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N.Korea fires
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N.Korea fires 'unspecified ballistic missile' toward East Sea for 2nd day

Seoul, Dec 18: North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Monday, the South Korean military said, just hours after it launched a short-range missile, amid speculation the latest one could be an intercontinental ballistic missile. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said...
Vivek Ramaswamy participates in over 40 campaign stops in a week
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Vivek Ramaswamy participates in over 40 campaign stops in a week

Washington, Dec 18: Indian-American presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy participated in 42 campaign stops last week, more than any other 2024 candidate. According to the USA Today newspaper, the 38-year-old biotech entrepreneur hopes to keep up his rigorous timetable, hitting 38 events this...
Fierce storm in Argentina kills 14 people
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Fierce storm in Argentina kills 14 people

Buenos Aires, Dec 18: At least 14 people were killed after a fierce storm that brought with it heavy rain and winds of 150 km/h, lashed eastern Argentina, authorities said. The storm first made landfall on December 16 in the port city of of Bahia Blanca, around 570 km (355 miles) south of Buenos...
4 more Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza, overall toll reaches 126
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4 more Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza, overall toll reaches 126

Tel Aviv, Dec 18: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday announced the death of four more soldiers in Gaza, taking the overall toll of fallen troopers in the ongoing ground offensive to 126. According to the military, Sgt. First Class Urija Bayer (20), a commando in the Maglan unit from the...
IDF mistakenly shoots down 3 Israeli hostages in Gaza
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IDF mistakenly shoots down 3 Israeli hostages in Gaza

Guwahati, Dec 16:In a tragic turn of events, three Israeli hostages were mistakenly killed by Israeli troops on Friday after they were misidentified as a "threat" in Gaza.The military expressed regret and further mentioned that the three were shot by troops operating in Shejaiya, in Gaza's north.The...
Indian Navy intercepts hijacked vessel in Arabian sea
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Indian Navy intercepts hijacked vessel in Arabian sea

Guwahati, Dec 16: The Indian Navy responded swiftly to a maritime incident in the Arabian Sea involving the hijacking of the Malta-flagged vessel MV Ruen. After receiving a distress call on December 14, the Navy diverted its Maritime Patrol aircraft and an Anti-Piracy patrol warship to...
Over 40 held in police operation targeting youth gangs in Italy
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Over 40 held in police operation targeting youth gangs in Italy

Rome, Dec 16: Forty-one people have been arrested in Italy in a nationwide police operation targeting juvenile criminal gangs, local authorities said. A further 74 people were reported to the police investigators on Friday. Four of those held and 24 of those reported were minors, Xinhua news...
26 injured in grenade explosion in Ukraine
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26 injured in grenade explosion in Ukraine

Kiev, Dec 16: At least 26 people were injured when a local deputy detonated several grenades in a village council building in Ukraine's western Zakarpattia region, the National Police said. The incident occurred at about 11:37 a.m. local time on Friday in the village of Keretsky during the...
US records over 2,300 deaths from flu this season
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US records over 2,300 deaths from flu this season

Los Angeles, Dec 16: There have been at least 3.7 million illnesses, 38,000 hospitalizations and 2,300 deaths from flu so far this season in the US, according to the latest estimates released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Seasonal influenza activity is elevated...
Plot-to-kill: Biden admin briefs Indian-American lawmakers on Nikhil Gupta
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Plot-to-kill: Biden admin briefs Indian-American lawmakers on Nikhil Gupta

Washington, Dec 16: Indian-American Congressmen were briefed by US President Joe Biden's administrationon the indictment of Indian national Nikhil Gupta, allegedly involved in a foiled bid to kill a Sikh separatist leader in the US. Releasing a statement, the five lawmakers -- Ami Bera, Shri...
Number of homeless people in US hits record high
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Number of homeless people in US hits record high

Washington, Dec 16: The number of homeless people in the US has increased by 12 per cent to a record high, a new government report revealed. bout 653,000 people were homeless across the country in January, Xinhua news agency quoted the report issued by the Department of Housing and Urban...
Top Indian-American Justice Department official to step down
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Top Indian-American Justice Department official to step down

Washington, Dec 15: Vanita Gupta, the first woman of colour and the highest-ranking India-American at the US Department of Justice (DOJ), will step down as the 19th US Associate Attorney General in February next year. Gupta has been serving in her present role since her confirmation by the Senate...
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