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Dec 22, 2023
London [UK], December 22: The United Nations human rights office has called for an independent inquiry into allegations that Israeli forces "summarily executed" at least 11 Palestinian men in Gaza in what it called "a possible war crime".
Tehran warned of 'danger' in allowing Houthis to target ships
Venezuela releases 10 US hostages in exchange for Maduro ally
Australia must make remand 'exception' and ban use of spit hoods, UN says
Argentina's ultra-liberal President Milei issues hard reform decree
Gunman kills 15, wounds 24 at Prague university
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German authorities shut down illegal darknet marketplace
Dec 21, 2023
Berlin [Germany], December 21: German authorities have shut down the server infrastructure of the illegal darknet marketplace "Kingdom Market," the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)...
Vietnam to increase regional minimum salary
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 21: Vietnam will lift regional minimum salary for laborers by 6 percent next year, local media reported on Wednesday.
S. Korea's top court orders Japanese firms to compensate WWII forced labor victims
Seoul [South Korea], December 21: South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered Japanese firms to compensate the victims who were forced into harsh labor without...
UNICEF chief raises alarm about drinking water crisis for children in Gaza
United Nations, December 21: The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday issued a dire warning that the absence of safe drinking water...
Hurricane Otis kills 52 in Mexico
Mexico City [Mexico], December 21: Hurricane Otis has killed 52 and left 32 missing in Mexico, Governor of Guerrero state, Evelyn Salgado, said Wednesday.
EU migrant pact hailed by Italian gov't, slammed by groups
Rome [Italy], December 21: The European Union's (EU) New Pact on Migration and Asylum has been welcomed by government officials in Italy -- one of...
Polish gov't dismisses public media chiefs
Warsaw [Poland], December 21: Poland's Culture Minister sacked the heads of three state media outlets on Wednesday, leading to protests from the conservatives.
Australia rebuffs U.S. request for warship in Red Sea
Canberra [Australia], December 21: The Australian government has announced that it will not send a warship to the Red Sea but will deploy additional troops...
Behind the 'revolution' led by Myanmar's ethnic minority fighters
Namhsan [Myanmar], December 21: Pickup trucks carrying ethnic minority fighters rolled into a town in Myanmar's northeastern Shan state recently cleared of junta troops...
Survivors of China's deadliest quake brave freezing cold
Jishishan [China], December 21: Survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in years huddled in makeshift aid tents despite freezing temperatures on Wednesday, too scared to return to homes made dangerous by the disaster. State broadcaster CCTV said at least 134 people were killed in northwestern Gansu province and neighboring Qinghai after a shallow tremor on Monday night damaged thousands of buildings.
Egypt seeks to broker Gaza ceasefire as Hamas
Polish government takes public TV news channel off air amid reform drive
Macron defends new French migration law despite political tensions
Trump urges US Supreme Court not to expedite 2020 immunity claim
Anti-war candidate Duntsova applies to run in election against Russia's Putin
Biden attacks Trump's anti-immigrant 'blood' comments in Wisconsin visit
Ukrainians prepare for first wartime Christmas on new calendar
Kazakhstan starts building new railroad to China
German court orders repeat of 2021 election in parts of Berlin
Dec 20, 2023
NASA to launch new mission to help build 3D map of Milky Way
