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Australia has added another water bombing aircraft to its fleet this bushfire season, capable of dumping 15,000 litres of water or retardant on problematic blazes. The large air tanker touched down in the country’s east from Fiji on Thursday and will …
December, 2021
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23 December
Loans for babies: Chinese province's strategy to beat population blues
Jilin in northeast China is offering married couples bank loans of up to 200,000 yuan ($31,400) if they have kids, joining other provinces in the roll-out of financial incentives to overcome a declining population.
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23 December
China puts 13 million people into Covid lockdown
A city of 13 million people is in lockdown, with residents only allowed to leave the home every two days to get necessities. Read more.
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23 December
US Navy says Iranian arms shipment seized
The US Navy says it has seized a large cache of assault rifles and ammunition being smuggled by a fishing boat from Iran likely bound for war-ravaged Yemen.
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23 December
Scores feared dead at Myanmar jade mine
Myanmar rescuers have found two more bodies at a jade mine after an official conceded there was little hope of finding survivors among scores of people buried by an
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23 December
Japan rules out changes to COVID-19 curbs
Japan's government is not considering an immediate change to current COVID-19 restrictions, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says, a day after community
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23 December
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23 December
Russia to hold paratrooper drills near Ukrainian border – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Hundreds of Russian paratroopers will hold drills near the Ukrainian border this week, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia's defence ministry as saying on Thursday, amid a standoff between Moscow and the West over Kyiv's NATO aspirations.
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23 December
Ancient treasures recovered from two shipwrecks off Israel’s coast – video content
The Israel Antiquities Authority Marine Archaeology Unit conducted a survey off the coast of Caesarea and recovered treasures from two ancient shipwrecks, including hundreds of silver coins,
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23 December
Feature: Afghans still uneasy as poverty soars despite end of war
However, he found it hard to support his family, despite traveling from the eastern Wardak province to the capital Kabul to earn his living. "I have no funds to support my family and even I am not able to buy something to eat,