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Macron vows to see through controversial pension reform despite pushback
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 1 (Sputnik/ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to see through controversial pension reform in his New Year address to the countrymen on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan: 8 policemen killed in Taliban attack in Balkh
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Balkh [Taliban], Jan 01 (Sputnik/ANI): The Taliban terrorists have attacked a police checkpoint in the northern Afghan province of Balkh, leaving eight policemen dead and three others injured, the Balkh police chief, Ajmal Fayez, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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16 prisoners killed, 5 injured in jail fight in Mexico
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Zacatecas [Mexico], Jan 01 (Sputnik/ANI): An altercation in the Regional center of social reintegration (Cerereso) in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas has left 16 inmates killed and five others injured, the local Public Security Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Russia: 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits Kamchatka peninsula
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kamchatka [Russia], Jan 01 (Sputnik/ANI): A magnitude 5.6 earthquake on Wednesday hit near the coast of the Kamchatka peninsula, Russia's easternmost region.
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Syrian serviceman killed in militant shelling in Hama province
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 01 (Sputnik/ANI): A Syrian army officer was killed and several servicemen were injured in a terrorist shelling of several settlements in Hama province, media reported on Tuesday, citing a military source.
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US embassy staff in Baghdad evacuated amid protests over American strikes
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 31 (ANI): The staff of the US embassy here on Tuesday was evacuated from the building amid protests outside the embassy over American strikes in Iraq and Syria on Hezbollah targets, Sputnik reported.
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Airstrikes kill 11 Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan's Kandahar province
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Shorabak [Afghanistan], Dec 31 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 11 Taliban terrorists have been killed in the Shorabak district of the southeastern Afghan province of Kandahar after a series of airstrikes targeted militant strongholds, the Afghan National Army's 205th Corps said in a statement on
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Earthquake of 5.5 magnitude hits Russia Far East
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kozlov Cape [Russia], Dec 31 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5.5 magnitude earthquake was registered on Tuesday near Kozlov Cape of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, the regional branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences told Sputnik.
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Ice storm pounds Canadian provinces forcing hundreds of flight cancellatio
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Dec 31 (Sputnik/ANI): An ice storm has grounded dozens of flights and left thousands without power in eastern Ontario and Quebec, according to flight monitoring data and local power authorities.
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14 servicemen killed in Afghanistan in Taliban assault
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jowzjan [Afghanistan], Dec 30 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 14 servicemen were killed in Afghanistan's northern province of Jowzjan after Taliban terrorists carried out an attack on a security checkpoint, media reported, citing a local official.
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11 killed, 7 injured in tollway accident in Mexico's Chiapas
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], Dec 30 (Sputnik/ANI): A van crashed into a sedan in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, leaving 11 people killed and seven others injured, including children, the local Prosecutor's Office said on Monday.
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Zelenskyy vows to continue seeking return of remaining Ukrainian war priso
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], Dec 30 (Sputnik/ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Kiev will continue working towards returning the Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donbas that were not covered by the latest round of negotiated exchange.
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