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Kabul: Taliban, the Islamist movement and military organisation in Afghanistan, on Monday, declared a three-day ceasefire across the nation to mark this week’s Eid al-Fitr holiday, just two days after being blamed for killing as much as 68 people — mostly young girls — in a bomb attack outside a
Washington: Space agency NASA on May 9 rebuked China for failing to meet “responsible standards” regarding its space debris, hours after fragments of the country’s largest and an out of control rocket disintegrated over the Indian Ocean near the Maldives. The debris from China’s Long March 5B rocket re-entered the
New Delhi: The Saudi government for the very first time has released several high-resolution photos of an ancient religious stone, al-Hajar al-Aswad or famously known as ‘black stone’ in holy Mecca. These pictures of Black Stone are up to 49,000 megapixels in size and took more than 50 hours to
China said on Thursday it had suspended an economic agreement with Australia, in an apparent tit-for-tat response to Canberra’s scrapping of a Belt and Road infrastructure pact and threat to undo a deal leasing Darwin Port to a Chinese company. Relations between the two sides have collapsed into acrimony after
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plans to marry her longtime partner during the southern summer. In an interview Wednesday on the Coast radio breakfast show, Ardern said she and Clarke Gayford have finally set a date for their wedding after announcing they were engaged two years ago. But Ardern
Sydney: An Australian court on Wednesday agreed to hear a challenge to the country’s travel ban on citizens returning home from coronavirus-hit India after a 73-year-old man living in Bangalore filed a plea with a federal court, who wishes to return. Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week banned arrivals from India,
Mexico City: As many as thirteen people lost their lives while 70 others left hurt after an overpass carrying Mexico City metro train cars fell flat onto a road on Monday night, as revealed by authorities. A video running on local TV channel showed the overpass collapsing on top of
New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India will reportedly invest GBP 240 million in United Kingdom to expand its vaccine business and will set up a new sales office, creating around 6,500 jobs, announced Downing Street, as part of plans for a GBP 1 billion India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership. The
Billionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of one of the world’s largest private charitable foundations, filed for divorce on Monday after 27 years of marriage, saying they had reached an agreement on how to divide their assets. In identical tweets, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said they had
London: Foreign ministers of the G7 (Group of Seven) nations have started to land in London to attend their first in-person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic began. In addition to G7 member states Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US, the UK has invited ministers from Australia, India, South
