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World News Today highlights on December 21, 2024 : Boxing Day 2024: Date, history and significance

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21 Dec 2024, 11:22:39 PM IST

World News Today Live: Boxing Day 2024: Date, history and significance

  • Boxing Day 2024, on December 26, is observed in countries like the UK, Canada, and Australia. Originating in the Victorian era as a day of giving, it now features shopping, sports, and family activities, celebrating generosity and community.
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21 Dec 2024, 10:47:08 PM IST

World News Today Live: Germany Christmas market attack: From car ramming into crowded Magdeburg Street to arrest of suspect | Watch

  • Germany Christmas market attack: Taleb A, a 50-year-old Saudi doctor residing in Germany, who is suspect of fatal car attack could be charged with murder. In the incident, five died and around 200 were injured after a car rammed into crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg.
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21 Dec 2024, 09:58:03 PM IST

World News Today Live: Pakistani missile to hit US? Islamabad says it's baseless and irrational claim

  • Pakistan dismissed the United States' claims that its missile program poses a threat beyond South Asia, including to the US, cautioning that such accusations damage bilateral ties. The country reiterated its right to develop defense capabilities while emphasizing its commitment to regional peace.
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21 Dec 2024, 07:46:35 PM IST

World News Today Live: Sri Lanka declares end of debt default, says economic crisis was ‘man made’

  • While macroeconomic outcomes have indeed been satisfactory and the debt restructuring process is completed culminating in the Fitch rating upgrade, people still feel the pain from the crisis and the difficult remedial measures, says Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry
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21 Dec 2024, 07:24:32 PM IST

World News Today Live: Drone warfare escalates: Two Russian airports disrupted after explosive night with Ukraine

  • Russia imposed flight restrictions at Kazan and Saratov airports after Ukrainian drones targeted Kazan, causing fires and prompting evacuations. Tatarstan’s leader confirmed a 'massive UAV attack', with six drones intercepted. Ukraine’s Air Force said it shot down 57 of Russia’s 113 drones.
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21 Dec 2024, 06:58:03 PM IST

World News Today Live: Pakistan: News anchor becomes latest victim of 'deepfake menace' as explicit video goes viral

  • News anchor Mona Alam has taken action against explicit deep-fake videos falsely attributed to her went viral in Pakistan.
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21 Dec 2024, 06:16:03 PM IST

World News Today Live: More storms are brewing in the South China Sea

  • A dangerous new stage in the conflict is beginning
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21 Dec 2024, 05:29:46 PM IST

World News Today Live: Death toll rises to 5 in German Christmas market attack, more than 200 injured

  • A Saudi doctor drove into a Christmas market in the Magdeburg area of Germany on Saturday — killing five and injuring over 200. The suspect, a resident for nearly two decades, is in custody.
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21 Dec 2024, 05:01:24 PM IST

World News Today Live: Israel-Gaza war: 16 people injured in Tel Aviv in Houthis rocket attack

  • Houthis said they had hit a ‘military target’ in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area with a ballistic missile
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21 Dec 2024, 04:17:48 PM IST

World News Today Live: 'This is like 9/11': Ukrainian drones strike residential buildings deep inside Russian territory

  • Ukrainian drones attacked residential buildings in Kazan, Russia, causing airport closures and evacuations.
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21 Dec 2024, 03:56:15 PM IST

World News Today Live: Prophet cartoon row: French court convicts eight over Samuel Paty's murder

  • Days after Samuel Paty, 47, showed his pupils the caricatures in October 2020, an 18-year-old Chechen assailant stabbed and beheaded him outside his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, near Paris. The assailant was shot dead by police moments after.
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21 Dec 2024, 03:40:08 PM IST

World News Today Live: The Taliban is removing every shred of freedom from womenUntitled Story

  • Three years after America’s withdrawal, the situation is grim
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21 Dec 2024, 03:16:07 PM IST

World News Today Live: Hospital visit, travel through a ‘deserted’ airport — Mother recalls harrowing Christmas, but kids say 'best ever'

