Pyongyang, May 18 , 2024 : North Korea conducted a test fire of tactical ballistic missile using a new autonomous navigation system in its eastern waters on Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Saturday. The accuracy and reliability of the autonomous navigation system were verified through the test fire, the KCNA report…
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London, May 17 , 2024 : England have suffered a blow with news that fast bowler Josh Tongue has suffered a setback to his pectoral injury and will be sidelined indefinitely. Despite not having played at any level since August last year, Tongue was among the front runners to replace James Anderson when the veteran…
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Bangkok, May 17, 2024 : Brazil will host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup following a vote at the 74th FIFA Congress here on Friday. Brazil got 119 votes from the Congress, beating the joint bid of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, which took 78 votes. Brazil’s successful bid means the 10th edition of the…
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Tehran, May 17 , 2024 : At least seven people have lost their lives in a flash flood triggered by heavy rains in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, Iranian official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday. Two people trapped inside a car by floodwaters were killed at the Enqelab Square in Mashhad in the…
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Tokyo, May 17 , 2024 : Japan on Friday started the sixth round of release of nuclearcontaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. Despite furious opposition at home and abroad, Tokyo Electric Power Company, the plant’s operator, started releasing the radioactive wastewater in the morning, the second round…
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Gaza, May 17 , 2024 : The United Nations (UN) on Thursday considered humanitarian aid distribution “almost impossible” in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which has lasted over 200 days. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that distributing humanitarian aid…
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Moscow, May 17 , 2024 : Russia does not rule out the possibility of downgrading its diplomatic relations with the United States in certain scenarios, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. In an interview with TASS news agency, Ryabkov said that Russia has never taken the initiative to make such moves in…
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Washington, May 17 , 2024 : The Republicancontrolled U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that seeks to undo President Joe Biden’s temporary suspension of arms transfer to Israel. The bill, called the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, was passed by the lower chamber of the U.S. Congress in a 224-187 vote.…
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Tehran, May 17 , 2024: Iran has rejected the U.S. accusations that it was “transferring weaponry” to the Yemen-based Houthis, enabling them to carry out attacks on ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere, the official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday. Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani made the remarks in a letter to…
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Beijing, May 16 , 2024 : Chinese President Xi Jinping held a restrictive meeting on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is in China on a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi welcomed the distinguished President and his old friend to China for a state visit. As President…
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