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Dec 21, 2023
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 the countries that pushed hardest for such an agreement. However, non-governmental groups have warned the deal, hammered out on Wednesday, will have a dire impact on refugees.
Polish gov't dismisses public media chiefs
Australia rebuffs U.S. request for warship in Red Sea
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Survivors of China's deadliest quake brave freezing cold
Egypt seeks to broker Gaza ceasefire as Hamas
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Polish government takes public TV news channel off air amid reform drive
Warsaw [Poland], December 21: Poland's new government took a public news channel off the air on Wednesday and dismissed executives from state media to restore...
Macron defends new French migration law despite political tensions
Paris [France], December 21: French President Emmanuel Macron defended a bill to toughen immigration laws despite an embarrassing parliamentary vote that put his ruling alliance...
Trump urges US Supreme Court not to expedite 2020 immunity claim
Washington [US], December 21: Former President Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by federal prosecutors to immediately review his claim...
Anti-war candidate Duntsova applies to run in election against Russia's Putin
Moscow [Russia], December 21: Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova put her name forward on Wednesday to stand in a Russian presidential election in March that...
Biden attacks Trump's anti-immigrant 'blood' comments in Wisconsin visit
Washington [US], December 21: U.S. President Joe Biden criticized presidential opponent Donald Trump's recent anti-immigrant comments as he visited a Black-owned business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...
Ukrainians prepare for first wartime Christmas on new calendar
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 21: Ukrainians are gearing up to celebrate their first Christmas according to a new calendar, another step towards erasing all traces of...
Kazakhstan starts building new railroad to China
Astana [Kazakhstan], December 21: Abai region of Kazakhstan started building a new 272 km-long railway line en route Bakhty-Ayagoz, a railway line leading to the...
German court orders repeat of 2021 election in parts of Berlin
Dec 20, 2023
Berlin [Germany], December 20: Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the 2021 national election must be repeated in parts of Berlin in February...
NASA to launch new mission to help build 3D map of Milky Way
Los Angeles [US], December 20: NASA is preparing to launch a new mission that will stare at the space between stars, helping build a 3D...
Mexican president to challenge U.S. new anti-immigrant law
Mexico City [Mexico], December 20: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that his government plans to challenge a law recently approved by the U.S. state of Texas that allows authorities to arrest migrants suspected of illegally crossing the border.
Italy to request 5th installment of EU recovery fund
Australian government defends weather agency from criticism amid floods
UN official warns attacks likely to rise in Gaza over holiday period
Zelensky: "No one knows" when Russia-Ukraine conflict ends
Radio sets make a comeback in war-torn Gaza
Erdogan, Orban pledge deeper ties in Budapest
Ukraine army short of new recruits for front
Putin says Russia is ready to talk on Ukraine
Iceland volcano unlikely to impact flights; lava flows away from town
US judge halts removal of Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery
