Former pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95
AFP :Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries.His death brings to an...
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Marchers in southeast Iran denounce top leader in renewed protests
Reuters :Demonstrators shouted slogans denouncing Iran’s supreme leader in the restive southeast of the country on Friday, while a human rights group said at least 100 detained protesters were facing possible death sentences.There have...
Sirens wail in Kyiv, governor says drone attack underway
Reuters :Residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were urged to head to air raid shelters early on Friday as sirens wailed across the city, a day after Russia carried out the biggest aerial assault...
US, Chinese jets in close encounter over South China Sea
AFP :A Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously within 20 feet (six meters) of a much larger US air force surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea, the US military said Thursday.In the December 21...
Indian PM Narendra Modi’s mother dies
AP :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi died on Friday morning at the age of 100, report Indian media.She was admitted to the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in...
Russia wants deeper military cooperation with China
AFP :Russian leader Vladimir Putin told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday he was keen to ramp up military cooperation and hailed the two countries’ efforts to counter Western influence.Battered by unprecedented Western sanctions...
Covid’s true death toll still elusive, 3 years in
AFP :The true global death toll of Covid remains difficult to nail down three years after the first case was detected, though experts agree there have been far more fatalities than officially reported.The difference...
Marion Biotech, cough syrup makers linked to Uzbek deaths, halts all production
Hindustan Times :Marion Biotech – the Noida-based manufacturer of a cough syrup blamed by Uzbekistan authorities for the death of 19 children – has halted production of all medicines, union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya...
Death toll from Philippine floods, landslides climbs to 33
AFP :One person died and three others were missing in the southern Philippines after being hit by a landslide, police said Thursday, taking the nationwide death toll from recent rains to at least 33....
Republican US lawmaker-elect under probe for fabricated resume
AFP :A US Republican congressman-elect who admitted making up significant parts of his resume is under criminal investigation, US media reported Wednesday, citing prosecutors in New York.George Santos’s victory in the Empire State helped...