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Hundreds of asylum-seeking children missing from UK govt. hotels
Jan 26, 2023 04:30Hundreds of asylum-seeking children have gone missing from hotels managed by the British government, the country's immigration minister Robert Jenrick told the parliament on Tuesday, prompting calls for an investigation into the matter.
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Doctors, teachers, taxi drivers go on strike in Spain’s Catalonia
Jan 26, 2023 03:41Thousands of workers have walked out on a five-day strike and taken to the streets in Catalonia to demand more resources for the public sector.
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Russia raps UNESCO’s decision on Ukraine’s Odessa as ‘politically motivated’
Jan 26, 2023 03:30Russia has decried a decision by the United Nations' cultural agency, UNESCO, to add the historic center of the Ukrainian port city of Odesa to the list of World Heritage in Danger.
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At least one dead, several injured in machete attack at southern Spain churches
Jan 26, 2023 03:18Spanish authorities have said they were investigating what they called a possible "terrorist" incident after a machete-wielding man attacked several people at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras, killing at least one person.
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Russia says US battle tanks will 'burn' in Ukraine, calls it 'waste of money'
Jan 26, 2023 02:53Russia says heavy battle tanks the United States plans to send to Ukraine "will burn" in the ex-Soviet republic, dismissing the move as an expensive folly.
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Peru's police fire tear gas at protesters after president calls for 'truce'
Jan 25, 2023 12:39Thousand of Peruvians have once again taken to the streets in the capital, Lima, to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, hours after she called for a "truce" following almost two months of violent protests.
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North Korea locks down capital city, Pyongyang, over respiratory illness
Jan 25, 2023 12:34Authorities in North Korea's capital city, Pyongyang, have issued a health notice, ordering a five-day lockdown due to the increasing cases of an unspecified respiratory disease.
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Thirteen crew rescued after ship capsizes off Japan, search continues for 9 missing
Jan 25, 2023 12:24South Korean and Japanese coast guards on Wednesday continued to search for 9 crew members still missing, after rescuing 13 crew from a cargo ship that sank off southwestern Japan during fierce winter winds.
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Shooting at Washington State convenience store kills 3, suspect dead
Jan 25, 2023 12:09Three people were killed in a shooting at a convenience store in central Washington State early Tuesday, police said, and the suspect has died after an hours-long manhunt.
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US, Germany poised to send tanks to Ukraine despite Russia's warning
Jan 25, 2023 12:04The United States and Germany have agreed to send their most advanced tanks to Ukraine, indicating a broad shift in the mood of Western countries, which had so far avoided sending heavy weaponry to Kiev and escalating with Russia.