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Messi, Mbappé or Haaland to be FIFA best player in 2023. Women’s best is Bonmatí, Hermoso or Caicedo

Published On: December 16, 2023 04:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ZURICH, Dec 16: The FIFA best men’s player award for 2023 will be another contest between Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland.

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UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

Published On: December 13, 2023 05:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS : The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The vote also showed the growing isolation of the United States and Israel.

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Andre Braugher, Emmy-winning actor who starred in ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ dies at 61

Published On: December 13, 2023 01:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec 13: Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who would master gritty drama for seven seasons on “Homicide: Life on The Street” and modern comedy for eight on “Brooklyn 99,” died Monday at 61.

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Andre Braugher, Emmy-winning actor who starred in ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ dies at 61

Published On: December 13, 2023 10:05 AM NPT By: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who would master gritty drama for seven seasons on “Homicide: Life on The Street” and modern comedy for eight on “Brooklyn 99,” died Monday at 61.

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India’s Supreme Court upholds government’s decision to remove disputed Kashmir’s special status

Published On: December 11, 2023 04:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as a semi-autonomous region with a separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs.

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BTS members RM and V start compulsory military service in South Korea. Band seeks to reunite in 2025

Published On: December 11, 2023 02:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec 11: Singers RM and V of the K-pop band BTS began their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management agency announced Monday. This came a day before two of their bandmates, Jimin and Jung Kook, were also expected to report for duty.

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UN resolution demanding immediate cease-fire in Gaza fails

Published On: December 9, 2023 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, where Israeli troops rounded up Palestinian men in the northern part of the territory for interrogation, seeking Hamas militants.

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Fighting between Israel and Hamas rages in Gaza’s second-largest city, blocking aid from population

Published On: December 7, 2023 01:04 PM NPT By: Associated Press

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops battled Hamas militants Wednesday in the center of the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city, the military said. The ground offensive has sent tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing to the territory’s southernmost edge and prevented aid groups from delivering food, water and other supplies.

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Scientists say November is 6th straight month to set heat record; 2023 a cinch as hottest year

Published On: December 6, 2023 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec 6: For the sixth month in a row, Earth set a new monthly record for heat, and also added the hottest autumn to the litany of record-breaking heat this year, the European climate agency calculated.

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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ is No. 1 at the box office with $21 million debut

Published On: December 4, 2023 01:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Her concert picture, “ Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” opened in first place with $21 million in North American ticket sales, according to estimates from AMC Theatres Sunday.

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11 bodies recovered after volcanic eruption in Indonesia, and 12 climbers are still missing

Published On: December 4, 2023 12:17 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PADANG, Indonesia, Dec 4: The bodies of 11 climbers were recovered Monday a day after a furious eruption of the Mount Marapi volcano as Indonesian rescuers searched for 12 apparently still missing.

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7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines, briefly prompting a tsunami warning

Published On: December 3, 2023 08:25 AM NPT By: Associated Press

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning.

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Israel intensifies its assault on southern Gaza, causing renewed concern about civilian deaths

Published On: December 2, 2023 02:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, Dec 2: Israel pounded targets in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, intensifying a renewed offensive that followed a weeklong truce with Hamas and giving rise to renewed concerns about civilian casualties.

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Israel announces resumption of combat in Gaza Strip as truce with Hamas expires

Published On: December 1, 2023 11:47 AM NPT By: Associated Press

JERUSALEM, Dec 1: Israel’s military said it had resumed combat operations in the Gaza Strip minutes after a temporary truce with Hamas expired Friday, blaming the militant group for breaking the cease-fire.

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More Israeli hostages freed and more Palestinian prisoners released under tenuous Gaza truce

Published On: December 1, 2023 08:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, Dec 1: Israel released another group of Palestinian prisoners Friday, hours after Hamas freed additional Israeli hostages under a last-minute agreement to extend their cease-fire by another day in Gaza. But any further extension renewal, now in its eighth day, could prove more challenging as Hamas is expected to set a higher price for many of the remaining hostages.

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Truce in Israel-Hamas war extended by a day, minutes before it was set to expire

Published On: November 30, 2023 02:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

JERUSALEM, Nov 30: Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to extend a temporary truce by another day minutes before it was set to expire, said Qatar, which has been mediating between the two sides.

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Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100

Published On: November 30, 2023 10:38 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Nov 30: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.

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Pakistan’s army says it killed 8 militants during a raid along the border with Afghanistan

Published On: November 27, 2023 10:06 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Pakistan’s military said its forces raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the local Taliban near the border with Afghanistan, triggering an intense shootout that killed eight militants.

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6 teenagers go on trial for their alleged role in the 2020 beheading of a French teacher

Published On: November 27, 2023 06:41 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — Six teenagers go on trial Monday in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a killing that led authorities to reaffirm France’s cherished rights of expression and secularism.

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Kim Kardashian Comedy ‘The Fifth Wheel’ Lands at Netflix

Published On: November 27, 2023 11:46 AM NPT By: Associated Press

Kim Kardashian will be the fifth wheel for Netflix.

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