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Rescue operations underway as floods hit southwestern Bolivia
President Paz met with experts, his cabinet and weather scientists on Sunday to make an assessment on the situation.
He also pointed to widespread deforestation over the past two decades as a factor worsening the floods. Bolivia lost 10.4 million hectares to the fire in 2014, the worst wildfire crisis in its history.
Residents queue to donate blood after Bondi beach shooting
Long queues formed at a Sydney blood bank on Monday (December 15) to support hospitals dealing with an influx of patients after the Bondi Beach shooting.
Some people waited for up to two hours to donate blood, wanting to help in any way they could.
"I just want to donate blood because I felt super hopeless at home, just sitting and doing nothing and I felt that there was something that you have to do so I just came here," said one unidentified resident.
Mass exodus as Burundians return home after M23 seizes Uvira
Dozens of Burundian nationals stranded in the eastern Congolese town of Uvira since its seizure by the M23 rebel group began crossing back into Burundi on Sunday (December 14) after authorities temporarily opened the border, witnesses said.
The movement followed days of uncertainty after M23 seized Uvira, a key commercial hub on Lake Tanganyika near the Burundi border.
The temporary reopening of the border comes as M23-appointed authorities say they are working on arrangements to allow foreign nationals and captured soldiers to return to their countries, amid fears the conflict could further disrupt cross-border movement and trade.
Rare protest in Russia after Moscow's tech ban hits Roblox
Several dozen people protested on Sunday (December 14) in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox, a rare show of public dissent as popular irritation over the ban gains some momentum.
In Tomsk, 2,900 km (1,800 miles) east of Moscow, several dozen people braved the snow to hold up hand-drawn placards.
When the Russian ban was introduced, Roblox said it has "a deep commitment to safety" and provides "rigorous built-in protections to help keep users safe."
Santas in Kosovo sprint to raise money for those in need
Thousands of festive runners dressed in red Santa costumes flooded the streets of Kosovo's capital on Sunday (December 14) for the 10th annual Pristina Santa Run, blending holiday cheer with a charitable cause.
Winter begins after first snowfall of the year in Ukraine's capital
Snow fell in Kyiv on Sunday (December 14) for the first time this winter, covering streets and parks across the Ukrainian capital.
Forecasters warned of icy roads and wet snow, but Kyiv residents embraced winter's arrival, flocking to parks to build snowmen and sled down hills.
Children hurled snowballs on playgrounds while dogs bounded through a fresh powdery blanket of snow, turning the city's gray streets into a lively winter scene.
Maisa, a 17-year-old in a deprived Paris suburb who aspires to be an English teacher, joined tens of thousands of ...
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ centrist, pro-Ukraine United List party won Saturday’s parliamentary election by a wide margin,...
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Saturday they had targeted an Aramco facility in the Saudi capital Riyadh with ballistic missiles and dr...
Yemen's air force carried out 20 strikes on Houthi targets earlier on Friday, Brigadier General Majid Abdullah Al-Nuzaili, Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, said. Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthis denied targeting a power plant supplying energy to a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
The co-pilot of Israel bound flydubai flight attempted to carry out a “terrorist attack” with an axe during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday.
Hammam al-Hammami, the Flydubai co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain of an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday in a suspected terrorist attack, was banned from flying by Oman over concerns about his radical views, U.S. media reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Two Iranian nationals have been charged in Britain with preparing a suspected terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community in northern England, police said on Friday (2 October).
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev warned against interference from outside actors in remarks at the 8th Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party in Baku on Friday 2 October.
Maisa, a 17-year-old in a deprived Paris suburb who aspires to be an English teacher, joined tens of thousands of other students and their supporters this week in protests that spread across France over dilapidated schools, classroom overcrowding and teacher shortages.
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ centrist, pro-Ukraine United List party won Saturday’s parliamentary election by a wide margin, according to partial results, as security concerns linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine dominated the campaign.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Saturday they had targeted an Aramco facility in the Saudi capital Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones, as fighting between the group and Saudi-backed forces continues to intensify.
A major bridge across the Dnipro river in Kyiv was hit in a Russian air attack on Saturday, the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko said, as strikes on the capital's infrastructure continue.
Hammam al-Hammami, the Flydubai co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain of an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday in a suspected terrorist attack, was banned from flying by Oman over concerns about his radical views, U.S. media reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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