], December 23: Greek authorities rescued 81 people in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea, Greek national broadcaster ERT...

Turkish parliament to discuss Sweden's NATO bid next...
Ankara [Turkey], December 23: Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee said on Friday that it would discuss Sweden's NATO bid next...

Canada sees record-strong growth in R&D spending in...
Ottawa [Canada], December 23: Canada's overall research and development (R&D) expenditures in 2021 reached 46.9 billion Canadian dollars (35.4 billion...

Cygnus cargo spacecraft departs space station
Los Angeles [US], December 23: Northrop Grumman's uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday after a...

Omran Sharaf participates in UNSC Arria-formula meeting on...
New York [US], December 23: At a UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting on the impact of AI on hate speech,...

UAE provides 100 tonnes of food supplies through...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: On Thursday, the UAE dispatched a plane to the Republic of South Sudan carrying 100...

UAE, Mauritius conclude Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: The United Arab Emirates and Mauritius have concluded the terms of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership...

Manchester City crowned FIFA Club World Cup winners...
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], December 23: Manchester City won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in its history,...

Mexican, U.S. presidents discuss economy, immigration by phone
Mexico City [Mexico], December 23: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he has discussed economic and...

6 laborers killed in firing in NW Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 23: Six laborers were killed in firing by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in...

Kyrgyz president signs law on changing national flag...
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], December 23: Kyrgyzstan will partially change the design on the country's national flag, with a corresponding law signed...

Southeast Asia increases vigilance against Covid-19
Washington [US], December 23: Governments in Southeast Asia are stepping up response efforts as the number of Covid-19 infections increases...

The US Supreme Court refused to expedite a...
Washington [US], December 23: The US Supreme Court has not provided an explanation or voting results for the decision not...

Cuba passes euthanasia law
Havana [Cuba], December 23: Cuba has become the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean to license euthanasia, after...

The US accuses Iran of being 'deeply involved'...
Washington [US], December 23: The US is more harsh in accusing Iran of involvement in attacks on commercial ships in...

Biden pardons marijuana offenders, cuts non-violent drug sentences
Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden reduced the prison terms of 11 people serving decades-long sentences for non-violent...

U.N. pushes for more aid into Gaza, Israel...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 23: The U.N. Security Council approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza on...

US takes aim at financial institutions with new...
Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order threatening penalties for financial institutions that...

After same-sex blessing ruling, pope decries inflexible ideologies
Vatican City, December 22: Pope Francis warned against inflexible ideological positions that can hinder the Church from seeing reality and...

WHO expresses concern over escalating public health needs...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 22: The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concern over the escalating public health needs in...

Sudan's army chief rejects peace deal without paramilitary...
Khartoum [Sudan], December 22: Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday said the army would not sign any...

Putin, Maduro exchange views on establishing fair world...
Moscow [Russia], December 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro expressed common ground on establishing a...

UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting
United Nations, December 22: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was shocked and saddened by a mass shooting at a university...