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7.0-magnitude quake strikes Pacific nation of Vanuatu: USGS

Shawdesh Desk: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast from the Pacific nation of Vanuatu late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for the region.

Iran warns France over ‘insulting’ Khamenei cartoons

Shawdesh Desk: Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting. The weekly

China stats ‘under-represent’ true impact of Covid outbreak: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: The World Health Organization criticised China’s “very narrow” definition of Covid deaths on Wednesday, warning that official statistics were not showing the true impact of the outbreak. There

Deadlocked US House adjourns again with no new speaker

Shawdesh Desk: The deeply riven United States House of Representatives was engulfed in crisis for a second day running Wednesday as fresh rounds of voting failed to produce a winner

Central Somalia car bombings kill nine

Shawdesh Desk: At least nine people were killed and several others wounded in simultaneous car bomb attacks in a town in central Somalia on Wednesday, security officials and witnesses said.

Toll from Ukraine strike rises to 89: Russia

Shawdesh Desk: The toll from a Ukrainian New Year strike in Makiivka has risen to 89, Moscow said on Wednesday, after Russians gathered to mourn the troops in a rare

Mexico’s Supreme Court elects first woman president

Shawdesh Desk: A woman will head Mexico’s Supreme Court for the first time after Norma Lucia Pina was elected president on Monday amid controversy over plagiarism allegations against a rival

Ukraine, European Union to hold summit on Feb 3 in Kyiv

Shawdesh DEsk: Ukraine and the European Union will hold a summit in Kyiv on February 3 to discuss financial and military support, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky’s office said in a