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Serbian president threatens intervention as ethnic tensions flare in northern Kosovo
Dec 12, 2022 11:43Tensions have heightened in northern Kosovo after ethnic Serbs on Sunday blocked roads in protest against the arrest of a former ethnic Serb police officer, with the Serbian president warning that his troops are ready to intervene if peace doesn't prevail.
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Hotel in Kabul attacked, 3 gunmen shot, no foreigners killed
Dec 12, 2022 11:29At least three gunmen have been shot by security forces in Afghanistan following a terror attack on a hotel in the capital Kabul, Taliban officials say.
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Rights groups decry 'repressive' jail term for Australian climate change activist
Dec 12, 2022 10:39Many prominent Australian rights groups and climate activists have condemned the jail sentence handed to Deanna Violet Coco, a 32-year-old member of the climate activist group Fireproof Australia.
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Domestic violence against women surges in UK after football games: Study
Dec 12, 2022 10:29Violent domestic abuse incidents against women went up by a remarkable 38 percent when England lost football matches during the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, a recent study at the University of Lancaster has found.
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Biden promises Zelenseky to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense
Dec 12, 2022 12:43US President Joe Biden has promised his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to strengthen the country’s air defense as the conflict with Russia drags on.
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Minsk agreements failure led to Ukraine war: Kremlin spokesman
Dec 12, 2022 03:21Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russia's concerns about the failure of the Minsk agreements drove it to launch a special operation in Ukraine.
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Stockholm mosque denounces desecration of Holy Quran
Dec 12, 2022 03:15A mosque in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, has condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran following a recent attack on its facility.
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GOP senator rejects Trump as leader of Republican Party
Dec 12, 2022 03:00GOP Senator Bill Cassidy has rejected former US President Donald Trump as the leader of the Republican Party and said the party should shift away from his influence in the future, following an unsatisfactory performance of several candidates Trump supported in the recent midterm elections.
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Ukraine’s port of Odessa offline after Russian drone strike: Minister
Dec 11, 2022 11:17Ukraine’s agriculture minister says the Black Sea port of Odessa is not operating following the latest Russian drone attack on the region’s energy system, and that grain traders will continue to ship the crops via two other ports authorized to export grains under a deal between the two countries.
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Japan MP in Taiwan says ‘China threat’ needs more military spending
Dec 11, 2022 10:17A Japanese lawmaker has said that Tokyo needs to increase its military spending to arm its forces against the threat posed by China.