After the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun
Reuters :Following quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its...
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Pope, in Mongolia, laments ‘earth devastated by countless conflicts’
ReutersPope Francis on Saturday called on leaders to dispel the “dark clouds of war,” speaking in a country sandwiched between two world powers – Russia...
Donald Trump’s election fraud trial in Georgia will be livestreamed
BBC Online :Donald Trump’s trial in Georgia over charges of election fraud will be livestreamed and televised, a judge has ruled. All the hearings will...
Thai king reduces Thaksin’s prison sentence to one year
Deutsche Welle :Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn reduced on Friday the prison sentence of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one. On Thursday,...
Manipur violence: 6 feared killed as gun battle enters third day
Hindustan Times :A fierce gunfight between Meitei and Kuki groups on the border between Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts in India continued for a third day...
UN chief says no end in sight for Ukrainian conflict
TASS :There is no sign of the Ukrainian conflict ending currently in sight, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said. “Hope never ends, but I...
Heat records topple across sweltering Asia
AFP :Temperature records are being toppled across Asia, from India’s summer to Australia’s winter, authorities said on Friday, in fresh evidence of the impact of...
Scores of UK school buildings to shut over collapse fears
AFP :Scores of schools in England must shut buildings made with an aerated concrete that is prone to collapse, the UK government announced Thursday, just...
Suicide bomber on motorcycle kills 9 soldiers in northwest Pakistan
AP :Nine soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle set off his explosives next to a convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday,...
Gabon’s Coup ousting President Ali Bongo wasn’t a surprise
Deutsche Welle :After 56 years at the helm of political affairs in Gabon, the end of the Bongo dynasty was very much expected. That was...
Typhoon Saola churns toward south China, suspending transport
AP :Chinese state media report at least 121 passenger trains are suspending service in anticipation of the arrival of Typhoon Saola. People in areas of...
Greek summer wildfires will burn over 150,000 hectares
AFP :Fires in Greece this summer will burn an area of at least 150,000 hectares (370,600 acres), the Greek prime minister said Thursday, including a...