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December-29-2023
- US state of Maine blocks Trump from its presidential primary
- Maine's Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former U.S. President Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot, according to media reports.
December-25-2023
- Palestinian president expresses hope for immediate end of conflicts
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed on Sunday his hope that the coming Christmas day would be a date for an end of conflicts in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory.
December-20-2023
- Zelensky: 'No one knows' when Russia-Ukraine conflict ends
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at his annual press conference on Tuesday that "no one knows" when the Russia-Ukraine conflict will end.
December-19-2023
- Egypt's Sisi wins presidential election with 89.6% of vote
- Egypt's National Election Authority (NEA) declared on Monday that incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi won the 2024 presidential election with some 40 million, or 89.6 percent of valid votes.
December-15-2023
- Sino-Russian relations key to global stability: Putin
- Sino-Russian relations play an important role in maintaining global stability, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday during his annual press conference.
December-11-2023
- Netanyahu calls Putin for 1st time since Israel-Hamas conflict
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first time since the conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out on Oct. 7, according to his office.
December-7-2023
- Former UK PM Johnson admits COVID mistakes
- Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) Boris Johnson admitted on Wednesday that he made mistakes during the COVID-19 pandemic and was "deeply sorry," but he insisted the mistakes were inevitable.
November-30-2023
- Netanyahu reiterates resuming strikes on Gaza after truce
- Amid talks to extend the ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday that his country will resume the military campaign to eradicate Hamas.
November-29-2023
- Hunter Biden offers to testify before Congress in Dec
- U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden said Tuesday that he would testify before Congress in December, in response to a Republican-led impeachment investigation into the president and his family.
November-27-2023
- Netanyahu tours Gaza tunnel amid fragile truce
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured a tunnel in the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday and vowed to "eliminate" Hamas.
