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Yerevan: At least 20 people were killed and more than 290 others injured in a fuel depot explosion in the conflict-hit Nagorno-Karabakh region which was seized by Azerbaijan last week, officials said on Tuesday. Seven victims died in…
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Jakarta: A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's North Sulawesi province on Tuesday, but did not trigger giant waves, authorities said. The country's weather agency had earlier released the earthquake's…
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Global health experts have raised concerns about the possibility of even more devastating pandemics in the future. Date Kate Bingham, who chaired the UK’s vaccine taskforce, delivered a sombre warning, suggesting that the next pandemic…
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New Delhi: The United States Embassy in India proudly announced a remarkable achievement, issuing an unprecedented 90,000 student visas to Indian students during the last three months. This surge in student visas underscores the…
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New Delhi: An Indian-American city council member from the US state of Tennessee has announced her run as a Democrat to represent District 90 in the state's House of Representatives. Varanasi-born Seema Singh will bid for the seat held…
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London: The Speaker of Canada's House of Commons, Anthony Rota, has apologised for praising a Ukrainian man who served in a Nazi unit during World War II, according to a media report. Yaroslav Hunka, 98, was sitting in the gallery and…
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Canberra: An Australian man was arrested and charged on Monday after his unruly behaviour forced a domestic flight to return to the Perth Airport. Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed in a statement that the 33-year-old man would…
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Canberra: Australia will face possible compounding and cascading natural disasters throughout this upcoming summer season, the nation's top emergency management authority warned on Monday. Brendan Moon, Australia's Coordinator-General…
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Singapore: A Singapore-based Chinese cab driver is currently facing an investigation following allegations of verbal abuse towards a woman passenger and her daughter during a ride. The incident occurred when the driver mistakenly assumed…
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A significant achievement in space exploration unfolded as NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully returned to Earth, carrying its precious cargo - the first asteroid sample ever collected in space. The spacecraft executed a strategic…
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New Delhi: The former chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce Kate Bingham has in a new book warned of a next pandemic that could come from a million unknown viruses and kill about 50 million people like the Spanish Flu. The excerpt of the…
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Los Angeles: In a bold heist that shocked the art world, a rare Japanese bronze Buddha statue, valued at $1.5 million (approximately Rs 12.5 crore), was stolen from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles. The audacious theft took place in the…
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Washington: After Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead outside a Gurdwara in British Columbia, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents visited several Sikh leaders and warned them that their lives were also at…
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Islamabad: Thirty-one people were injured when a passenger train collided with a cargo train in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday, local media reported. Railway officials said that rescue work is underway at the site of the accident,…
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Washington: In a bold claim, Dr. Ernst von Schwarz, a distinguished triple board-certified internist, cardiologist, and heart transplant cardiologist at esteemed medical institutions, envisions a substantial extension of the human lifespan…
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Mogadishu: At least 20 people, most of them civilians, were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Beledweyne town in Somalia, local officials said. According to Beledweyne District Commissioner Omar Alasow, the explosion occurred near a…
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Yangon: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Yangon of southern Myanmar with no casualties reported, the country's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) announced. According to the DMH on Saturday, the quake occurred at about 20:54…
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Philippines: In the Philippines, Taal Volcano, one of the world's smallest but active volcanoes situated 60 kilometers north of Manila, has released gases causing health issues, particularly affecting at least 45 children. The emissions,…
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Tallahassee: A 14-foot alligator was caught carrying a human body down a canal near Clearwater in the US state of Florida, the media reported. A witness, JaMarcus Bullard, who was on his way to a job interview, spotted the reptile with…
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Islamabad: Pakistan is in its tipping point crisis where it should decide to remain a laggard with 40 per cent population living below the poverty line under elite capture and policy decisions driven by strong vested interests of military,…
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