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22 Dec
Hopeful punters were queuing for over an hour on Wednesday to buy the last few tickets for Spain´s celebrated Christmas lottery known as "El Gordo" or "The Fat One". Over an estimated...
22 Dec
As the U.S. Supreme Court decided whether and when to lift pandemic-era restrictions that have prevented many from seeking asylum, dozens of migrants passed over the border into the United States illegally. The...
22 Dec
Frigid temperatures chilled large swaths of the Pacific Northwest Wednesday and are forecast to do so for the rest of the week, as dangerous winter weather conditions continue to grip the region and other parts of...
21 Dec
Germany returned 20 historic bronze sculptures to Nigeria. The sculptures, known as Benin bronzes, were looted from the West African country when it was under colonial rule. Cast in brass and bronze with...
21 Dec
Local media in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee reported that a freight train derailed on Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened in the town of Collegedale, about 20 miles east of Chattanooga...
21 Dec
A German court on Tuesday convicted a 97-year-old woman of being an accessory to murder in over 10,000 cases for her role as a secretary at Nazi camp during World War II. Irmgard Furchner was accused of being...
21 Dec
A vaccination campaign against cholera has begun in Haiti with health workers going door to door in some neighbourhoods of the capital of Port-au-Prince. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), shipped...
21 Dec
Leaders from the Middle East and Europe gathered in Jordan Tuesday in a conference focused on bolstering security and stability in Iraq. Jordan’s King Abdullah II said in his opening remarks that the...
21 Dec
A strong earthquake shook a rural stretch of Northern California early Tuesday, jolting residents awake, cutting off power to 70,000 people, and damaging some buildings and a roadway, officials said. Two...
21 Dec
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday that his country is committed to “the sovereignty and independence of Iraq”. Faisal Bin Farhan was addressing leaders from the Middle East and...

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