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Chinese FM says agreement to upgrade China-Vietnam ties...
Beijing [China], December 15: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that the upgrade of China-Vietnam ties is the...
Sunak says UK committed to two-state solution in...
London [UK], December 15: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stressed the UK remains committed to a two-state solution in...
Putin confirms willingness to keep negotiating over US...
Moscow [Russia], December 15: Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at his major annual press conference on Thursday, confirmed his willingness...
Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the...
Beijing [China], December 15: At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places...
Seoul scrambles jets after Chinese, Russian warplanes approach
Seoul [South Korea], December 15: South Korea's military said Thursday it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and four Russian...
US House launches impeachment inquiry against president
Washington [US], December 15: The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,...
Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long...
Beijing [China], December 15: With more than a full year past since China eased restrictions and let COVID-19 sweep its...
Australian woman jailed for 20 years for death...
Canberra [Australia], December 15: A woman imprisoned for 20 years over the deaths of her four children, and pardoned in...
EU to open membership talks with Ukraine and...
Brussels [Belgium], December 15: European leaders have decided to open EU membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant...
Japan PM purges cabinet in bid to ride...
Tokyo [Japan], December 15: Embattled Japanese premier Fumio Kishida dropped four cabinet ministers as he tried to limit the fallout...
Israel-Hamas war: Heavy rain compounds misery in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], December 15: Displaced people housed in makeshift shelters in the Gaza Strip have had their plight aggravated by...
Israeli attacks on Syria kill 36 since early...
Damascus [Syria], December 14: A total of 36 people were killed in heightened Israel attacks on Syrian military sites affiliated...
Hamas leader says ready to discuss with Israel...
Gaza [Palestine], December 14: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Wednesday that the Gaza-ruling Palestinian faction is ready to discuss...
German gov't to tackle budget crisis with savings
Berlin [Germany], December 14: The German government announced on Wednesday that the 17 billion euro (18.36 billion U.S. dollars) gap...
Zelensky attends Nordic-Ukrainian Summit in Norway
Oslo [Norway], December 14: The Nordic countries on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to providing further assistance to Ukraine when they...
Japan reports 1st death from mpox disease
Tokyo [Japan], December 14: A man in his 30s living in Japan's Saitama prefecture near Tokyo has died of mpox...
3 Japanese ministers tender resignations over funds scandal
Tokyo [Japan], December 14: Three Japanese ministers tendered their resignations on Thursday amid an unfolding political funds scandal centering on...
Xi says China, Vietnam must oppose attempt to...
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 14: China and Vietnam should oppose any "attempt to mess up Asia-Pacific", President Xi Jinping said Wednesday...
Tusk sworn in as Poland's new PM
Warsaw [Poland], December 14: Poland's president on Wednesday swore in Donald Tusk as the new pro-EU prime minister, putting an...
Zionists face heat as UN demands Gaza ceasefire
Gaza [Palestine], December 14: The Zionist entity declared on Wednesday its determination to continue its Gaza war "with or without...
Israel suffers heaviest combat losses since October
Jerusalem [Israel], December 14: Israel announced its worst combat losses for more than a month after an ambush in the...
9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City
Gaza [Palestine], December 14: Palestinian militants carried out one of the deadliest single attacks on Israeli soldiers since the Gaza...
Russian missile attack on Kyiv injures more than...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 14: A barrage of Russian missiles targeted Kyiv on Wednesday, wounding at least 53 people.
Landmark summit takes direct aim at fossil fuels
Dubai [UAE], December 14: Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the...
Biden considers new border and asylum restrictions
Washington [US], December 14: Top Biden administration officials were labouring on Wednesday to try to reach a last-minute deal for...
Michigan elections director testifies as prosecutors
Washington [US],December 14: Prosecutors began outlining their case Wednesday against 15 Michigan Republicans who face forgery and serving as false...
Moscow Government Minister emphasises city-citizen collaboration in climate...
Dubai [UAE], December 14: Maria Bagreeva, Moscow Government Minister and Head of the Moscow Department of Economic Policy and...