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Berlin: After weeks of heavy rainfall, the flood situation in many parts of Germany remains serious in the run-up to New Year's Eve. Several districts have declared the preliminary stage of a disaster alert. Cities and municipalities…
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New Delhi: A plane with 34 passengers on-board landed on a frozen River by mistake in Russia on Thursday. The plane reportedly landed on the frozen River near an airport in far east Russia. The transport prosecutors reportedly termed it…
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Hanoi: Pained by the suffering of cats during their slaughtering, a Vietnamese man who killed over 300 cats a month shut down his restaurant. Pham Quoc Doanh reportedly tore down the sign advertising cat meat, or thit meo, outside his Gia…
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New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affair (MEA) on Thursday said that India has noted the Dahra Global case verdict in which the sentences of eight former Indian Navy personnel on death row have been reduced. “We have noted the verdict…
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Bishkek: Kyrgyz special services foiled a terror attack attempt targeting New Year holidays, the press service of the country's State Committee for National Security reported Thursday. The report said that members of the terrorist group…
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Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Southern East Pacific Rise at 2133 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at…
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Paris: In a recent incident, the Eiffel Tower was closed on Wednesday after the management staff called a strike, said reliable reports in this regard. The General Confederation of Labour (CGT) Union informed that strike was called on…
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Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a statement on Thursday said that it has destroyed a network of strategic tunnels multiple kilometers long beneath and around Rantisi Hospital in northern Gaza. It also said that the tunnel…
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Houston:  Six people, including two kids aged 9 and 10, were killed and three others hospitalized after a head-on crash along a highway in Texas, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The dead,…
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Sydney: At least eight people have lost their lives in Australia, with one still missing, as wild thunderstorms ripped through the country's southeast coast during Christmas and Boxing Day. In Queensland, the death toll rose to six…
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