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Microplastics entering human food supplies in South Australian waters
Canberra: Microplastics are making their way into human food supplies in oceans around Australia, researchers have found. In a study published recently in Science of the Total Environment, a team from Flinders…
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Massive outages reported as snowstorm hits US
New York: Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported on Tuesday as a snowstorm lashed multiple states in the northeastern US. Power outages took place in New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, New…
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Three killed, 19 injured in explosion in east Nigeria
Lagos: At least three people were killed and 19 others were injured when an explosion hit east Nigeria’s Taraba state, local police said. The incident happened on Tuesday at a crowded restaurant…
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Global Covid caseload tops 505.8 mn
Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 505.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.20 million and vaccinations to over 11.19 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its…
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COVID-19: Death toll in China’s Shanghai rises to 17; cases begin to fall
Beijing: China’s business hub Shanghai has reported seven more fatalities due to COVID-19, taking the death toll to 17 amidst signs of a declining trend in fresh cases, the health commission said…
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North Korea’s massive military parade seems imminent, suggests satellite imagery
Seoul: North Korea appears to be making final-stage preparations for a military parade involving a large number of troops ahead of another key anniversary next week, according to satellite imagery reported by…
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West’s ‘economic blitzkrieg’ against Russia fails: Putin
Moscow: Western countries’ “economic blitzkrieg” strategy against Russia has failed, President Vladimir Putin has said at a government meeting on economic issues. The main negative factor for the Russian economy in recent…
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Russia gives Ukrainian troops in steel plant another chance to surrender
Moscow: Russia on Tuesday offered another opportunity to surrender for the remaining Ukrainian forces holed up at the Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol. All those present…
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UK PM Johnson to face partygate Parliament vote while in India
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a crucial House of Commons vote this week on whether he should be referred for an investigation over his partygate statements to Parliament, it…
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4 killed in mini-market building collapse in Indonesia
Jakarta: Four people were killed and several were injured after a mini-market building collapsed in Indonesia’s South Kalimantan province, a rescuer said on Tuesday. The accident occurred at about 4.30 p.m. local…
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Palestinian Prez discusses Mideast tension with Jordanian King, Putin
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has discussed the growing tension with Israel in East Jerusalem during two separate phone conversations with King Abdullah II of Jordan and Russian President Vladimir Putin. On…
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Sri Lanka requests IMF for rapid financial aid amidst current economic crisis
Washington/Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ali Sabry has met IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington and made a request for a Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) amidst the unprecedented economic crisis in…
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UAE provides 30 tons of food supplies to Afghanistan
Dubai: Amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the UAE has provided 30 tons of food supplies to the troubled country. The aircraft carrying the food materials arrived in Kabul on Monday.…
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Six people killed, dozens injured as blasts hit near schools in western Kabul
Kabul: Six people were killed and dozens injured as a result of two explosions on the territory of schools in western Kabul, a local source told Sputnik on Tuesday. The first blast…
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Kamala Harris announces ban on anti-satellite missile tests to cut space debris
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris has declared that the country will no longer conduct destructive, direct ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing to reduce space debris and safeguard satellites in low-Earth orbit.…
