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Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding until March

Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding...

Washington [US], January 20: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill that will keep the government...

NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission ends

NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission...

Los Angeles [US], January 20: The first flight of NASA's commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as...

Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon landing

Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon...

Tokyo [Japan], January 20: Japan's national space agency on Saturday confirmed its first moon landing with the Small Lunar Landing...

Australian school communities urged to help identify victims of human trafficking

Australian school communities urged to help identify victims...

Canberra [Australia], January 20: Australian authorities have called on schools around the country to be on the lookout for signs...

Rapid rise in dengue mosquitoes reported in Sri Lanka

Rapid rise in dengue mosquitoes reported in Sri...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 20: The population of mosquitoes in Sri Lanka that transmit the dengue virus has increased by...

10 arrested for trafficking stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Yangon

10 arrested for trafficking stimulant tablets in Myanmar's...

Yangon [Myanmar], January 20: Myanmar's anti-narcotic police have arrested 10 suspects for trafficking over 1.4 million stimulant tablets in...

Landslides kill 7 people in S. Philippines

Landslides kill 7 people in S. Philippines

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 20: At least seven people died in flash floods and landslides in the southern Philippine regions...

Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift from God'

Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift...

Vatican [Vatican City], January 20: Pope Francis has said that sexual pleasure is "a gift from God" that should be...

Ecuador security forces launch major prison operation

Ecuador security forces launch major prison operation

Quito [Ecuador], January 20: Security forces in Ecuador have launched an operation in a major prison complex in the port...

Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza strategy

Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 20: A key member of Israel's war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not...

Russian oil depot on fire after attempted Ukrainian drone attack

Russian oil depot on fire after attempted Ukrainian...

Klintsy [Russia], January 20: Four oil tanks at a large storage facility in the town of Klintsy in Russia's western...

UMEX and SimTEX 2024 agenda announced

UMEX and SimTEX 2024 agenda announced

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu...

UAE President receives phone call from Ukrainian President

UAE President receives phone call from Ukrainian President

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 20: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today...

Abu Dhabi's 'Falcon Economy' in the limelight at WEF 2024 in Davos

Abu Dhabi's 'Falcon Economy' in the limelight at...

Davos [Switzerland], January 20: The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) led the Emirate's official economic delegation to the...

13 dead in central China school dormitory fire

13 dead in central China school dormitory fire

Zhengzhou [China], January 20: Thirteen people have been confirmed dead in a fire that took place in a school...

6.4-magnitude quake hits Tonga

6.4-magnitude quake hits Tonga

Suva [Fiji], January 19: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted 125 km NW of Fangale'ounga, Tonga, at 11:12...

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits central Indonesia

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Friday morning, the country's Meteorological,...

Emergency situation declared for flooding in northern Australia

Emergency situation declared for flooding in northern Australia

Canberra [Australia], January 19: An emergency situation has been declared and remote communities evacuated in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) amid...

Japan's core consumer prices rise 2.3 pct in December

Japan's core consumer prices rise 2.3 pct in...

Tokyo [Japan], January 19: Japan's core consumer prices were up 2.3 percent in December from a year earlier, the government...

Indonesia allows Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to fly again after checks

Indonesia allows Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19: Three Boeing 737 Max 9 planes belonging to Indonesia's budget airline Lion Air have been allowed...

Ukraine, Russia both report new airstrikes

Ukraine, Russia both report new airstrikes

Moscow [Russia], January 19: Both Ukraine and Russia again reported numerous airstrikes on their territory during the night and in...

Iraqi premier says ending US-led alliance role necessary for stability

Iraqi premier says ending US-led alliance role necessary...

Baghdad [Iraq], January 19: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani on Thursday pushed for an end to the contested presence of...

At least nine killed in suspected Jordanian strikes on Syria: Activists

At least nine killed in suspected Jordanian strikes...

Beirut [Lebanon], January 19: At least nine people were killed, including women and children, in suspected Jordanian air strikes in...

Difficult problem in the Middle East

Difficult problem in the Middle East

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 19: Efforts to contain widespread conflicts in the Middle East are at a deadlock because the...

The US Congress narrowly helped the government escape the risk of shutdown

The US Congress narrowly helped the government escape...

Washington [US], January 19: The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to temporarily fund the federal government through...

Mr. Trump retains the right to run for office in Washington, the Democratic Party may be investigated

Mr. Trump retains the right to run for...

Washington [US], January 19: A judge in Washington state (USA) rejected the petition to remove former President Trump's name from...

Pentagon: US is not at war with Houthi

Pentagon: US is not at war with Houthi

Washington [US], January 19: The Pentagon declared that the US is not at war with the Houthi forces in Yemen,...