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Myanmar rebel group withdraws from border town
Published on 24/04/2024
» MYAWADDY - A Myanmar rebel group has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a counteroffensive by soldiers of the ruling junta from whom the rebels had this month wrested the key trading post, an official said on Wednesday.
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Strong 7.2 magnitude quake rocks Taiwan
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2024
» HUALIEN, Taiwan - Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday and injured more than 900, while 50 hotel workers were missing en route to a national park, authorities said, as rescuers used ladders to bring others to safety.
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Myanmar junta confirms ‘temporary ceasefire’ with rebels
Published on 12/01/2024
» Myanmar’s ruling military confirmed on Friday that it had agreed to a “temporary ceasefire” with an alliance of ethnic minority armies at a China-mediated meeting.
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Nordic freeze triggers transport chaos
Published on 05/01/2024
» The deep freeze gripping the northernmost region of Europe is edging south, paralysing transport systems and pushing power prices to record levels.
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Taiwan reports more Chinese military activity
Published on 23/12/2023
» TAIPEI - Taiwan reported Chinese warplanes and warships around the island on Saturday, including aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing continues military activities with three weeks to go before Taiwan votes for a new president.
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Christmas muted in 'grieving' Bethlehem
AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» BETHLEHEM (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, the throngs of tourists and pilgrims who normally rub shoulders with costumed Santas and marching bands are missing this year.
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Israeli troops mistakenly kill three hostages
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» TEL AVIV - Israel said its troops had killed three Gaza hostages after mistaking them for a threat, with the armed forces expressing "deep remorse" over a "tragic incident" that sparked protests in Tel Aviv.
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Macron: Notre Dame to reopen on time
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Friday that the restoration of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, badly damaged by fire in 2019, would be completed in time for its planned reopening next December.
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Australian ports reopen after cyberattack
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» SYDNEY - Major ports handling 40 percent of Australia's freight trade have reopened, operator DP World said Monday, three days after they were crippled by a cyberattack.
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In Brazil town turning to desert, farmers fight to hang on
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» GILBUéS (BRAZIL) - Standing amid a terrain of rugged red craters that looks like something from Mars, Brazilian farmer Ubiratan Lemos Abade extends his arms, pointing to two possible futures for this land fast turning to desert.
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