Talks on war high on agenda
NEW YORK, Dec 04 (BBC/AFP): US special envoy Steve Witkoff was set to meet the head of Ukraine's national security council, Rustem Umerov, for talks in Miami on Thursday, the White House has confirmed.Witkoff spent almost five hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday in negotiations which...
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Most EU citizens see 'high risk' of war with Russia: poll
PARIS, Dec 04 (AFP): A majority of citizens across nine EU countries see a high risk of war breaking out between the bloc's members and Russia, according to a survey by polling group Cluster 17 published Thursday in the French international affairs journal Le Grand Continent.The poll's findings, based on...
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Death toll tops 1,500
PADANG, Dec 04 (AP): Deaths from last week's catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors isolated by the disaster with hundreds of people still unaccounted for across the region.The tragedy of so much death and destruction was compounded...
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Israel strike kills 5 persons in Gaza
GAZA, Dec 04 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency told AFP on Wednesday that an Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory killed five people including two children.The Israeli military said it had struck a "Hamas terrorist" in southern Gaza in response to a clash with Palestinian militants in the area that...
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HK removes construction netting after deadly fire
HONG KONG, Dec 04 (AFP): Workers began removing protective netting from construction sites across Hong Kong on Thursday to comply with a government order after the city's deadliest fire in decades.The blaze at Wang Fuk Court in the city's northern Tai Po district last week killed at least 159 people...
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