United Nations, May 11 , 2024 : Beijing is in favour of the UN Security Council reconsidering Palestine’s full membership at the United Nations and urges the US not to block this process, the Chinese Ambassador to the UN Fu Cong said on Friday. “China supports the Security Council’s early reconsideration of the application of…
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Washington, May 11 , 2024 : Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control was awarded a $332,126,764 US Army modification contract for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, the Department of Defense announced in a press release. “Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control [of] Grand Prairie, Texas was awarded a $332,126,764 modification … contract for the…
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Buenos Aires, May 11 , 2024 : At least 30 people were injured and hospitalised after a train collision in Buenos Aires, Alberto Crescenti, director of the SAME emergency service, said. On Friday, a passenger train crashed into a maintenance train on a railway bridge in the suburb of Palermo on the San Martin line,…
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Dubai , 11 May, 2024: A unique exhibition titled ‘Swadesh’, showcasing the diverse and vibrant folk and tribal art traditions of India, was held in Dubai. Organised under the banner of Vidisha’s Creations, the event aimed to bring greater recognition to the lesser-known art forms from various regions of the country. The ‘Swadesh’ exhibition…
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Istanbul, May 10 , 2024 : Turkish authorities could block social media platform TikTok for violations, social network X may also “face consequences” for its refusal to appoint a representative in the country, Huseyin Yayman, the head of Turkey’s parliamentary commission on digital media, has said. In December 2023, TikTok vowed to update its content…
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Brasília, May 10 , 2024 : The number of people forced to leave their homes in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul due to floods has reached 327,105, the civil defence service of the state said on Friday. Most of the displaced persons moved to the homes of their friends or relatives,…
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Budapest, May 10 , 2024 : Hungary and China have signed 18 agreements on cooperation in the railway and electric vehicles industries, as well as in other sectors, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Budapest, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said in a video message on social media. “Today, the President and [Hungarian]…
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Sao Paulo, May 10 , 2024 : – The death toll from over 10 days of deadly storms in south Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 107, local authorities confirmed Thursday after seven more deaths were registered. Since the storms began on April 29, dumping record amounts of rain and sparking widespread…
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Canberra, May 10 , 2024 : The Australian government will set up an inquiry into the influence of social media. Michelle Rowland, the minister for communications, and Stephen Jones, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services, announced on Friday plans to establish a joint parliamentary committee to examine and report on the impacts of social…
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Rabat, May 10 , 2024 : The Moroccan navy rescued 38 migrants from a boat off the Atlantic coast near the port of Tan-Tan on Thursday, the official MAP news agency cited a statement from the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces as saying. A Moroccan navy unit, in charge of coastal surveillance, intercepted the makeshift boat…
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