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New Syrian Leaders Say They Want To Contribute To ‘Regional Peace’

December 21, 2024 admin

Damascus: Syria wants to contribute to “regional peace”, the country’s new authorities said late Friday, after a meeting between leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and a US diplomatic delegation. “The Syrian side indicated that the Syrian people stand at an equal distance from all countries and parties in the region and that Syria rejects any polarisation,” the…

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Tashi Namgyal, Man Who Alerted Army About 1999 Pakistan Intrusions, Dies

December 20, 2024 admin

Namgyal passed away in Garkhon, located in the Aryan Valley of Ladakh. Leh: Tashi Namgyal, the Ladakhi shepherd credited with alerting Indian troops about Pakistan’s intrusion in the Kargil sector in 1999, passed away in Aryan Valley. He was 58 years old. Namgyal had attended the 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas earlier this year in Drass,…

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US House Passes Bill To Avert Shutdown, Senate Vote To Follow

December 20, 2024 admin

Washington: The US House of Representatives voted Friday to avert a government shutdown with just hours to spare, with Democrats joining Republicans to advance a funding bill keeping the lights on through mid-March. Lawmakers sent a package to the Senate that would keep federal agencies running through mid-March — but the upper chamber only has…

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Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 strikes Nepal

December 20, 2024 admin

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Nepal. Screengrab from Twitter/@NCS_Earthquake An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Nepal in the early hours of Saturday (December 21, 2024), the National Centre of Seismology (NCS) reported. The earthquake occurred at 3:59 am Indian Standard Time (IST), the NCS noted. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10…

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U.S. House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline

December 20, 2024 admin

Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday (December 20, 2024) from Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. Johnson insisted Congress would “meet our obligations” and…

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Gaza Rescuers Say 7 Children From One Family Killed In Israeli Strike

December 20, 2024 admin

Palestinian Territories: Gaza’s civil defence rescue agency reported that an Israeli air strike killed 10 members of a family on Friday in the northern part of the territory, including seven children. Violence in the Gaza Strip continues to rock the coastal territory more than 14 months into the Israel-Hamas war, even as international mediators work…

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Sri Lanka to soon formulate national policy on visits by foreign research vessels: Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister

December 20, 2024 admin

File photo of Chinese military survey ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka in 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka will soon formulate a national policy on allowing visits by foreign research vessels, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said in Colombo on Friday (December 20, 2024), amidst frequent docking requests…

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Volkswagen To Cut 35,000 Jobs In Germany By 2030

December 20, 2024 admin

Berlin: Crisis-hit auto giant Volkswagen said Friday it planned to cut 35,000 jobs by 2030 in Germany after reaching an agreement with unions on a drastic cost-cutting plan. The deal, reached at the end of marathon negotiations with labour representatives, will save Europe’s largest carmaker around four billion euros ($4.2 billion) a year, the German…

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Car drives into group of people at Christmas market in Germany

December 20, 2024 admin

A car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German town of Magdeburg, broadcaster MDR and other local media said on Friday (December 20, 2024), citing a local government official. At least one person was killed and several were injured, MDR’s report said, citing local police. The suspected driver of the…

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