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Biden pardons marijuana offenders, cuts non-violent drug sentences
Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden reduced the prison terms of 11 people serving decades-long sentences for non-violent...

U.N. pushes for more aid into Gaza, Israel...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 23: The U.N. Security Council approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza on...

US takes aim at financial institutions with new...
Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order threatening penalties for financial institutions that...

After same-sex blessing ruling, pope decries inflexible ideologies
Vatican City, December 22: Pope Francis warned against inflexible ideological positions that can hinder the Church from seeing reality and...

Putin, Maduro exchange views on establishing fair world...
Moscow [Russia], December 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro expressed common ground on establishing a...

UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting
United Nations, December 22: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was shocked and saddened by a mass shooting at a university...

Over 4.5 mln stimulant tablets seized in central...
Yangon [Myanmar], December 22: Myanmar authorities have seized over 4.5 million stimulant tablets, 124 kg of methamphetamine and 40.7 kg...

Japan issues alert for heavy snow
Tokyo [Japan], December 22: The Japanese weather agency on Friday issued a heavy snow alert for northern Japanese prefectures, as...

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy...
New York [US], December 22: Rudy Giuliani, who once worked as a personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump,...

Czech gov't declares state mourning after university shooting
Prague [Czech Republic], December 22: The Czech Republic on Thursday night announced a state mourning on Dec. 23 following a...

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, Hamas fires rockets amid...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 22: Fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated with some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of...

France welcomes UN General Assembly's adoption of the...
Paris [France], December 22: France welcomes the UN General Assembly's adoption on December 18 of the resolution it introduced with...

No functional hospital left in northern Gaza, WHO...
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 22: Northern Gaza has been left without a functional hospital due to a lack of fuel,...

UN calls for probe as Israeli army 'summarily...
London [UK], December 22: The United Nations human rights office has called for an independent inquiry into allegations that Israeli...

Tehran warned of 'danger' in allowing Houthis to...
London [UK], December 22: Iran has been warned about the danger of allowing Tehran-backed Houthis to target shipping in the...

US plans to send astronaut to moon this...
Washington [US], December 22: The United States has announced that alongside American astronauts, it plans to land an international astronaut...

Venezuela releases 10 US hostages in exchange for...
Washington [US], December 22: Venezuela has agreed to release 10 US hostages and extradite a fugitive billionaire in exchange for...

Australia must make remand 'exception' and ban use...
Sydney [Australia], December 22: The United Nations Committee against Torture has slammed Australia for the "extraordinary number" of people on...

Argentina's ultra-liberal President Milei issues hard reform decree
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 22: The new Argentinian government of ultra-liberal President Javier Milei has begun to restructure the South...

Gunman kills 15, wounds 24 at Prague university
Prague [Czech Republic], December 22: A gunman opened fire at a university in the centre of Prague on Thursday afternoon,...

German authorities shut down illegal darknet marketplace
Berlin [Germany], December 21: German authorities have shut down the server infrastructure of the illegal darknet marketplace "Kingdom Market," the...

Vietnam to increase regional minimum salary
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 21: Vietnam will lift regional minimum salary for laborers by 6 percent next year, local media reported...

S. Korea's top court orders Japanese firms to...
Seoul [South Korea], December 21: South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered Japanese firms to compensate the victims who were...

UNICEF chief raises alarm about drinking water crisis...
United Nations, December 21: The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday issued a dire warning that the...

Hurricane Otis kills 52 in Mexico
Mexico City [Mexico], December 21: Hurricane Otis has killed 52 and left 32 missing in Mexico, Governor of Guerrero state,...

EU migrant pact hailed by Italian gov't, slammed...
Rome [Italy], December 21: The European Union's (EU) New Pact on Migration and Asylum has been welcomed by government officials...

Polish gov't dismisses public media chiefs
Warsaw [Poland], December 21: Poland's Culture Minister sacked the heads of three state media outlets on Wednesday, leading to protests...