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Sheikh Hasina sworn-in as Bangladesh PM for 4th straight term
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Sheikh Hasina sworn-in as Bangladesh PM for 4th straight term

Dhaka, Jan 11: Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Thursday was sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the fourth consecutive term after she led her party to a massive victory in the January 7 Parliamentary elections. Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath...
France
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France's new PM forms government

Paris, Jan 12: French President Emmanuel Macron has nominated a list of ministers in the new government based on the proposition of the newly-appointed Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. According to a press statement on Thursday of the presidential palace, the Elysee, the new government now consists...
Mexico has enough oil reserves for next 18 years: President
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Mexico has enough oil reserves for next 18 years: President

Mexico City, Jan 12: Mexico has enough oil reserves to meet demand for the next 18 years thanks to the oil exploration work spearheaded by his administration, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. "I can report that we have sufficient oil reserves for our administration and for the coming...
Gaza death toll rises to 23,469 amid unabated fighting
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Gaza death toll rises to 23,469 amid unabated fighting

Gaza, Jan 12: Amid the unabated fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the death toll in the besieged enclave increased to 23,469 on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. According to the Ministry, at least 112 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours,...
Powerful earthquake jolts Afghanistan, tremors felt in north India
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Powerful earthquake jolts Afghanistan, tremors felt in north India

Kabul, Jan 11: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan on Thursday, with tremors felt in parts of north India and Pakistan.According to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience, the quake's epicentre, with a depth of 192.1 km,...
Slain journalists were members of terrorist organisations in Gaza: IDF
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Slain journalists were members of terrorist organisations in Gaza: IDF

Tel Aviv, Jan 11: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that two men identified as Al Jazeera journalists who were killed in a strike in southern Gaza’s Rafah area, were members of terrorist organisations in the Hamas-controlled enclave. In a post on X late Wednesday night, the IDF said:...
Italian Parliament votes to continue to support Ukraine
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Italian Parliament votes to continue to support Ukraine

Rome, Jan 11: Italy's Parliament has approved a resolution reaffirming the country's support for Ukraine for another year in that country's conflict with Russia. Both Houses of the Italian Parliament on Wednesday supported the resolution, with the Lower House casting 195 votes in favour, 50...
UNSC condemns Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, demands immediate end
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UNSC condemns Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, demands immediate end

United Nations, Jan 11: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the attacks on ships by Houthi rebels and demanded that they immediately end the assaults in the Red Sea region vital to commerce for India. The resolution proposed by the US and Japan was adopted on Wednesday after China and...
S.Korea
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S.Korea's air traffic at over 80% of pre-Covid levels in 2023

Seoul, Jan 11: South Korea's air traffic recovered to over 80 per cent of pre- pandemic levels last year on unleashed pent-up demand for travel following years of Covid-19 virus curbs, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday. The number of passengers on domestic and international routes exceeded...
Wrongly-accused UK post office managers to be exonerated under new law : PM
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Wrongly-accused UK post office managers to be exonerated under new law : PM

London, Jan 11: The UK government will introduce new legislation to overturn the convictions of hundreds of post office managers who were wrongly convicted of theft and fraud, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. During his weekly question time in the House of Commons, Sunak said on Wednesday that...
Maldives president Mohamed Muizzu appeals China to send more tourists
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Maldives president Mohamed Muizzu appeals China to send more tourists

Guwahati, Jan 10: Amid the massive cancellation of reservations by Indian tourists to the Maldives following the diplomatic row over the derogatory remarks by the ministers of the Maldives against the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu urged China to...
International Criminal Court to probe crime against journalists in Gaza
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International Criminal Court to probe crime against journalists in Gaza

Tel Aviv, Jan 10: International non-profit, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said that it received assurances from the a prosecutor's office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it will probe crimes and atrocities against journalists in Gaza amid the raging Israel-Hamas war. In a...
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