Day: 26 December 2022
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Seven die in coach plunge horror in Spain
The body of a woman is found two days after a bus falls from a bridge into a river in the Galicia region.
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Iran protests: Family of football legend Ali Daei stopped from leaving
The wife and daughter of Ali Daei, who has backed protesters, are taken off a flight out of Iran.
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Burkina Faso explosion: Minibus hits deadly landmine amid jihadist violence
A landmine kills at least 10 passengers as the West African country battles a jihadist insurgency.
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China to end Covid quarantine for foreign arrivals
The measure, to take effect from 8 January, is part of China’s about-turn on its zero-Covid policy.
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Buffalo blizzard: Storm turns city into ‘war zone’
Dozens of deaths are now linked to a fearsome winter storm blanketing much of the US and Canada.
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Brazil man held over alleged bomb plot to stop inauguration
Police say the man was planning to “create chaos” ahead of the swearing-in of President-elect Lula.
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North Korean drone reaches north of Seoul
“Unmanned aerial vehicles” violated South Korean airspace, say the country’s joint chiefs of staff.
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China stages big military incursion, Taiwan says
More than 70 fighter jets and drones crossed into its air defence zone, the defence ministry says.
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Seoul examines ‘North Korea drone’
South Korea says it is analysing what it believes to be a North Korean drone that crashed on a border island amid an exchange of fire with North Korea.
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Ukraine war: Drone attack on Russian bomber base leaves three dead
Moscow says three service personnel died in a new drone attack on the base at Engels.