World | - Part 65

Christmas Celebrations From Vatican Pilgrims to Festive Joy in Nepal and Australia.

ION correspondentDecember 26, 2024December 26, 2024

Reports of Christmas celebrations have also come in from abroad. Pilgrims lined up early today to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica at...

UNICEF reports 14,500 children killed in Gaza.

ION correspondentDecember 25, 2024December 25, 2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has stated that one child is killed every hour in the Gaza Strip. According...

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Maia Sandu Sworn in for 2nd Term as President of Moldova.

ION correspondentDecember 25, 2024December 25, 2024

December 24, 2024 8:27 PM. Maia Sandu today assumed office as president of the Republic of Moldova for a second term. She won the Moldovan presidential elections in 2020...

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Sairaj Pardeshi bags one Gold and two Silver medals at Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Doha.

ION correspondentDecember 24, 2024December 24, 2024

In Weightlifting, India’s Sairaj Pardeshi bagged one gold and two silver medals in snatch, clean and jerk, and total lift categories at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships...

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Romanian President Nominates Marcel Ciolacu to Form Pro European Coalition Government.

ION correspondentDecember 24, 2024December 24, 2024

Romania’s president today nominated incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to lead a new pro-European coalition government following a top court’s annulment of a presidential election. After deliberations with the...

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Nepal prepares itself for HPV vaccination drive. GAVI provides Anti-cancer ‘HPV’ vaccine doses to Nepal.

ION correspondentDecember 24, 2024

Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population has imported Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines administered against cervical cancer with the assistance of the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI). GAVI...

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Youngest Brazilian Joao Fonseca wins 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals.

ION correspondentDecember 23, 2024December 23, 2024

In Tennis, Joao Fonseca of Brazil triumphed over Learner Tien of the United States in a four-set showdown to win the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals title in Jeddah,...

US President-elect Trump proposes regaining control of Panama Canal over ‘ludicrous fees’.

ION correspondentDecember 23, 2024December 23, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed that his administration might seek to regain control of the Panama Canal, citing ludicrous fees charged to shippers using the crucial waterway. Trump’s remark...

US President-elect Trump appoints Indian-American Sriram Krishnan as policy advisor on AI.

ION correspondentDecember 23, 2024December 23, 2024

In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as the Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, AI. Krishnan will work closely with...

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Iceland’s new government takes office under PM Kristrun Frostadotti.

ION correspondentDecember 22, 2024December 23, 2024

Iceland’s new government, led by Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir of the Social Democratic Alliance (SDA), officially took office yesterday. Ms Frostadottir, born in 1988, is Iceland’s youngest prime minister....