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China launches new satellite group
Date: 2024-12-17 07:39:12 GMT - China - World - SN:11 - ID:10994457
BEIJING, Dec 17 (MENA) - China sent a new group of satellites into space on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province, Xinhua reported. Launched at 2:50 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2D carrier ....
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Seoul sanctions N. Korean generals linked to troops in Russia
Date: 2024-12-17 07:33:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:10994447
SEOUL, Dec 17 (MENA) - The South Korean government has imposed independent sanctions on several North Korean generals who were allegedly deployed to Russia’s Kursk region, KBS reported. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that ....
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5 police officers killed, wounded in attack on police post in northwest Pakistan
Date: 2024-12-17 07:31:13 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:8 - ID:10994375
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - Militants on a motorcycle opened fire Tuesday at a police post in restive northwest Pakistan, killing at least two officers and wounding three others before fleeing the scene, ABC News reported. No one immediately ....
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Bolivia issues arrest warrant for ex-president Morales over minor trafficking
Date: 2024-12-17 07:31:00 GMT - Bolivia - World - SN:7 - ID:10994377
LA PAZ, Dec 17 (MENA) - An arrest warrant has been issued for former Bolivian president Evo Morales on suspicion of alleged "trafficking" of a 15-year-old girl while he was in office from 2006 to 2019, authorities said Monday, France 24 news channel ....
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Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
Date: 2024-12-17 07:30:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:10994374
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (MENA) - A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Tuesday just off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, ABC news quoted the United States Geological Survey (USGS) agency as saying. A tsunami warning for the island nation ....
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S. Korean Constitutional Court to begin Yoon's impeachment trial Dec. 27
Date: 2024-12-16 07:45:19 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:10992997
SEOUL, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Constitutional Court said Monday it will hold its first preparatory hearing on the parliamentary impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 27 kicking off the judicial procedures for his impeachment trial, Yonhap ....
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S. Korean ruling party leader Han Dong-hoon steps down
Date: 2024-12-16 07:33:27 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:10992959
SEOUL, Dec 16 (MENA) - The leader of the South Korean ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Monday he is stepping down amid growing internal strife following the National Assembly's vote to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, The Korea Times ....
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Bitcoin hits record high of more than $106,000 on strategic reserve hopes
Date: 2024-12-16 07:20:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:10992957
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) - Bitcoin surged to a record high above $106,000 on Monday after president-elect Donald Trump suggested plans to create a US Bitcoin strategic reserve, similar to the country's strategic oil reserve, stoking the enthusiasm ....
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Bangladesh interim leader: Bangladesh to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026
Date: 2024-12-16 07:03:29 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:8 - ID:10992956
DHAKA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Monday that general elections would be held late next year or in early 2026, France 24 reported. Yunus heads the caretaker government installed after an August ....
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia agree to activate JTF to share public security expertise
Date: 2024-12-16 06:45:05 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:10992945
RIYADH/ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 (MENA) - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia agreed to activate Joint Task Force to learn from each other's experiences in public security domain, Radio Pakistan reported Monday. The understanding was reached during the meeting ....
