UK Booker Prize set to name first-time winner
AFP :Britain’s Booker Prize for fiction will anoint a first-time winner when the 2023 recipient of the prestigious prize is announced at a ceremony in...
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11killed in shopping mall blaze in Pakistan’s Karachi
Al Jazeera :At least 11 people have been killed in a fire at a shopping centre in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, according to...
Japan to cull 40,000 birds after detecting bird flu
Reuters :Japan detected the first case of highly pathogenic H5-type bird flu this season at a poultry farm in the south of the country, public...
Five wounded in Kyiv by largest ever drone attack on Ukraine
Reuters :Ukraine’s capital suffered what officials said was Russia’s largest drone attack of the war on Saturday, leaving five people wounded as the rumble of...
Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison
BBC Online :Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the murder of George Floyd, has been stabbed at an Arizona prison, US media reports say.A...
Gaza truce holds into second day, more captives to be released
Al Jazeera :Palestinians in the war-stricken Gaza Strip are experiencing a second day of relative calm absent of Israeli attacks as a temporary pause in...
India rescuers hit snags in two-week bid to free 41 tunnel workers
AFP :Indian rescuers brought in a new digging machine Saturday to open a vertical shaft to free 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel...
Andry Rajoelina: Madagascar president re-elected in contested poll
BBC Online :Madagascar’s incumbent President Andry Rajoelina has won a third term, following a disputed election boycotted by the opposition and its supporters.He won 59%...
Afghan Embassy says it is permanently closing in New Delhi over challenges from India
AP :The Afghan Embassy in New Delhi is permanently closed, it announced Friday, due to challenges from the Indian government and a lack of diplomatic...
Protesters demanding a restoration of Nepal’s monarchy clash with police
AP :Riot police used batons and tear gas to halt tens of thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king who attempted to march to the...
India tunnel collapse ‘wake-up call’ for Modi’s infrastructure drive
AFP :India’s aggressive infrastructure push into the ecologically fragile Himalayan mountains has been given a “wake-up call” by the collapse of a road tunnel that...
Taiwan opposition registers separate candidates after collapse of unity bid
Al Jazeera :Taiwan’s opposition parties have registered separate candidates for next year’s presidential elections, hours after an attempt to field a joint ticket against the...