The death toll of a suicide bombing near the foreign ministry in the Afghan capital this week has risen to 10, the United Nations mission said on Friday.On Wednesday a bomber blew himself up near the ministry in central Kabul, in an attack claimed by the local chapter of the jihadist Islamic State group.The UN […]
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SEOUL, Jan 13, 2023 (AFP) – South Korean police on Friday blamed negligence and planning failures for last year’s Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed more than 150 people.Scores of young costumed partygoers, mostly women in their 20s, died in the disaster on October 29 in the capital’s popular Itaewon nightlife area. A special […]
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Ukraine said Friday it was resisting a “high intensity” Russian offensive in Soledar, a town in the eastern Donetsk region where Moscow was deploying more troops. “It was hot overnight in Soledar. Hostilities continued. The enemy relocated almost all of its main forces to the Donetsk front and is maintaining a high intensity offensive,” Deputy […]
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The surge in energy prices that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed Germany to the brink of a recession, but the economic pain appears to be less severe than originally feared.German statistics authority Destatis will publish GDP figures for 2022 at 10:00 am (0900 GMT) on Friday, with analysts expecting 1.8 percent growth.This is […]
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on all member states to uphold the vision and the values of the UN Charter and the rule of law in particular.”First and foremost, I urge all member states to uphold the vision and the values of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, […]
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