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5.6-magnitude quake hits off Japan's Aomori Prefecture
TOKYO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck off Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan early Friday, the country's weather agency said.
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Drought, fires, illegal logging threaten Lebanon's forest resources
BEIRUT, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's forests are under mounting pressure from prolonged droughts, recurring heatwaves, wildfires, and illegal logging, experts have warned, as widespread forest decline becomes increasingly visible across the country.
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8 killed in building collapse in Egypt
CAIRO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the collapse of a five-story residential building in Egypt's Giza Province, south of Cairo, has risen to eight, Egypt's state-run Ahram Online news website reported on Thursday.
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Swedish police investigating serious incident in Boden, north Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Swedish police are investigating a serious incident in the northern town of Boden, they said on Thursday, with daily Aftonbladet reporting that a number of injured people had been taken to hospital.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro endorses son for presidency before more surgery
SAO PAULO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro endorsed his son's 2026 presidential campaign on Thursday while out of jail for more surgery that has dogged him since a stabbing seven years ago.
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Daughters of King Charles' brother Andrew join royals for Christmas service
LONDON, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Britain's Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie attended the royal family's traditional Christmas Day church service on Thursday, while their father Andrew, recently stripped of his titles over ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was absent.
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Russia is analysing US documents on Ukraine peace deal, Kremlin says
MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Kremlin is analysing the documents on ending the war in Ukraine which were brought to Moscow by special envoy Kirill Dmitriev from the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
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Russia made a proposal to France on jailed French researcher Vinatier, the Kremlin says
MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Russia had made a proposal to France regarding Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher jailed for violating Russia's foreign agent laws, and the ball is now in Paris's court, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
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Ukrainian drones hit oil and gas facilities in Russia, SBU official says
Ukrainian long-range drones hit oil product tanks in the Russian port of Temryuk and a gas processing plant in Russia's Orenburg, an official at the SBU security service told Reuters on Thursday.
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Bangladesh leader considered PM frontrunner returns from exile ahead of polls
DHAKA, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting Chairman Tarique Rahman returned from nearly 17 years in exile on Thursday, a homecoming the party hopes will energise supporters with Rahman poised to be the top contender for prime minister in February.
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Saudi Arabia says Yemen group should withdraw its forces from seized provinces
DUBAI, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it remains hopeful that Yemen's main southern separatist group will end an escalation that has given it broad control across the south, deepening uncertainties in a country already divided between two administrations since civil war erupted over a decade ago.
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Four bodies found believed to be from one Liechtenstein family
ZURICH, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Police on Wednesday discovered the bodies of two men and two women believed to belong to a single family from Liechtenstein, authorities in the tiny Alpine principality said.
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Heavy rains drench Southern California, spawn flash flooding, mud flows
LOS ANGELES, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Torrential rains unleashed widespread flash flooding and mud flows across Southern California on Wednesday, as authorities warned motorists to stay off roads while urging residents in flood zones to evacuate or shelter in place.
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US urges parties to accept Honduras vote outcome after Trump-backed Asfura wins
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday urged all parties to accept the outcome of Honduras' presidential election where Nasry Asfura, the conservative National Party candidate backed by the U.S. president, was declared victor by the electoral body.
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Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
VATICAN CITY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.
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ICE agents involved in Maryland shooting that injures two people
Dec 24 (Reuters) - U.S. immigration agents were involved in a shooting incident in Maryland on Wednesday that left one man with bullet wounds and the other with minor injuries, authorities said.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un views submarine construction, oversees missile launch, KCNA says
SEOUL, Dec 25 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed construction of a submarine with his daughter, a potential heir, and oversaw the test-firing of long-range surface-to-air missiles, state media reported on Thursday.
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Slovenia's economic sentiment hits over three-year high in December
LJUBLJANA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia's economic sentiment indicator rose to 0.6 points in December, the highest level since June 2022, the Statistical Office said on Wednesday.
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Trump-backed Asfura wins Honduras presidency after weeks of delays in disputed election
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 24 - Nasry Asfura, the conservative National Party candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, has won Honduras' presidential election, the electoral body said on Wednesday as it finally declared a victor of the November 30 presidential election after weeks of delays, technical problems, and allegations of fraud.
