Pandas sent by China arrive in Qatar ahead of World Cup

Thu, 20 Oct, 2022 - 10:31

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A pair of giant pandas sent as a gift from China have arrived in Qatar ahead of next month’s World Cup.

They will take up residence in an indoor enclosure in the desert nation designed to duplicate conditions in the dense forests of China’s mountainous Sichuan province.

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<p>The U.S. military said it killed four men in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in international waters in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday (December 4). “Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed,” the U.S. military said in a statement on X. U.S. Southern Command released a 21-second-long video showing the boat being struck. The video appeared to show the boat being hit and erupting in flames in international waters. Screengrab od video supplied by Reuters.</p>

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