MAPUTO -- The death toll from Cyclone Chido, a powerful tropical cyclone that struck northern Mozambique last weekend, has climbed to 94, while the number of injured has risen to 768, according to the latest update from the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD).

The cyclone, which made landfall on Dec. 15 with devastating downpours and storms, caused widespread destruction in Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and Niassa provinces. More than 123,000 families, equivalent to 622,610 people, have been affected, and more than 140,000 houses were partly or completely destroyed, the national disaster relief agency noted. (Mozambique-Cyclone Chido-Impact Update)

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MOSCOW -- Russia has not lost the desire to improve its relations with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Sunday.

"Everything can be done if there is a desire. We have never lost this desire," Putin told Pavel Zarubin, a journalist of Russia's state TV and radio company VGTRK, while answering a question about the prospects for improving Russia-U.S. relations. (Russia-Putin-U.S. Ties)

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ISTANBUL -- Eighteen people were injured in a traffic accident in western Türkiye when a truck collided with a bus on a highway, the state Anadolu Agency reported on Sunday.

The accident occurred on the highway near the Dinar District of Afyonkarahisar in western Türkiye, injuring the bus driver and 17 passengers onboard. (Türkiye-Road Accident)

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ISTANBUL -- Four people on board were killed when an air ambulance helicopter crashed after colliding with a hospital building in Türkiye's Aegean province of Mugla on Sunday.

The helicopter, owned by the health ministry, lost control due to heavy fog before colliding with the building of the state hospital, the NTV broadcaster reported. (Türkiye-Helicopter-Crash) Enditem

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