Voting begins for Bangladesh's general elections
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Dhaka, Jan 7 (Reporter) Nationwide voting opened Sunday morning in Bangladesh's general elections to elect hundreds of representatives to parliament.
The voting started at 8:00 a.m. local time at over
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Russia says it shoots down 6 Ukrainian missiles over Black Sea
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Moscow, Jan 7 (Reporter) Russian air defenses destroyed six Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles over the northwestern part of the Black Sea on Saturday, said the Russian Defense Ministry in a stateme
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07-Jan-2024 09:02 AM
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5.0-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands - GFZ
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Hong Kong, Jan 7 (Reporter) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 0017 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.
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07-Jan-2024 08:36 AM
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5 Hezbollah fighters killed in clashes with Israeli forces
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Beirut, Jan 7 (Reporter) Five Hezbollah fighters were killed in armed clashes with Israeli forces on Lebanon's southern border on Saturday, according to Lebanese military sources.
The sources, speaki
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07-Jan-2024 08:28 AM
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Bangladesh all set for Sunday's general elections
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Dhaka, Jan 6 (Reporter) Bangladesh is all set for Sunday's general elections in which about 120 million voters are expected to cast their ballots at over 42,000 polling stations across the country.
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06-Jan-2024 08:06 PM
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Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing
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Washington, Jan 6 (Reporter) An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Oregon's Portland on Friday afternoon, with a window and a part of the fuselage missing,
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06-Jan-2024 12:26 PM
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100 dead, 211 missing after powerful quakes jolt Japan
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Tokyo, Jan 6 (Reporter) The death toll has risen to 100 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity, amid
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06-Jan-2024 09:54 AM
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At least 300 die following heavy rains in DR Congo
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Kinshasa, Jan 6 (Reporter) At least 300 people have died in floods caused by heavy rains across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a minister said on Friday.
During a crisis assessment meetin
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06-Jan-2024 09:49 AM
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Equipment at Japan's Shika NPP damaged by earthquake
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Tokyo, Jan 6 (Reporter) The power equipment at Japan's Shika nuclear power plant (NPP) has sustained some damage, including a significant oil leakage, after a powerful earthquake and a series of stron
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06-Jan-2024 08:36 AM
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US Army orders more than $870Mln in heavy artillery timing fuzes
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Washington, Jan 6 (Reporter) The US Army has ordered more than $871 million worth of additional electronic fuzes for use on its 105mm and 155mm heavy artillery howitzers, the Department of Defense ann
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06-Jan-2024 08:27 AM
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Trump says Biden Pennsylvania speech intended to fearmonger
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Washington, Jan 6 (Reporter) Former US President Donlad Trump said during remarks in Iowa that a speech earlier on Friday by President Joe Biden was intended to fearmonger concerns about Trump.“Crooke
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06-Jan-2024 08:11 AM
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Palestinian death toll rises to 22,600 in Gaza
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Gaza, Jan 5 (Reporter) The Palestinian death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip rose to 22,600 since the onset of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Fr
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