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Two police officers killed by bomb in Moscow near site of Russian general's killing
MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Three people were killed by a bomb in Moscow on Wednesday after two police officers approached a man acting suspiciously near the site where a senior general was killed two days ago by a car bomb that Russia said was planted by Ukrainian intelligence.
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US targets former EU commissioner, activists with visa bans over alleged censorship
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 - The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed visa bans on a former European Union commissioner and anti-disinformation campaigners it says were involved in censoring U.S. social media platforms, in the latest move in a campaign aimed at European rules that U.S. officials say go beyond legitimate regulation.
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Urgent: Fire breaks out in apartment building in Seoul, 2 in cardiac arrest: Yonhap
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out in an apartment building in Seoul, capital of South Korea, early Wednesday morning, leaving two people in cardiac arrest, Yonhap News Agency reported.
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Nursing home explosion in U.S. Pennsylvania leaves residents trapped
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- An explosion rocked a nursing home in the northeastern U.S. state of Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon, leaving residents trapped, local media reported.
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Flash: Fire breaks out in apartment building in Seoul, 2 in cardiac arrest: local media
Flash: Fire breaks out in apartment building in Seoul, 2 in cardiac arrest: local media
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Loaded supertanker returns to Venezuelan waters amid US interceptions, TankerTrackers.com says
Dec 23 (Reuters) - Panama-flagged very large crude carrier Kelly, which had departed from Venezuela carrying oil last week, has returned to Venezuelan waters following the U.S. interception of more tankers, monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said on Tuesday.
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US judge tosses Trump challenge to New York immigration-related law
Dec 23 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed challenging a New York law that President Donald Trump's administration said was impeding immigration enforcement.
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Blasts and fire shatter Pennsylvania nursing home, killing at least two
BRISTOL, Pennsylvania, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A pair of explosions and a fire, apparently sparked by leaking gas, ripped through a nursing home near Philadelphia on Tuesday, killing at least two people and prompting an intense search for victims in a collapsed portion of the building, officials said.
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1 killed, 3 injured in Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia's Belgorod
MOSCOW, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and three others injured in Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia's Belgorod region, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Tuesday.
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Holiday tradition, changing tastes mold Nordic Christmas tables
HELSINKI, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Christmas ham has been losing ground on Nordic dinner tables amid shifting tastes, but a new Swedish survey suggests the traditional centerpiece is making a modest comeback this season, while Finland remains, by most measures, firmly "ham country."
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Libyan army's chief dies in plane crash in Turkey
ANKARA/TRIPOLI, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The Libyan army's chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, died in a plane crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey's capital Ankara, the prime minister of Libya's internationally recognised government said, adding that four others were on the jet as well.
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1st LD Writethru: China deposits with UN its instrument of ratification of agreement on marine biological diversity
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- China deposited with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Dec. 15 an instrument of ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, according to documents published on the official website of the United Nations on Tuesday.
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Florida Catholic bishops urge Trump to halt immigration enforcement until after holidays
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Florida's Catholic bishops are calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to halt immigration enforcement activities until after the Christmas holidays.
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Pope Leo 'disappointed' in Illinois governor over assisted dying law
VATICAN CITY, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Tuesday criticized the governor of the U.S. state of Illinois for signing a bill to allow some adults with a terminal illness to end their own lives with medical help, in an unusual political intervention by the church leader.
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US Supreme Court rejects Trump's military deployment in Chicago area, for now
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to let Donald Trump send National Guard troops to the Chicago area as the Republican president expands the use of the military for domestic purposes in a growing number of Democratic-led jurisdictions, a policy critics call an effort to punish adversaries and stifle dissent.
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Canada's GDP decreases 0.3 pct in October
OTTAWA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Canada's real GDP decreased 0.3 percent in October, offsetting a 0.2 percent increase in September, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
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U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Tuesday.
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Pope Leo expresses 'much sadness' about Russia refusing Christmas ceasefire
VATICAN CITY, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said on Tuesday that he feels "much sadness" that Russia did not agree to a Christmas ceasefire in its nearly four-year old war with Ukraine.
