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Taiwan’s presidential hopeful Ko charged with bribery, misusing donations

Former major of Taipei Ko Wen-je has been indicted over property development and campaign finance scandals. Taiwan’s former presidential candidate Ko Wen-je has been charged for allegedly accepting bribes and misusing political donations. Ko was indicted by prosecutors on Thursday following probes into alleged corruption in the redevelopment of a shopping centre in Taipei during […]

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Statement from President Joe Biden on Russia’s Overnight Aerial Attacks against

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In the early hours of Christmas, Russia launched waves of missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities and critical energy infrastructure. The purpose of this outrageous attack was to cut off the Ukrainian people’s access to heat and electricity during winter and to jeopardize the safety of its grid. Let me be clear: the Ukrainian people

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Jailbreak amid Mozambique protests sees 1,500 prisoners escape, 33 killed

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Suspected riot erupts inside a prison in capital Maputo, with some officials denying the incident is linked to post-election unrest. A suspected riot inside a jail in Mozambique’s capital has left at least 33 people dead and 15 injured, while more than 1,500 prisoners escaped, authorities said. Police general commander Bernardino Rafael on Wednesday said

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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, shooting jets of lava into the sky | Volcanoes News

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Lava continues to spew from one of the world’s most active volcanoes, days after the eruption of Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island began. The eruption, which began on Monday, has stayed within the mountain’s summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Live images broadcast online by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) showed a burst

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Dozens feared dead as Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashes in Kazakhstan – Financial Times

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Dozens feared dead as Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashes in Kazakhstan Financial Times Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, many feared dead Reuters Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash: Bird strike may have caused emergency, forcing flight to take alternate The Times of India Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashes in Kazakhstan leaving 32 survivors Yahoo! Voices Azerbaijan Airlines Passenger Plane

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Azerbaijan passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan

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DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Authorities says 27 survivors hospitalised after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes near the city of Aktau. A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country’s Emergencies Ministry said in a statement. Flight number J2-8243, an Embraer 190 aircraft with 62 passengers and

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Armed men open fire on journalists during reopening of Haiti hospital

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Haitian authorities have struggled to address rise of powerful armed gangs, and accountability for violence is rare. Armed men have opened fire on a group of journalists in Haiti who had gathered to cover the reopening of the capital’s largest public hospital. While authorities have not offered details on casualties from the attack on Tuesday,

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Israel Intercepts Houthi Missile and Threatens Militant Group’s Leaders

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The Houthi militia group in Yemen fired a missile at Israel on Tuesday, hours after Israel’s defense minister suggested that his government would seek to kill its leadership, highlighting the difficulty Israel faces in confronting the Iran-backed militants as they ramp up their assaults. Sirens wailed in Tel Aviv and other parts of central Israel

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Starbucks strike expands to more than 300 US stores: Union

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Strike over wages and staffing issues comes at one of the coffee chain’s busiest times of the year. A strike at Starbucks has expanded to more than 300 of the coffee chain’s stores in the United States, with more than 5,000 workers expected to walk off the job, the workers’ union said. The five-day strike

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Christians in Gaza, Huddled in Churches, Celebrate Christmas

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Ramez Souri, a Christian in Gaza, says he has little to celebrate this Christmas. Fourteen months into the war, he still sleeps on the grounds of St. Porphyrius, the ancient Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City where an Israeli airstrike last year killed his three children. “This year, we will conduct our religious rites and

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