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Three people confirmed dead in Australian seaplane crash
Sydney [Australia], January 9: Three people have died after a seaplane crashed near a popular Australian holiday island, Western Australia...

Trudeau says not 'a snowball's chance in hell'...
New York [US], January 9: There is not "a snowball's chance in hell" that Canada will become the 51st US...

Germany and France warn Trump over threat to...
Berlin [Germany] / Paris [France], January 9: Germany and France have warned Donald Trump against threatening Greenland, after the US...

Mexican president hits back at Trump with 'Mexican...
Mexico City [Mexico], January 9: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested renaming the southern United States "Mexican America" in response...

Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election...
Bucharest [Romania], January 9: Romania's ruling coalition has agreed to have the first round of the presidential elections on May...

Slovak PM to discuss gas transit issue with...
Bratislava [Slovakia], January 9: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced Wednesday that he will travel to Brussels on Thursday to...

Hungarian swimmer 'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu announces retirement
Budapest [Hungary], January 9: Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu, nicknamed the "Iron Lady," announced her retirement from competitive swimming on Wednesday.

Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles,...
Los Angeles [California], January 9: At least two people were killed as a trio of fast-growing wildfires raged out of...

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful...
Lhasa [Tibet], January 9: More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued.

Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of...
Moscow [Russia], January 9: A Russian guided bomb attack killed at least 13 people and injured 29 others in Ukraine's...

Who could replace Justin Trudeau to lead Canada's...
Ottawa [Canada], January 9: Canada's ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,...

Venezuela's opposition decry arrests ahead of anti-Maduro protests
Caracas [Venezuela], January 9: Venezuelan opposition parties and NGOs decried the arrests of a prominent press freedom activist and a...

Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns...
Rome [Italy], January 9: Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran and returned home, three weeks after she was...

Meta's decision to ditch fact checks 'very concerning'
Canberra [Australia], January 9: Australia's democracy could be at risk as social media giants turn their backs on independent fact-checking...

WHO says respiratory virus HMPV in China is...
Geneva [Switzerland], January 8: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday offered reassurance about HMPV, a respiratory infection that is...

Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8: Bangladesh's interim administration has revoked the passport of its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and 74...

US authorities seek to identify bodies found in...
Florida [US], January 8: Authorities in the United States have been working to identify two bodies discovered in the wheel...

Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers
New York [US], January 8: Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them...

German couple confess to killing Ukrainian refugee and...
Mannheim [Germany], January 8: A German couple on Tuesday confessed to killing a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March...

Thai elephant centres criticized after death of tourist
Bangkok [Thailand], January 8: Animal rights activists on Tuesday lashed out at elephant sanctuaries in Thailand after a Spanish holidaymaker...

Airport in Damascus resumes international operations
Damascus [Syria], January 8: Syria's main airport in Damascus resumed full operations on Tuesday after they were halted following the...

Iran starts air defence drills at Natanz nuclear...
Tehran [Iran], January 8: Amid rising tensions with Israel and with less than two weeks left before the inauguration of...

US transfers 11 Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay...
Washington [US], January 8: The United States has sent 11 Yemeni detainees of the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman,...

Aid efforts in Gaza at breaking point: UN
Gaza [Palestine], January 8: The efforts of United Nations agencies to supply humanitarian aid in Gaza are at "breaking point",...

Hungarian officials criticize U.S. sanctions on gov't minister
Budapest [Hungary], January 8: Hungary's foreign minister criticized the outgoing U.S. administration and its ambassador on Tuesday for imposing sanctions...

Two killed, one injured in shooting in Germany
Berlin [Germany], January 8: Two men were shot dead and one got injured on Tuesday evening at a company in...

Slovenia's 2024 budget deficit lowest in 5 yrs
Ljubljana [Slovenia], January 8: Slovenia's budget deficit fell to 1.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, according to...