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US president warns of 'dangerous' storms ahead of Christmas travel rush
Dec 23, 2022 04:35The United States faces "dangerous and threatening" storms in the days before Christmas, President Joe Biden warned Thursday from the White House, and Americans who plan to travel to visit family or friends should leave right away.
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South Korea, US considering live-fire drills
Dec 23, 2022 04:29South Korea and the United States are considering staging their first large-scale, joint live-fire drills in six years in 2023 as Seoul and Washington strengthen security coordination against North Korea.
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UK reports 94 deaths from scarlet fever amid shortages of penicillin
Dec 23, 2022 03:56The United Kingdom has reported 94 deaths, including those of 21 children, due to scarlet fever and invasive Strep A infections so far this year.
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In first resolution on Myanmar in decades, UN Security Council urges release of political prisoners
Dec 22, 2022 12:38The United Nations Security Council has called on Myanmar's military rulers to end violence and release all political prisoners, in its first ever resolution on the country in more than seven decades.
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Biden vows long-term military support for Ukraine during meeting with Zelensky
Dec 22, 2022 12:31Meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, US President Joe Biden pledges to further step up military support, including a new missile system, for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
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US announces $1.85bn arms package for Ukraine, including Patriot missile
Dec 22, 2022 12:26The United States on Wednesday announced it will provide Ukraine with the advanced Patriot air defense system as part of a new $1.85 billion military package to the war-ravaged country.
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Thousands of UK ambulance workers join nurses in strike over pay
Dec 22, 2022 11:43Thousands of ambulance workers across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland have been on strike over pay, a day after nurses walked out and as the army has been put on standby to help drive and direct emergency vehicles.
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Some 100 Rohingya stranded in boat off India's coast, many feared dead
Dec 22, 2022 05:23At least 100 Rohingya are stranded in a boat off India's Andaman Islands and at least are feared dead due to thirst, hunger, or drowning, reports cited Myanmar Rohingya activist groups as saying on Wednesday.
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Taliban govt. ban women from universities, sparking international outcry
Dec 22, 2022 04:43The de-facto Taliban government in Kabul has announced an indefinite ban on university education for women in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and outcry.
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In first wartime foreign trip, Zelensky heads to US to collect 'weapons and more weapons'
Dec 22, 2022 04:30In his first overseas trip since the outbreak of Russia's military operation in Ukraine in February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is traveling to the US on Wednesday to secure more weapons as fighting escalates in the war-ravaged country.