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MEXICO CITY -- The fuel pipeline explosion in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo has killed at least 79 people and injured 81 others, Minister of Public Health Jorge Alcocer said Sunday.

"There are still patients who sustained serious injuries, with burns of more than 80 percent," said the official in a press conference, accompanied by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. (Mexico-Pipeline-Explosion)

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WASHINGTON -- The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is expected to take place in Vietnam, with three candidate cities being under consideration, U.S. media reported Sunday.

According to Bloomberg news, U.S. administration officials are planning for the meeting to be held in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, but the coastal city of Da Nang and the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City are also possible venues for the event. (US-DPRK-Summit)

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HARARE -- Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has cancelled his trip to Davos, Switzerland, and will return from a foreign tour to deal with rising tensions back home.

In an update on his Twitter, Mnangagwa said he was cutting short his trip to attend to issues at home. (Zimbabwe-Davos)

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DAMASCUS -- Syria's air defenses responded to a missile strike early Monday, destroying a number of targets, according to the state TV.

Sounds of explosions were heard after midnight in the capital Damascus, in what appeared to be a fresh Israeli missile strike on military bases in the capital, the state TV reported. (Syria-Isreal-Missile) Enditem

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