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Turkey, Syria earthquake
Six days have passed since a powerful quake hit Turkey and Syria. Over 28,000 people have been confirmed dead, and the death toll still keeps rising. Officials and medics put the toll in Turkey at over 24,600 and in Syria above 3,500. The UN aid Chief, who has visited Turkey’s quake-hit areas, says the number will double or more. He says the earthquake was the worst to hit the region in a century. Tens of thousands of rescue workers are scouring flattened neighborhoods despite freezing weather. The world health organization says almost twenty-six million people have been affected by the quake.
Nord Stream blasts
Russia calls on NATO to hold an emergency summit over recent findings about September explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says there is plenty of evidence on the blasts and the motive behind them. On Wednesday, American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said US navy divers destroyed the pipelines, at the behest of President Joe Biden. The White House has dismissed the report as utterly false. Nord Stream pipelines send gas from Russia to Germany.
Portugal rally
In one of the biggest protests in Portugal in recent years, tens of thousands of teachers have taken to the streets in Lisbon amid public discontent over the cost-of-living crisis. It is the third time in less than a month that teachers and school workers have held mass demonstrations. Teachers demand a pay rise and are also calling on the government to speed up career progression. The Portuguese education minister has said that negotiations with teachers' unions are ongoing and expressed hope that an agreement would be reached soon. Portugal is one of Western Europe's poorest countries which is seeing decades-high inflation and is grappling with a cost-of-living crisis.
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