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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Moscow was not ready to make concessions when it came to Ukraine and that President Vladimir Putin's own proposals on how to end the conflict needed to be implemented.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
Environmental groups have been pushing for US protection of the winged pollinators for a decade A monarch butterfly flutters in a field of marigolds, the traditional flower believed to guide the dead back to their loved ones, grown for use during Day of the Dead celebrations, in Boquillas, Mexico Oct 20, 2024.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
Saudi Arabia will host the men's soccer World Cup in 2034 while the 2030 edition will be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with one-off matches in three South American countries, world soccer's governing body FIFA confirmed on Wednesday.
The decision was announced by FIFA President Gianni Infantino following a virtual extraordinary Congress. The 2030 and 2034 World Cups each had only a single bid and both were confirmed by acclamation.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
Award-winning Rabindra Sangeet singer Papia Sarwar is in critical condition and has been admitted to a private hospital in Dhaka.
Her husband, Sarwar Alam, told bdnews24.com at 8pm on Wednesday that Papia is currently on life support.
"We are all here at the hospital. My daughter has come from abroad. Now, we are waiting," he said.
The 2021 Ekushey Padak recipient has been suffering from cancer for the past three years and has received treatment at hospitals in Bangladesh and abroad.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would develop artificial intelligence with BRICS partners and other countries, in a bid to challenge the dominance of the United States in one of the most promising and crucial technologies of the 21st century.
Speaking at Russia's flagship AI conference, Putin said the new AI Alliance Network would include national associations and development institutions in the field of AI from BRICS countries and other interested states.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
Three dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic period will go under the hammer at a London auction on Thursday, with price estimates of millions of dollars.
Christie's is offering the skeletons of an adult and juvenile Allosaurus, sold as a pair with an estimate of 5 million pounds to 8 million pounds ($6.4 million - $10.2 million), and a Stegosaurus fossil with an estimate of 3 million to 5 million pounds.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
Bayern Munich should not take its lead for granted and should keep pushing for more goals, veteran forward Thomas Mueller said after the club's 5-1 win at Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Mueller, who netted his first goal in three months just before half-time to put Bayern 2-1 ahead, has now scored in 16 Champions League campaigns for the club which he joined at the age of 10.
"We're pleased ... we kept going and had a lot of moments through our pressing.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
Labour unrest in Ashulia’s industrial area has led authorities to declare a general holiday in around 25 ready-made garment factories.
The workers are calling for a 15 percent increase in their annual wages and allowances, along with six additional demands.
The factories in Norsinghpur and nearby locations declared the holiday on Wednesday, according to Md Mominul Islam Bhuiyan, superintendent of police of Industrial Police-1.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
Russia could launch another hypersonic ballistic missile in Ukraine in the coming days, but Washington does not consider the Oreshnik weapon a game-changer in the war, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
Russia first fired the Oreshnik missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Nov. 21, in what President Vladimir Putin cast as a response to Ukraine's first use of U.S. ATACMs ballistic missiles and British Storm Shadows to strike Russian territory with Western permission.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
bdnews24.com | Julian Francis
Hawkers have taken over all the sidewalks around the BRTC bus stand in Dhaka’s Gulistan, setting up makeshift shops in a way that makes it hard to tell there is even a sidewalk. With no space to walk, pedestrians are forced onto the raods, putting their safety at risk. Published : 11 Dec 2024, 09:31 PM