  • Christmas for Jenny Colgan involved a tough airport layover with her kids after bad news from the hospital. An eventual reunion with her husband on a boat made it a memorable occasion.
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21 Dec 2024, 03:00:06 PM IST

World News Today Live: How a routine spending bill turned Washington upside down

  • President-elect Donald Trump hoped for a smooth transition to the White House. Then Republican divisions burst into public view.
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21 Dec 2024, 02:35:10 PM IST

World News Today Live: Sean Diddy lawsuit: Will Jennifer Lopez be a witness in $400M assault case? What report reveals

  • Sean Diddy Combs sexual assault lawsuit: As Jennifer Lopez is trying to distance herself from the strings of lawsuit against rapper Sean Diddy Combs over sexual assault allegations, a new report has revealed that she may be called in one of the cases against her ex-boyfriend
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21 Dec 2024, 02:00:24 PM IST

World News Today Live: The global hunt for Putin’s ‘sleeper agents’

  • A quiet suburban mom, a hard-drinking war correspondent and an Arctic researcher were hiding in plain sight, championed by the Kremlin’s No. 1 fan of spy fiction.
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21 Dec 2024, 11:43:00 AM IST

World News Today Live: Russia taps Soviet-era stockpiles as armored-vehicle supply dwindles

  • Moscow has stepped up efforts to refurbish old equipment, including Soviet-era tanks used as props in films, after losing an estimated 11,000 armored combat vehicles in the Ukraine war.
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21 Dec 2024, 11:27:37 AM IST

World News Today Live: The West auditions Syria’s new leaders

  • Senior U.S. diplomats visit Damascus, as Washington and Brussels weigh lifting sanctions against the country’s transitional government.
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21 Dec 2024, 10:58:11 AM IST

World News Today Live: World Meditation Day: Feeling low? Here's how to take care of mental health according to spiritual guru Ravi Shankar

  • World Meditation Day: Meditation enhances sensitivity and consciousness towards oneself, others, and the environment. It promotes mindful awareness, reduces anxiety, and encourages positive mental health practices. 
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21 Dec 2024, 08:50:40 AM IST

World News Today Live: Bangladesh news: Idols in three Hindu temples vandalised; one arrested

  • Eight idols were vandalised in three Hindu temples across Mymensingh and Dinajpur, Bangladesh, over two days. One arrest has been made in relation to the incidents, part of a troubling pattern of violence against the Hindu community in the country.
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21 Dec 2024, 07:18:05 AM IST

World News Today Live: Who Is Taleb A.? The 50-year-old Saudi doctor accused in German Christmas market attack

  • The vehicle, reportedly a rented black BMW with Munich license plates, drove approximately 400 meters through the bustling market at high speed
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21 Dec 2024, 06:38:18 AM IST

World News Today Live: Putin ‘loves to kill’, ‘simply scumbags’: Volodymyr Zelenskyy over Russia's ‘plan to strike Kyiv’ with new missile

  • Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was addressing a media conference during an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday (December 19, 2024). Several videos of his speech went viral.
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21 Dec 2024, 06:33:53 AM IST

World News Today Live: Saudi doctor in 'targeted attack' rams car into Christmas market in Germany, killing 2, injuring over 60 |Watch Videos

  • Germany Christmas market attack: An adult and toddler have died after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. The suspected driver, who is believed to have acted alone, has been arrested. The suspect is a 50-year-old man and a doctor from Saudi Arabia.
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21 Dec 2024, 05:44:15 AM IST

World News Today Live: NORAD's Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids

  • NORAD's Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids
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21 Dec 2024, 05:35:44 AM IST

World News Today Live: Earthquake today: Tremors felt in Nepal after quake of magnitude 4.8

  • A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Nepal at 3:59 am IST on December 21, 2024. The tremor occurred at a depth of 10 km near Latitude 29.17 N and Longitude 81.59 E.
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21 Dec 2024, 02:00:38 AM IST

World News Today Live: Car crashes into crowd at Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany; 1 dead, multiple injured

  • A car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing one and injuring several others. The driver was arrested, and emergency responders are on-site. Eyewitnesses said the car headed straight into the crowd near the town hall.
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