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Biden pardons marijuana offenders, cuts non-violent drug sentences

Dec 23, 2023

Washington [US], December 23: U.S. President Joe Biden reduced the prison terms of 11 people serving decades-long sentences for non-violent drug charges and pardoned potentially thousands of others with federal or Washington, D.C. marijuana possession offenses.
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U.N. pushes for more aid into Gaza, Israel widens offensive

Dec 23, 2023

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 23: The U.N. Security Council approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza on Friday that stopped short of a call for a ceasefire, hours after Israel signalled it was widening its ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave.

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US takes aim at financial institutions with new Russia sanctions authority

Dec 23, 2023

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After same-sex blessing ruling, pope decries inflexible ideologies

Dec 22, 2023

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WHO expresses concern over escalating public health needs in Ethiopia

Dec 22, 2023

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Sudan's army chief rejects peace deal without paramilitary forces' withdrawal

Dec 22, 2023

Khartoum [Sudan], December 22: Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday said the army would not sign any peace agreement that does not include the withdrawal of the...
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Putin, Maduro exchange views on establishing fair world order: Kremlin

Dec 22, 2023

Moscow [Russia], December 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro expressed common ground on establishing a fair world order during a phone conversation on Thursday, the...
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UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting

Dec 22, 2023

United Nations, December 22: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was shocked and saddened by a mass shooting at a university in
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Japan issues alert for heavy snow

Dec 22, 2023
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Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy protection

Dec 22, 2023
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Guinea declares 3-day national mourning after deadly fuel depot fire

Dec 22, 2023
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Czech gov't declares state mourning after university shooting

Dec 22, 2023
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Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, Hamas fires rockets amid truce talks

Dec 22, 2023
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France welcomes UN General Assembly's adoption of the resolution concerning the Ocean Conference

Dec 22, 2023
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No functional hospital left in northern Gaza, WHO says

Dec 22, 2023
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UN calls for probe as Israeli army 'summarily execute' Palestinians

Dec 22, 2023
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Tehran warned of 'danger' in allowing Houthis to target ships

Dec 22, 2023
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US plans to send astronaut to moon this decade

Dec 22, 2023
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Venezuela releases 10 US hostages in exchange for Maduro ally

Dec 22, 2023
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Australia must make remand 'exception' and ban use of spit hoods, UN says

Dec 22, 2023
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Argentina's ultra-liberal President Milei issues hard reform decree

Dec 22, 2023
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Gunman kills 15, wounds 24 at Prague university

Dec 22, 2023
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Hundreds battling wildfire near Cape Town in South Africa

Dec 21, 2023
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German authorities shut down illegal darknet marketplace

Dec 21, 2023
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Vietnam to increase regional minimum salary

Dec 21, 2023
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S. Korea's top court orders Japanese firms to compensate WWII forced labor victims

Dec 21, 2023