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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Beijing, May 16 , 2024 : An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 03:48:02 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 7.10 degreessouth latitude and 148.47 degrees east longitude.
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Bratislava, May 16 , 2024 :The wounded Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is still in critical condition and is undergoing surgery, Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Robert Kalinak said Wednesday evening. The attack has been classified as an assassination, with the gunner firing five shots, according to Slovak Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok.…
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Yaounde, May 16 , 2024 : Two security soldiers and two civilians were killed in a separatist attack in Cameroon’s war-torn Englishspeaking region of Northwest, security and local sources said on Wednesday. Separatist fighters ambushed two members of Cameroon security Tuesday night in Bambui locality of the region, said a senior security official. “The soldiers…
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Los Angeles, May 16 , 2024 : NASA plans to launch a new mission this month to study the heat loss from Earth’s polar regions and provide information on changing climate, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Wednesday. The mission, named the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE), will study two of…
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Beirut, May 16 , 2024 : A Syrian was killed and two others sustained injuries on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on the Mansouri Plain in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources said. The sources said that the wounded Syrians were transferred by the Lebanese Civil Defense to a hospital in the southwestern city of Tyre.…
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London, May 15 , 2024 : French international defender Raphael Varane announced on Tuesday that he will leave Manchester United this summer, three years after joining from Real Madrid. The 31-year-old says goodbye to the club after his contract expires and 93 appearances in all competitions, in a spell interrupted by several injuries. “It’s been…
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Beijing, May 15 , 2024 : China on Wednesday enforced a policy allowing visa-free entry of foreign tourist groups aboard cruise ships via all cruise ship ports along the country’s coastline. Tourist groups each consisting of two foreigners or more, and organized or received by Chinese travel agencies, can enter China visa free on board…
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