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Ukraine faces grim start to 2023 after fresh Russian attacks-
By Associated Press KYIV: Ukrainians woke up to a grim 2023 Sunday, reeling from more sirens and fresh missile attacks as ...

Kim Jong Un orders ‘exponential’ expansion of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal-
By Associated Press SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the “exponential” expansion of his country’s nuclear arsenal and ...

Lula returns for third term as Brazil president, Bolsonaro breaks tradition, flies to US-
By AFP BRASILIA: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to be inaugurated Sunday for a third term as Brazil’s president, ...

Criminology PhD student suspect in Idaho University students’ murders-
By Associated Press HARRISBURG: A 28-year-old criminal justice graduate student was arrested in eastern Pennsylvania on Friday as a suspect ...

Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several-
By Associated Press KABUL: A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul’s military airport on Sunday morning killing and wounding ...

Indigenous chief Sônia Guajajara named for key post in Brazil government-
By Express News Service RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Thursday that Sônia Guajajara ...

‘Hard to see people die before your eyes’, say firefighters on Ukraine’s frontline-
By AFP BAKHMUT: In the war-torn Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the chief of a small group of firefighters lines up ...

Afghan war orphan remains with Marine accused of abduction-
By Associated Press The Afghan woman ran down the street towards her friend’s apartment as soon as she heard the ...

Though faulted, Benedict turned Vatican around on sex abuse-
By Associated Press VATICAN CITY: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is rightly credited with having been one of the 20th century’s ...

Ukraine shoots down 45 drones: air force
Thirteen drones were shot down at the end of 2022 and another 32 in the new year, the statement said. ...