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Helicopter crash in Iraq kills army officer on election duty
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Helicopter crash in Iraq kills army officer on election duty

Baghdad, Dec 20: An Iraqi army officer was killed and another wounded in a helicopter crash while they were on duty to support provincial elections in the Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad, the Iraqi Defence Ministry said in a statement. The helicopter's commander Marwan Jalal was killed, and...
Earthquake death toll rises to 127 in China
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Earthquake death toll rises to 127 in China's Gansu, Qinghai

Beijing, Dec 20: The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted China's Gansu province and neighbouring Qinghai province has killed 127 people, local authorities said. A total of 113 people have been killed in Gansu and 14 in Qinghai, with more than 700 hundred people injured so far. The earthquake...
Sri Lanka to reduce electricity tariff in Jan 2024 amid increasing hydropower generation
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Sri Lanka to reduce electricity tariff in Jan 2024 amid increasing hydropower...

Colombo, Dec 20: The Sri Lankan government will reduce the price of electricity during the next tariff revision in January 2024, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera told journalists. Addressing a press briefing at the Presidential Media Center, Wijesekera said on Tuesday that the...
2 Indian-origin men jailed for 34 years in UK for drug smuggling
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2 Indian-origin men jailed for 34 years in UK for drug smuggling

London, Dec 20: Two Indian-origin men have been sentenced to prison in the UK for smuggling cocaine, cannabis and cigarettes into the country hidden in shipments of perishable goods. Anand Tripathi (61) and Varun Bhardwaj (39) were both sentenced to 19 years and 15 years in jail, respectively,...
Midnight earthquake kills 118 people, injures over 500 in northwest China
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Midnight earthquake kills 118 people, injures over 500 in northwest China

Beijing, Dec 19: At least 118 people were killed and over 500 others injured when a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck a remote mountainous region in northwest China just before midnight, the local earthquake relief headquarters said on Tuesday. According to the China Earthquake Networks...
Volcano eruption in Iceland sparks emergency measures
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Volcano eruption in Iceland sparks emergency measures

Reykjavik, Dec 19: A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes Peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity, the national meteorological office said on Tuesday. "The eruption is located close to Sundhnukagigar, about 4 km northeast of Grindavik, and it can be seen on...
Illegally entering Texas is now a state crime
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Illegally entering Texas is now a state crime

Houston, Dec 19: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill into law a transformative package of border security legislation that will make entering the US state illegally a crime -- one of the toughest immigration laws passed in the country's history to curb illegal immigration. The package,...
Powerful storm batters US, 3 people dead
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Powerful storm batters US, 3 people dead

New York, Dec 19 : A powerful storm battered parts of the US East Coast and the Northeast, killing three people, knocking out power, washing out roads and prompting the evacuation of a community. While two of the deaths were reported in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, where the storm system...
China quake toll reaches 118, rescuers battle sub-zero temperatures to reach survivors
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China quake toll reaches 118, rescuers battle sub-zero temperatures to reach...

Beijing, Dec 19: The death from a powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale that jolted China's Gansu province has increased to 118 on Tuesday, with rescuers battling sub-zero temperatures to reach survivors, authorities said. Of the overall deaths toll, 105 were reported in Gansu,...
ICBM launch showed what N.Korea would do if US made wrong move: Kim
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ICBM launch showed what N.Korea would do if US made wrong move: Kim

Seoul, Dec 19: North Korea on Tuesday confirmed of test-firing a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day, with leader Kim Jong-un saying the launch showed what option he would take "when Washington makes a wrong decision". The missile launch was conducted...
Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim poisoned in Pakistan: Reports
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Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim poisoned in Pakistan: Reports

Guwahati, Dec 18: Fugitive and most wanted underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has been admitted to a hospital in Pakistan’s Karachi due to a serious health complication after being reportedly poisoned.According to reports, Dawood was rushed to the hospital two days ago after being allegedly poisoned,...
18 people taken to hospital in S.Korea
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18 people taken to hospital in S.Korea's hotel fire

Seoul, Dec 18: At least 18 people were taken to hospitals on Sunday night in a hotel fire that broke out in South Korea's western port city of Incheon. The fire began at about 9:01 p.m. local time from the parking lot of the hotel with three storeys below and 18 storeys above ground in Incheon,...
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