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Putin says Russia will achieve its Ukraine aims by force if Kyiv doesn’t want peace
MOSCOW, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was in no hurry for peace and if it did not want to resolve their conflict peacefully, Moscow would […]
Winter storm snarls holiday travel across US Northeast, Great Lakes
BOSTON: More than a thousand flights were cancelled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow, as thousands took to the roads and airports during the […]
Central African Republic votes, Russia ally Touadera seeks third term
BANGUI Dec 28 (Reuters) – Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera is seeking a third term on Sunday as the chronically unstable country holds national elections, touting security gains made […]
Guinea votes in presidential election expected to cement Doumbouya’s rule
Dec 28 (Reuters) – Guinea votes on Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to hand Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup, a seven-year mandate, completing the […]
Kosovo votes in bid to end year-long political impasse
PRISTINA, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Kosovo will hold a parliamentary election on Sunday as nationalist Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s party seeks a majority to end a year-long political deadlock that […]
Myanmar polls open amid civil war, junta-backed party tipped to win
Dec 28 (Reuters) – Overshadowed by civil war and doubts about the credibility of the polls, voters in Myanmar were casting their ballots in a general election starting on Sunday, […]
Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro has surgery to treat hiccups, wife says
SAO PAULO, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro underwent “a phrenic nerve block procedure” on Saturday to treat his persistent hiccups, his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, said on […]
At least 15 dead, 19 injured in Guatemala bus accident
GUATEMALA CITY, Dec 27 (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed and 19 injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, […]
Storm causes runway incidents at Finland’s Kittila Airport, no injuries
HELSINKI, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — A commercial aircraft carrying about 150 people slid off the runway while landing at Kittila Airport in Finland’s Lapland region on Saturday afternoon amid stormy […]
Libya honors late army chief as bodies repatriated from Türkiye
TRIPOLI/ANKARA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — Libya held official ceremonies on Saturday to receive the bodies of its late army chief of staff Mohammed al-Haddad and his companions, who were killed […]