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Blast at central Russian plant kills 10: governor
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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
23 October 2025, 17:44 PM
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China, US to hold trade talks in Malaysia in coming days
23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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India poised to sharply cut Russian oil purchases after sanctions, sources say
23 October 2025, 06:50 AM
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West slaps more sanctions on Iran
Russia has received ballistic missiles from Iran and will likely use them in Ukraine within weeks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday, warning that cooperation between Moscow and Tehran threatens wider European security.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
About 60 states endorse ‘blueprint’
About 60 countries including the United States endorsed a “blueprint for action” to govern responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military yesterday, but China was among those which did not support the legally non-binding document.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Australia plans social media ban for children
Australia yesterday said it planned to introduce legislation this year to ban children from using social media platforms, citing the risks it could pose to physical and mental health.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia, China launch huge naval drills eyeing US
President Vladimir Putin yesterday warned the United States against trying to outgun Moscow in Asia as Russian and Chinese warships held joint drills as part of the biggest Russian naval exercises since the Soviet era.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
West Bengal doctors won’t return to work until demands met
Junior doctors in India’s West Bengal state have vowed to keep up a strike in protest at the rape and murder of a trainee doctor unless their demands are met, defying a Supreme Court deadline.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Moscow struck with 144 drones
Ukraine yesterday struck the Moscow region in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Clash may reshape race
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris will meet in their first and perhaps only debate on Tuesday, a clash that could prove pivotal in their pitched battle for the White House.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Top brass hold first call to stabilise ties
The United States and China held theatre-level commander talks for the first time yesterday, Chinese authorities said, amid efforts to stabilise military ties and avoid misunderstandings, especially in regional hot spots such as the South China Sea.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Last India polls ‘controlled’
India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday said he did not view this year’s two-month general elections as a free exercise, but rather as one structured to deliver an advantage to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, without citing evidence.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Death toll in Vietnam rises to 82; 64 missing
Severe floods are expected to inundate parts of Vietnam’s north, including the capital Hanoi, government officials said, as the aftermath of typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia so far this year, continues to extract a deadly toll.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Italy oyster farmers dream of pearls from warming Mediterranean
In late 2023, the first specimens of Pinctada radiata, a pearl oyster native to the Red Sea, were spotted in the Gulf of Poets, a popular tourist area around 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Genoa on Italy's north-western coast.
10 September 2024, 10:32 AM
Which EU member states have introduced temporary border checks?
Schengen's rules allow this "as a last resort" to avert serious threats to internal security or public policy.
10 September 2024, 10:26 AM
Britain's Paul Marshall buys The Spectator magazine
Marshall, chief investment officer of the $66.6 billion global hedge fund Marshall Wace, will add the magazine, bought by his Old Queen Street Media vehicle, to his existing right-wing media outlets.
10 September 2024, 10:22 AM
Vietnam court jails journalist for seven years
Nguyen Vu Binh, a political activist who wrote about corruption, land rights and the environment, was accused of producing propaganda against the state.
10 September 2024, 10:16 AM
Red Cross head presses Myanmar junta for more aid access
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in 2021, sparking armed uprisings across the country.
10 September 2024, 10:11 AM
Israel defence minister says Gaza truce deal a 'strategic opportunity'
Israel, which has been at war with Palestinian fighters in Gaza since Hamas's October 7 attack, is also engaged in near-daily clashes with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on its northern border with Lebanon.
10 September 2024, 10:08 AM
SpaceX launches all-civilian crew for first private spacewalk
The crew, led by Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Iscaacman, is also aiming to fly deeper into space than any other manned mission in more than half a century, reaching a peak altitude of 870 miles (1,400 kilometers).
10 September 2024, 10:04 AM
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan convicted of rape on appeal in Switzerland: court
The verdict was slightly more lenient than the three years in prison -- half suspended -- requested by the prosecutor in the appeals case in May.
10 September 2024, 08:59 AM
US Senator Dick Durbin offers his full support to Prof Yunus
US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin has expressed his support for Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and urged US President Joe Biden to support him as well.
10 September 2024, 07:25 AM
Ukraine attacks Russia with 144 drones, killing one and closing airports
Russia says the attacks are akin to "terrorism" as they target civilian infrastructure
10 September 2024, 06:55 AM