Ukraine ends transit of Russian gas to Europe

Russia’s gas transit to Europe via Ukraine stopped yesterday, Moscow and Kyiv said, ending a decades-long arrangement and marking the latest casualty of the war between the neighbours.

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Five dead in Germany from New Year fireworks accidents

Five people died across Germany and a police officer was seriously injured from accidents linked to the powerful fireworks Germans traditionally set off to celebrate the new year, police said in a preliminary count.

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Develop AI cooperation with China

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s government and the country’s biggest bank, Sberbank, to build cooperation with China in artificial intelligence.

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Gaza babies die from winter cold

Yahya al-Batran clutched the tiny clothes of his dead newborn son Jumaa, just days after the baby died from the cold in their tent in war-torn Gaza.

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South Korea to send Jeju Air crash black box to US

South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said yesterday they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to the United States for analysis.

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20 migrants missing off Italy’s Lampedusa after shipwreck

Twenty migrants were missing Tuesday off the coast of Italy’s Lampedusa in a shipwreck in which seven people, including an eight-year-old Syrian child, were rescued, news media reported.

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Plea deals related to 9/11 attacks may proceed

A US military appeals court has ruled that plea deals related to the man accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001, attacks and two accomplices can proceed after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had earlier moved to invalidate the agreements.

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POLLS INTERFERENCE / US imposes sanctions on Iran, Russia groups

The United States unveiled sanctions Tuesday against Iranian and Russian organizations, alleging they had sought to interfere in the US election.

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KSA executes six Iranians for drug trafficking

Saudi Arabia has executed six Iranians sentenced for drug trafficking, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) announced yesterday.

Channel migrant crossings soar by 25pc in 2024

The number of irregular migrants crossing the Channel to Britain in small boats in 2024 soared by a quarter compared with the previous year, the UK government data showed yesterday.

Syria’s new info minister promises free press

Syria’s minister of information in the country’s transitional government told AFP he is working towards a free press and committed to “freedom of expression”, after decades of tight control under the country’s former rulers.

Israeli air strikes kill 17 in Gaza

Israeli air strikes on al-Bureij refugee camp and Jabalia town in central and northern Gaza killed at least 17 Palestinians yesterday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported..The Israeli military had no immediate comment although in a post on X, its Arabic spokesperson warned r

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10 killed as driver rams truck into New Orleans crowd

A US citizen with an Islamic State flag slammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year revellers in New Orleans yesterday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 35, officials said.

2w ago

KSA executes six Iranians for drug trafficking

Saudi Arabia has executed six Iranians sentenced for drug trafficking, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) announced yesterday.

2w ago

US imposes sanctions on Iran, Russia groups

The United States unveiled sanctions Tuesday against Iranian and Russian organizations, alleging they had sought to interfere in the US election.

2w ago

Plea deals related to 9/11 attacks may proceed

A US military appeals court has ruled that plea deals related to the man accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001, attacks and two accomplices can proceed after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had earlier moved to invalidate the agreements.

2w ago

South Korea to send Jeju Air crash black box to US

South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said yesterday they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to the United States for analysis.

2w ago

Gaza babies die from winter cold

Yahya al-Batran clutched the tiny clothes of his dead newborn son Jumaa, just days after the baby died from the cold in their tent in war-torn Gaza.

2w ago

Develop AI cooperation with China

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s government and the country’s biggest bank, Sberbank, to build cooperation with China in artificial intelligence.

2w ago

Five dead in Germany from New Year fireworks accidents

Five people died across Germany and a police officer was seriously injured from accidents linked to the powerful fireworks Germans traditionally set off to celebrate the new year, police said in a preliminary count.

2w ago

Ukraine ends transit of Russian gas to Europe

Russia’s gas transit to Europe via Ukraine stopped yesterday, Moscow and Kyiv said, ending a decades-long arrangement and marking the latest casualty of the war between the neighbours.

2w ago