Daily Archives: 7 November 2021

Early-season snow blankets northern China

Early-season snow blankets northern China

An early-season snowstorm has blanketed much of northern China, including the capital Beijing, leading to road closures and flight and train cancellations and delays. Temperatures plunged to freezing and below as a cold front moved from west to east.

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Iraqi prime minister survives drone attack

Iraqi prime minister survives drone attack

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has survived an assassination attempt with an armed drone and is unhurt, the Iraqi government says. In a statement released early on Sunday, the government said the drone tried to hit al-Kadhimi's home in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone area.

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Road accidents kill 5 in N. Afghanistan

A total of five people were killed and two others wounded in road accidents in the two northern Afghan provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan, sources confirmed Sunday. In Takhar province, three Taliban security forces members were killed and two others wounded when a pick-up truck veered off a road in …

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