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  • Two earthquakes strike Nepal

    Date: 2022-12-28 07:26:22 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:9 - ID:9942548

    KATHMANDU, Dec 28 (MENA) - Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.7 and 5.3 hit Nepal's Baglung district in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Center (NEMRC). As per the readings from the center, an ....

  • Yoon ordered sending of two to three drones across border if N.Korea sends one: official

    Date: 2022-12-28 07:13:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:9942524

    SEOUL, Dec 28 (MENA) - President Yoon Suk Yeol had ordered an in-kind response when North Korean drones infiltrated South Korean airspace earlier this week, telling aides to send two to three drones across the border if the North sent one, Yonhap ....

  • Ukrainian forces hit Russia's command post, equipment concentration areas

    Date: 2022-12-28 06:27:46 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:9942435

    KYIV, Dec 28 (MENA) - Ukraine's defense forces struck Russia's command post, seven military personnel and equipment concentration areas, two ammunition depots and an important military object over the past 24 hours, Ukrinform News Agency quoted the ....

  • 950,000 Ukrainian refugees registered in Poland

    Date: 2022-12-28 06:09:52 GMT - Poland - World - SN:6 - ID:9942423

    WARSAW, Dec 28 (MENA) - Some 950,000 refugees from Ukraine currently stay in Poland, Deputy Chairman of the Polish Development Fund (PFR) Bartosz Marczuk was quoted by Ukrinform News Agency as saying. There are about 2.3 million Ukrainian ....

  • Philippine rain, flooding cause at least 25 deaths

    Date: 2022-12-28 05:59:37 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:5 - ID:9942425

    MANILA, Dec 28 (MENA) - The death toll from heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend has risen to 25, with 26 others still missing, ABC News reported Wednesday. Nearly 400,000 people were ....

  • UN Security Council denounces Taliban bans on women in Afghanistan

    Date: 2022-12-27 22:48:58 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:67 - ID:9942385

    NEW YORK, US, Dec 27 (MENA) – The UN Security Council on Tuesday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women attending universities or working ....

  • With at least 28 dead from blizzard, US’ Buffalo braces for flooding

    Date: 2022-12-27 22:47:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:9942381

    WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (MENA) – The US Buffalo region began to dig out Tuesday from a catastrophic blizzard that killed at least 28 people in what local officials have described as the worst weather disaster to hit the area in a generation, The ....

  • West End Boxing Day shoppers up by 65% in Britain

    Date: 2022-12-27 22:01:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:9942373

    LONDON, Dec 27 (MENA) – The number of Boxing Day shoppers in the West End was up 65 per cent on last year, Evening Standard reported. Millions of bargain hunters flocked to high streets and shopping malls for the traditional sales. In central ....

  • China will invade Taiwan in 'couple of years', warns senior UK MP 2 last London

    Date: 2022-12-27 19:40:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:58 - ID:9942327

    Some of the most senior UK Government officials think an invasion of the island country in the South China Sea would be disastrous for the UK economy, the paper said. They warn it would break supply chains and result in shortages of vital goods, ....

  • China will invade Taiwan in 'couple of years', warns senior UK MP

    Date: 2022-12-27 19:38:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:9942287

    LONDON, Dec 27 (MENA) - A senior Tory warned that China would try to take over Taiwan by force and senior Government officials warned of "catastrophic" consequences for the UK economy if the annexation was carried through, Express reported ....

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