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UN boosts Lebanon aid appeal as Israeli war drives humanitarian crisis

UN boosts Lebanon aid appeal as Israeli war drives humanitarian crisis **Lebanon Faces Escalating Humanitarian Needs as UN Launches Urgent Funding Appeal** **Beirut, Lebanon – [Date]** – The United Nations has significantly amplified its humanitarian assistance appeal for Lebanon, requesting... read more »

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South Korean police break up 35-hour polling station protest

South Korean police break up 35-hour polling station protest ## Election Integrity Ensured as Authorities Disperse Prolonged Polling Station Occupation **Seoul, South Korea** – South Korean law enforcement successfully concluded a protracted demonstration that had occupied a polling station for... read more »

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Doo Doo Water and a Few Needles: Inside the Mystery of the New York City Ma...

Doo Doo Water and a Few Needles: Inside the Mystery of the New York City Manhole Prowlers ## Unveiling the Enigma: Curious Figures Emerge from Beneath New York City’s Streets **New York, NY** – A peculiar phenomenon has captured the attention of New Yorkers and urban exploration enthusiasts... read more »

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OpenAI and Anthropic May Be Rivals, but Investors Arent Picking Sides

OpenAI and Anthropic May Be Rivals, but Investors Arent Picking Sides ## AI’s Dual Powerhouses: Investors Embrace Both OpenAI and Anthropic **San Francisco, CA** – In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, a fascinating dynamic is emerging among leading investors.... read more »

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Chinese react to stampede deaths: Thought this happened only in I...

China on Friday mourned the 36 dead from New Year festivities at its financial capital Shanghai, as the city government revealed the victims of the deadly stampede were mainly young women. Among the... read more »

Explosion in Auto-Parts Plant in China Kills 17, X...

An explosion at an auto-parts factory in southern China’s Guangdong province killed 17 people and injured 20 others, the official Xinhua News... read more »

Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers

BEIJING – A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, state media... read more »

Father of pilot captured by ISIS pleads for release

AMMAN (Jordan): The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded for his son’s release. Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh,... read more »

Chinese city, university ban Christmas celebrations

History behind common Christmas traditions revealed

BEIJING: A Chinese city, which earlier saw demolition of portions of churches, has banned Christmas celebrations. Joining the move is a university in Xian,... read more »

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Middle East

John Kerry lands in Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders as insurgency ...

BAGHDAD: US secretary of state John Kerry landed in Baghdad on Monday to press Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to form a more inclusive government in response to a Sunni insurgency that has swept much... read more »

Israel kills Palestinian teen in escalating West B...

HEBRON, West Bank: Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Friday and arrested 25 people, pursuing a weeklong... read more »

Militants launch attack on north Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say militants have launched an attack on a Sunni-dominated city north of Baghdad, killing seven members of the security forces and... read more »

Iraq attacks and shelling kill 35

BAGHDAD: Violence across Iraq, including shelling of the conflict-hit city of Fallujah, killed 35 people today, as politicians haggle over forming a new... read more »

Nine Boko Haram fighters killed in Nigeria

ABUJA: The Nigerian military Monday confirmed it killed nine Boko Haram fighters in the northeastern Borno state. “Patrol troops have successfully... read more »

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Afghanistan grand assembly opens to discuss pact with US

Afghanistan grand assembly opens to discuss pact with US

Kabul – Afghanistan’s traditional Loya Jirga or grand assembly of tribal chieftains, notable people and government functionaries opened here Thursday to discuss the security pact known as... read more »

Six killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

Six killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

Islamabad – At least six people were killed when US drones fired missiles at! a seminary in Pakistan’s northwest Hangu district Thursday... read more »

Prachanda loses key election in Kathmandu

Prachanda to visit India to meet ailing daughter

Kathmandu – Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, former prime minister and chairman of the once-powerful Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M),... read more »

NC, UML lead in Nepal polls, Maoists lag far behind

NC, UML lead in Nepal polls, Maoists lag far behind

Kathmandu – Initial results of Nepal’s second Constituent Assembly elections indicate that the country’s traditional political forces like... read more »

Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

The leader of Nepal’s Maoist party, who appears to have lost in this week’s national election, demanded on Thursday that the vote counting be stopped... read more »

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Berlin summons British ambassador over spying report

Berlin summons British ambassador over spying report

Berlin – German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Tuesday summoned the British ambassador over claims of spying by the British embassy here. German officials told ambassador Simon McDonald... read more »

UK cabinet banned from using iPads in `sensitive` meetings over `bugging` fears

UK cabinet banned from using iPads in `sensitive` ...

London – British cabinet ministers have reportedly been banned from using iPads during top government meetings over fears that Chinese,... read more »

Five arrested over French journalists’ slayings i...

Five arrested over French journalists' slayings in Mali

Bamako – Police have arrested five people in northern Mali for the murder of two French journalists, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, France’s... read more »

UK to scrap `paid-visa` rule for `high-risk` Indians

UK to scrap `paid-visa` rule for `high-risk` Indians

Tokyo – The UK is reportedly planning to scrap the recommendation of demanding cash bond of 4,800 dollars from visitors belonging to six ‘high-risk’... read more »

World War II bomb defused in German city

World War II bomb defused in German city

Berlin – Bomb experts defused a 1,800-kg bomb from World War II Sunday in the western German city of Dortmund after officials evacuated 20,000... read more »

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Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wins re-election

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wins re-election

Washington – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie won re-election by a crushing margin on Tuesday, a victory seen boosting his widely expected presidential bid in 2016. As polls closed, Christie,... read more »

Merkel insists German-U.S. ties should not be put at risk

Merkel insists German-U.S. ties should not be put ...

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday stressed the importance of the German-U.S. alliance, adding that an ongoing debate on... read more »

Multiple gun fired outside Garden State Plaza in New Je...

Multiple gun fired outside Garden State Plaza in New Jersey shopping centre .

A shopping centre in the US state of New Jersey has been evacuated after multiple shots were heard, with some people locked down inside stores. Some witnesses... read more »

US to continue support Egypt’s regime: Kerry

US to continue support Egypt's regime: Kerry

Cairo – US Secretary of State John Kerry, during his first visit to Egypt since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, confirmed Sunday that his... read more »

For Edward Snowden, no clemency: Top US lawmakers

U.S. spied on Netherlands from 1946 to 1968: Snowden documents

Washington – Senior American lawmakers said today that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden should not be given clemency by the United States following his... read more »

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The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain ## Engineering the Next Generation of Humanoid Robotics: A Fusion of Global... read more »

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Kuwait releases CCTV footage of deadly Iranian strike on airport

Kuwait releases CCTV footage of deadly Iranian strike on airport **Kuwait Disseminates Footage Alleging Iranian Drone Attack on Airport Infrastructure** Kuwait City – Kuwaiti authorities have... read more »