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Brasilia:  A 6.5 magnitude quake jolted 123 km NW of Tarauaca, Brazil, the US Geological Survey said. The quake that hit the region at 2131 GMT on Saturday was epicentred at 7.32 degrees south latitude and 71.51 degrees west longitude.…
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Damascus/Tehran:  Four officers of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and an unknown number of civilians were killed in an Israeli missile attack on a residential neighbourhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus, an Iranian…
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Kathmandu: India would be operating a special train to Nepal's Janakpur -- the birthplace of Sita, to bring Lord Ram devotees to Ayodhya on the occasion of Ram Mandir inauguration on January 22 in the Himalayan nation's neighbouring Indian…
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Tokyo: Japan appears to have become the fifth country to successfully land on the Moon, after Russia, US, China, and India. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Friday said that Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)…
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China: At least thirteen people were reportedly killed as a major fire broke out in a school dormitory in Henan province of China. The fire mishap took place at the Yingcai School in Henan's Yanshanpu village. The local fire department was…
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Canberra: An emergency situation has been declared and remote communities evacuated in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) amid flooding. NT Police on Thursday declared an emergency situation for the small towns of Pigeon Hole and…
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New Delhi: India is going to host the 71st Miss World pageant after 28 years. The event will be streamed and telecast worldwide. Confirming about the news, the official page of Miss World took to X and wrote, "Chairman of Miss World,…
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Jakarta: Three Boeing 737 Max 9 planes that belong to Indonesia's budget airline Lion Air have been allowed to resumed flying after a temporary grounding following the Alaska Airlines incident earlier this month. Transportation Ministry…
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Seoul:  North Korea on Friday said it has tested an underwater nuclear weapon system under development in response to the latest joint maritime exercise between South Korea, the US, and Japan. According to Pyongyang's official Korean…
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Brussels: Extreme weather conditions involving heavy snowfall and freezing rain hit many countries across Europe, causing flight cancellations and delays and disrupting road traffic. In Belgium, departures from Brussels Airport in…
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