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Moscow: Israel airstrikes in Syria 'gross violation of sovereignty'
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday said Israel had violated Syria's sovereignty with airstrikes the day before, after Israel and Damascus blamed each other for the hostilities.
Poroshenko announces end to martial law in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday announced the end of a martial law in the country's border regions, which was introduced last month after Russia's seizure of three of Kiev's navy vessels in the Sea of Azov.
Putin says Russia is ready to deploy new hypersonic nuclear missile
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2018
» MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would deploy its first regiment of hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles next year, saying the move meant his country now had a new type of strategic weapon.
Price controls may be placed on soaring medical costs
Online Reporters, Published on 26/12/2018
» The Commerce Ministry is considering putting medicine and medical treatment on the list of controlled goods and services amid concerns over the high cost of private medical care.
Indonesia says avoid coast near volcano, fearing new tsunami
Associated Press, Published on 26/12/2018
» CARITA BEACH, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities asked people to avoid the coast in areas where a tsunami killed more than 420 people last weekend in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami.
The Indian market where rat earns top price
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» KUMARIKATA, India: Freshly-caught rat is at the top of the holiday menu for crowds flocking to a market in northeastern India that specialises in rodents from local fields.
Farmers giddy over new medical marijuana law
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» Thai farmers welcomed a new law allowing cultivation and use of marijuana for medical purposes Wednesday, in an Asian first that promises an economic bonanza but also fears that foreign companies could reap the rewards.
Ruling in Premchai's wildlife poaching trial set for March
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 26/12/2018
» KANCHANABURI: The Thong Pha Phum court said on Wednesday it will rule on Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta's black-leopard poaching case in the morning of March 19, 2019.
Three students killed in China university lab explosion
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» BEIJING: Three students were killed in a laboratory blast at a Beijing university on Wednesday, the city's fire department said, in an accident that blew out windows and left the building a blackened shell.
4.8 quake hits area near Sicily's Mount Etna
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» ROME: A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit the area around Europe's most active volcano Mount Etna early Wednesday, injuring four people, damaging old buildings and forcing the closure of part of a highway running along the sea, Italian civil protection authorities said.