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South Korea votes for new parliament

Seoul, April 10 (UNI) South Koreans on Wednesday started voting for a new parliament, which is widely being seen as a midterm referendum on President Yoon Suk yeol’s administration.
Voters will choose representatives to the National Assembly which has 254 seats in the 300-seat parliament. More than 30 per cent of eligible voters have already cast their ballot in early voting days last week.
The polling stations opened at 6 am local time on Wednesday and will close at 6 pm, Yonhap news agency reported.
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Security forces gun down 4 terrorists in NW Pakistan

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5 2-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands Region

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29 Apr 2024 | 9:22 PM

Beijing, April 29 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted the Vanuatu Islands Region at 1333 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

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China issues orange alert for severe convective weather

29 Apr 2024 | 9:19 PM

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Turkish intelligence "neutralizes" 15 PKK members in N Iraq

29 Apr 2024 | 9:17 PM

Ankara, April 29 (UNI) Turkish intelligence has killed 15 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the past week in cross-border operations in northern Iraq, Turkey's semi-official Anadolu Agency reported Monday.

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Zelensky, NATO chief meet on aid for Ukraine

29 Apr 2024 | 9:13 PM

Kyiv, April 29 (UNI) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg discussed aid for Ukraine during their meeting in Kiev, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Monday.

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