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Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes Taiwan region -GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck Taiwan region early on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake's epicentre was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), ...
Dec 23, 2023
Security hiked at Cologne cathedral for Christmas amid attack threat
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police said on Saturday they were heightening security at Cologne Cathedral following indications of an attack planned for New Year's Eve, a week after the interior minister ...
Dec 23, 2023
Russian shelling kills one, injures seven in southern Ukraine – officials
(Reuters) - Waves of Russian shelling and drone attacks struck the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson on Saturday, killing one person and injuring seven, officials in the region said. Russian forces...
Dec 23, 2023
Iran denies helping Houthis plan attacks on Israel-linked ships
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran denied on Saturday U.S. accusations that it was involved in planning attacks by Yemen's Tehran-aligned Houthi movement on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, the semi-official Me...
Dec 23, 2023
Argentine president calls for extraordinary sessions of Congress to speed up reforms
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Javier Milei has issued a decree calling for extraordinary sessions to speed up reforms, reinstate the tax on salaries abolished by the previous government...
Dec 23, 2023
Kosovo says gunmen from Serbia are planning more attacks
By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti said on Saturday that armed men supported by Serbian security agencies were being trained to launch new attacks in his country ...
Dec 23, 2023
El Salvador court orders arrest of former president for cover-up of massacre
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A local court in El Salvador has ordered the arrest of former President Alfredo Cristiani for the alleged cover-up of the 1981 El Mozote massacre during the Central American c...
Dec 23, 2023
Ukrainian Catholic church says document on blessing same-sex marriage does not apply
(Reuters) - The head of Ukraine's eastern-rite Catholic church on Saturday said a document endorsed by Pope Francis this week permitting blessings for same-sex couples did not apply to his church and ...
Dec 23, 2023
Sombre Bethlehem marks Christmas with vigil as bombs rain on Gaza
BETHLEHEM, Occupied West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian Christians held a sombre Christmas vigil in Bethlehem on Saturday, with candle-lit hymns and prayers for peace in Gaza instead of the usual festiv...
Dec 23, 2023
Hamas says lost contact with group responsible for five Israeli hostages
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas said on Saturday it has lost contact with a group responsible for five Israeli hostages being held captive in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli bombardment. The Palestinian Islamis...
Dec 23, 2023
