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Azerbaijan demands Russia admit to shooting at plane before crash
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday demanded that Russia admit that it fired at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed, accusing Moscow of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster.Aliyev said that while "our plane was hit by accident", Baku was angry that Moscow had apparently tried to hide the cause of the crash and demanded its ally admit responsibility.
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Tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi kill 2 as storm system moves across southern U.S.
Officials were beginning to assess the damage on Sunday after a strong storm system moved across the southeastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least two people when tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi. The line of severe weather led to about 40 tornado reports from southeastern Texas to Alabama, National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Pereira said, but those reports remain unconfirmed until damage surveys are completed.
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Reuters
Father of woman killed in South Korea air crash says the tragedy is unbelievable
"When I saw the accident video, the plane seemed out of control," said 71-year-old Jeon. "She is much nicer than my son, sometimes asking me to go out for a meal," Jeon recalled, showing his last exchanges with his daughter on his mobile phone. The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball at the Muan International Airport.
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At least 3 people have died as severe weather threat moves east after tornado-spawning storms pummel Texas and Mississippi
At least three people have died as severe thunderstorms batter the Southeast and East Coast on Sunday after deadly tornado-spawning storms tore through Texas and Mississippi, ripping off roofs and flattening homes.
AFP
Glitzy Calabar Carnival wraps up tough year in Nigeria
Revellers dressed in glitzy, colourful costumes danced down the streets of Calabar, southern Nigeria, this weekend as giant speakers blasted out Afrobeats for one of west Africa's most prestigious carnivals.Calabar carnival, known as "Africa's Biggest Street Party", is the highpoint of a month of festivities that began with the switching on of the lights on a 12-metre (40-foot) Christmas tree.
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Trump defends foreign worker visas, siding with Musk amid MAGA backlash
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday defended the visa program that allows highly skilled foreign workers to immigrate to the US, marking his first comments on an issue that has divided his supporters this week.
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More than 170 killed after South Korean jet crash-lands at airport. Here’s what we know
Scores of people were killed on Sunday when a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea, with the aircraft careening down the runway on its belly before bursting into flames.
AFP
Croatia elects president, with incumbent favourite
Croatians cast their votes Sunday to elect a new president, with the outspoken incumbent Zoran Milanovic appearing set to come out on top according to opinion polls.Milanovic, backed by the left-wing Social Democrats party, is supported by 37 percent of the electorate while Primorac has 20 percent, according to an opinion poll released Friday.
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Russian man arrested for allegedly running LGBTQ+ travel agency found dead in custody
A Russian man arrested for allegedly running a travel agency for gay customers was found dead in custody in Moscow, rights group OVD-Info reported Sunday, amid a crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in Russia. According to OVD-Info, which tracks political arrests, Andrei Kotov — director of the “Men Travel” agency — faced charges of “organizing extremist activity and participating in it.” OVD-Info said an investigator told Kotov’s lawyer that her client had died by suicide early Sunday while in pretrial detention and was found dead in his cell.
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What is known about a fiery passenger jet crash landing that claimed 179 lives in South Korea?
Video showed the plane skidding across the airstrip, overrunning the runway and crashing into a barrier at the airport about 290 kilometers (180 miles) south of Seoul on Sunday. Its front landing gear apparently was not deployed. Footage aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding — and apparently without its landing gear deployed.
CNN
Azerbaijan’s president accuses Russia of downing airliner in Christmas Day crash and covering up cause
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has accused Russia of accidentally shooting down an airliner on Christmas Day in a disaster that killed 38 people, and covering up the cause.
AFP
Suriname ex-dictator died of liver failure, autopsy shows
Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse died of liver failure at age 79, an official autopsy revealed. Bouterse died either on December 23 or 24, the autopsy said.
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An Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital kills 11, war monitor says
An Israeli airstrike in the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday killed 11 people, according to a war monitor, as Israel continues to target Syrian weapons and military infrastructure even after the ouster of former President Bashar Assad. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot that belonged to Assad’s forces near the industrial town of Adra, northeast of the capital. Israel, which has launched hundreds of airstrikes over Syria since the country's uprising turned-civil war broke out in 2011, rarely acknowledges them.
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Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically − but the same is true of Christmas
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3 firefighters and 12 passengers injured in train collision with fire truck in Florida
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Trump says H-1B visa program is 'great' amid MAGA feud over tech workers
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