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North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees cruise missile launching drill
SEOUL, Dec 29 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill on Sunday, state media KCNA said on Monday.
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Sudan's gold production reaches 70 tons in 2025
KHARTOUM, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's Ministry of Minerals said on Sunday the country's gold production for 2025 reached 70 tons, 13 percent higher than the target.
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2 dead, 3 hospitalized in Canada's apartment fire
OTTAWA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Two people died and three others were taken to a hospital after a fire broke out at an apartment building in Charlottetown, the capital of Canada's Prince Edward Island, on early Sunday morning.
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One dead, two missing in southern Spain as torrential rains cause flash floods
VALENCIA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Torrential rains flooded Spain's southern and eastern provinces over the weekend, with one person dead and two missing on Sunday evening as overflowing riverbeds swept away cars and motorcycles and authorities warned residents to stay indoors.
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Putin and Trump do not support European-Ukrainian temporary ceasefire idea, the Kremlin says
MOSCOW, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump do not support a European-Ukrainian push for a temporary ceasefire ahead of a settlement, and that Moscow thinks Kyiv needs to make a decision on Donbas.
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Heavy rains claim one life, leave two missing in southern Spain
MADRID, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- A man in his 50s was found dead on Sunday as two others remain missing following torrential rains in southern Spain.
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Kosovo's ruling party set to win vote, exit poll shows
PRISTINA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Kosovo's ruling Vetevendosje party was set to come first with 45.7% of a vote on Sunday, an exit poll on Dukagjini television showed.
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Strong winds batter Latvia, trigger widespread damage, power outages
RIGA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- A powerful cyclone that swept across Latvia during the weekend brought strong winds, causing widespread damage and power outages, authorities said on Sunday.
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Child, woman killed in storm in Gaza: civil defense
GAZA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- A child and a woman were killed in a severe storm affecting the Gaza Strip, the region's Civil Defense announced Sunday.
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Israel to build new solar-storage plant in clean energy push
JERUSALEM, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Finance Ministry announced on Sunday that a new solar power facility with battery storage will be built at the Ashalim power station in the country's south.
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Bangladesh's student-led party allies with Islamists ahead of election
DHAKA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The student-led Bangladeshi party born out of the protest movement that toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has forged an electoral alliance with Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of February's parliamentary election, stirring internal rifts.
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Three dead in Alawite protests on Syrian coast, local officials say
LATAKIA, Syria Dec 28 - Three people were killed on Sunday when protests in Syria's Alawite heartland of Latakia spiralled into gunfire and other violence, according to the province's media office.
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Brigitte Bardot, icon of French cinema, dies at 91
PARIS, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Actress Brigitte Bardot shot to international fame dancing the mambo barefoot in "And God Created Woman", her tousled hair and fierce energy radiating a sexual magnetism rarely before seen in mainstream cinema.
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UK and Germany sign $70 million joint deal for mobile artillery systems
LONDON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Britain said on Sunday it signed a 52-million-pound ($70 million) joint procurement contract with Germany to acquire advanced artillery mounted on armoured vehicles that can fire while moving and hit targets more than 70 km (44 miles) away.
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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 accomplish all its goals by force.
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US and Ukraine 'a lot closer' on peace deal, Trump says after meeting with Zelenskiy
PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy were "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, though both leaders acknowledged that some of the thorniest details remain unresolved.
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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 busy travel period between Christmas and New Year's.
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Guinea votes in presidential election expected to cement Doumbouya's rule
CONAKRY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Guinea voted 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 West African nation's transition back to civilian rule.
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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 with the help of Russian mercenaries and Rwandan soldiers.
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Kosovo's ruling party wins vote after year-long political impasse
PRISTINA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Nationalist Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party won more than half of the votes in Sunday's election, opening the way to create a new government after a year-long political deadlock that has paralysed parliament and delayed key international funding.
