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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

US astronauts help track Santa's delivery route
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US astronauts help track Santa's delivery route

For decades, the Canadian and American defense agency NORAD has provided updates on Santa Claus's international gift delivery route, but this year, for the first time, US astronauts lent a hand. "We have obtained visual confirmation that Santa is currentl
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
China signals stepping up economic support in 2020
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China signals stepping up economic support in 2020

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang signalled plans to free up more cash for the country's banking system in a bid to boost lending to small businesses as leaders look to kickstart the world's number two economy. Li flagged a fresh cut to the amount of cash lender
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Nigeria security services free prominent journalist
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Nigeria security services free prominent journalist

Nigeria's state security agency on Tuesday freed a prominent journalist and opposition activist who had been held since August despite court orders demanding his release. Omoyele Sowore - a publisher of online news site Sahara Reporters - still faces tria
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
China hosts Japan, South Korea with eyes on nuclear North
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China hosts Japan, South Korea with eyes on nuclear North

China hosted the leaders of squabbling neighbours South Korea and Japan for their first official meeting in over a year on Tuesday, flexing its diplomatic muscle with America's two key Asian allies and seeking unity on how to deal with a belligerent North
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Children among 8 killed in Russian strikes on Idlib
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Children among 8 killed in Russian strikes on Idlib

At least eight people, including five children, were killed Tuesday in Russian air strikes in northwest Syria, as the UN warned youngsters were bearing the brunt of the violence. The strikes targeted the village of Jubass near the town of Saraqeb in south
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
WhatsApp wars over India protests divide families
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WhatsApp wars over India protests divide families

With their parents bombarding them on WhatsApp with misinformation and even abuse over their stand on India's new citizenship law, young women are hiding their identities on social media to voice outrage and find alternative families.
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Paralysis in Iraq as protesters harden position
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Paralysis in Iraq as protesters harden position

Iraqi protesters stepped up their demonstrations Tuesday with the authorities in Baghdad increasingly paralysed as they seek a way out of a political impasse. Once again the capital's iconic Tahrir Square began filling early in the day, with protesters ma
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Queen admits 'bumpy' year in Christmas message
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Queen admits 'bumpy' year in Christmas message

Queen Elizabeth II called 2019 "quite bumpy" in a Christmas message at the end of a chaotic year which saw Britain feud over its split from the European Union and her scandal-plagued son Prince Andrew withdraw from public life. The 93-year-old monarch's r
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Vietnam seizes two tonnes of ivory and pangolin scales
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Vietnam seizes two tonnes of ivory and pangolin scales

Vietnam seized more than two tonnes of ivory tusks and pangolin scales hidden inside wooden boxes shipped from Nigeria, state media reported Tuesday. The bust comes at the end of a year of big wildlife seizures destined for communist Vietnam, a hotbed of
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Four killed in Libyan capital by projectile blast
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Four killed in Libyan capital by projectile blast

Four civilians were killed Tuesday when a projectile exploded in a vegetable market in an eastern suburb of Libya's capital, a rescue workers' spokesman said. "Four civilians were killed and six wounded by an explosive device that targeted the Tajoura veg
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Emirates Airline president Clark to retire in June 2020
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Emirates Airline president Clark to retire in June 2020

Tim Clark will retire as the president of Emirates Airline at the end of June 2020 after more than three decades at the state-controlled business that has helped to transform Dubai into one of the world's major travel crossroads.
Published 25 Dec, 2019 12:00am
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