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Shakira’s Colombian birth city unveils towering statue in singer’s honour

Shakira’s Colombian birth city unveils towering statue in singer’s honour

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‘Hips that do not lie, a unique talent, a voice that moves masses,’ reads the inscription on the 6.5-metre statue. Colombian superstar Shakira’s Caribbean home city of Barranquilla has unveiled a 6.5-metre (21.3-foot) hip-swaying statue in her honour. The towering bronze and aluminium creation depicts the singer in a bikini top, bare middle and a […]

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Israeli strikes kill Hezbollah fighter as violence on Lebanon border grows

Israeli strikes kill Hezbollah fighter as violence on Lebanon border grows

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War planes attacked a house in Bint Jbeil, killing three people, Lebanon’s state media says. An Israeli air attack on a south Lebanon border town has killed three people. The bombing late on Tuesday targeted a house in the town of Bint Jbeil, killing a Hezbollah fighter and two relatives, according to the Iranian-linked Lebanese

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Russia warns Japan over providing Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine

Russia warns Japan over providing Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A move by Japan to provide Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine will have “grave consequences” for Russia-Japan ties, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. Relations between Moscow and Tokyo, already difficult, have deteriorated sharply since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in Feb. 2022. Japan

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US strikes against Kataib Hezbollah targets in Iraq after service members injured in attack

US strikes against Kataib Hezbollah targets in Iraq after service members injured in attack

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin released a statement on Christmas night announcing US retaliatory strikes were made on terrorist group Kataib Hezbollah the same day. “Today, at President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on three facilities used by Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups in Iraq,” Austin said in the statement. “These

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Navalny resurfaces with darkly humorous comments

Navalny resurfaces with darkly humorous comments

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday released a sardonic statement about his transfer to a Arctic prison colony nicknamed the “Polar Wolf,” his first appearance since associates lost contact with him three weeks ago. Navalny, the most prominent and persistent domestic foe of President Vladimir Putin, is serving a 19-year sentence

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Why do evangelical Christians support Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Why do evangelical Christians support Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

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Palestinian human rights activist Jonathan Kuttab explains how Christian Zionism affects US policy in the Middle East. In the evangelical Christian worldview, the 1948 creation of Israel was a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy and the Palestinians are either “non-existent” or “the enemies of God, because they are the enemies of the State of Israel”, explains

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Beijing sees coldest December on record in more than 70 years

Beijing sees coldest December on record in more than 70 years

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Beijing recorded more than 300 hours of sub-freezing temperatures in the last two weeks, setting a record for the coldest two-week period in China’s capital city since officials began tracking. The official newspaper, the Beijing Daily, said the two-week period starting on Dec. 11 had the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures since 1951, The Associated

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