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Nine-year-old among five killed in Germany Christmas market attack

Nine-year-old among five killed in Germany Christmas market...

Magdeburg [Germany], December 22: A nine-year-old child is among the five people killed in the car-ramming attack at a Christmas...

US Senate votes through last-gasp bill to keep govt open

US Senate votes through last-gasp bill to keep...

Washington [US], December 22: The US Congress has averted a government shutdown following days of chaos on Capitol Hill, after...

Five killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kiev

Five killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after...

Kursk [Ukraine], December 22: Russia said five people had been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the western Kursk region....

Five killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kiev

Five killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after...

Moscow [Russia], December 22: Russia said five people had been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the western Kursk region....

8 sentenced in France over beheading of teacher

8 sentenced in France over beheading of teacher

Paris [France], December 22: Eight people have been convicted in France in connection with the Islamist-motivated murder of teacher Samuel...

Frigid temperatures as winter solstice marks astronomical start of season

Frigid temperatures as winter solstice marks astronomical start...

Washington [US], December 22: Early Saturday morning, the occurrence of the 2024 winter solstice marked the astronomical start of winter,...

King Charles' cancer treatment progressing well

King Charles' cancer treatment progressing well

London [UK], December 22: King Charles' cancer treatment is progressing well and will continue into next year, a Buckingham Palace...

German far right brings political edge to Magdeburg attack site

German far right brings political edge to Magdeburg...

Berlin [Germany], December 22: A spontaneous memorial created by grieving families and local residents at a church overlooking Magdeburg's Christmas...

Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown

Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown

Washington [US], December 22: The U.S. Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity...

Japanese anime industry sales top 3 trillion yen for 1st time

Japanese anime industry sales top 3 trillion yen...

Tokyo [Japan], December 22: The market size of Japan's anime industry hit a record high of over three trillion yen...

Mohammed Al Sharqi attends closing ceremony of Fujairah International Arabian Horse Championship 2024

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 first anniversary of accession to throne

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

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 war on Gaza

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 gov't shutdown

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 exchange rate: finance minister

Brazil's central bank need to intervene to stabilize...

Brasília (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

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,...

Ex-IMF chief Rato gets 4-year jail term for corruption

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 Kursk region: local governor

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

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...

Avalanche kills snowboarder, injures skier in Bulgaria

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 Polo's journey, says curator

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 tariff threats

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. 1, 2025: PM

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 personal data abuses

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 signs of illegal interference: Lithuanian authority

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...

Man accused of hoax gunman report in Prague

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...