Top 10 world news: Turkey-Syria quake death toll crosses 35,000, Cyclone Gabrielle batters New Zealand & more
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The total death toll in the deadly Syria-Turkey earthquake has climbed to 34,000, as residents struggle to survive with no water, electricity or shelter. In the quake-hit Aleppo, Syria, the survivors narrate their ordeal as WION reports from ground zero. In other news, thousands of people were left in a blackout and flights were grounded in New Zealand on Monday as the north of the country was lashed by a tropical storm called "Gabrielle".
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Turkey-Syria earthquake LIVE | WION reports from Aleppo; toll soars past 35,000
The total death toll in the deadly Syria-Turkey earthquake has climbed to 34,000, as residents struggle to survive with no water, electricity or shelter. In the quake-hit Aleppo, Syria, the survivors narrate their ordeal as WION reports from ground zero.
More than 58,000 left without power as Cyclone Gabrielle batters New Zealand
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Thousands of people were left in a blackout and flights were grounded in New Zealand on Monday as the north of the country was lashed by a tropical storm called "Gabrielle".Emergency management minister Kieran McAnulty called it a "critical day" because of a "highly dangerous" combination of heavy rain and high winds.
China says US spy balloons entered airspace more than 10 times since January 2022
Beijing claimed on Monday (February 13), that Washington has sent spy balloons into its airspace more than 10 times since January 2022, after an alleged Chinese surveillance craft was shot down over the United States recently.
The Philippines on Monday (February 13) accused a Chinese coast guard ship of using a “military-grade laser” to hinder its resupply mission and urged Beijing to refrain from committing any “provocative act” endangering the lives of people.
European Commission raises eurozone growth forecast for 2023 as inflation eases
The European Commission (EC), on Monday (February 13), raised its growth forecast for the eurozone this year and also expects inflation to be lower than previously estimated at the end of 2022. The expected GDP for the eurozone was raised by 0.9 per cent which was up from the previously predicted 0.3 per cent.
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Nigerian police vowed to investigate an Abuja based pastor who brandished a rifle during a recent sermon, the videos of which went viral, local media reported. On Sunday (February 13), pastor Uche Aigbe of the house on the rock church in Abuja, the nation's capital, mounted the pulpit while carrying a firearm, stirring up the congregation.
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Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran on Monday claimed that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran is alive and will appear in public 'at the right time'. The claim has invited ridicule and has been vehemently slammed by the Sri Lankan media.