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N Korea vows military strike if any provocation
North Korea will launch a military strike immediately in response to any provocation, Kim Yo Jong, the sister and key ally of leader Kim Jong Un, said yesterday, as it fired artillery shells near its border with the South for the third day in a row.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
China sanctions five US firms over Taiwan arms sales
China announced sanctions on Sunday against five US defence firms in response to their involvement in arms sales to self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory
7 January 2024, 11:20 AM
Deforestation halved in 2023
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by half last year, according to figures released Friday,
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Microsoft, OpenAI hit with new lawsuit by authors
OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft were sued on Friday in Manhattan federal court by a pair of nonfiction authors who say
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Rare bird flaunts male and female feathers in Colombia
On the right side of its body, the bird flaunted the typical blue plumage and black head of the male Green Honeycreeper. On the left, it was a beautiful grass green.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 for checks
Alaska Airlines ALK.N will temporarily ground its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 MAX 9 BA.N aircraft after a cabin panel blowout forced a jetliner loaded with passengers to make an emergency landing on Friday,
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
US safety board investigating Alaska Airlines flight's emergency landing after plane's door bursts open mid-air
Exterior photos of the aircraft appeared to show that the rear mid-cabin exit door separated from the aircraft during the flight, Flightradar24 said in a post on its website
6 January 2024, 06:27 AM
US intel confirms IS's Afghanistan branch behind Iran blasts
Communications intercepts collected by the United States confirmed that Islamic State's (ISIS) Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, two sources familiar with the intelligence told Reuters on Friday
6 January 2024, 03:33 AM
Russia used North Korean missiles for Ukraine attacks: US
North Korea has provided Russia with ballistic missiles and missile launchers that were used in recent attacks on Ukraine in a major escalation of support for Moscow, the White House said Thursday
5 January 2024, 03:06 AM
2 Chinese vessels shadow US, Philippines ships
Two Chinese navy vessels shadowed Philippines and US ships conducting joint patrols in the South China Sea, the Philippine military said yesterday, as tensions flare in the region over disputed territorial claims.
4 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘US strike’ in Baghdad kills sr commander
A “US strike” in Baghdad yesterday killed a military commander of the Hashed al-Shaabi, the ex-paramilitary force said, with an Iraq security official reporting two deaths in a drone attack.
4 January 2024, 18:00 PM
UN 'very disturbed' by Israeli calls for Gazans' emigration
UN human rights chief Volker Turk today said he was "very disturbed" after comments by senior Israeli officials calling for Palestinians to leave Gaza
4 January 2024, 12:31 PM
Iran revises down twin-blast death toll to 84
Iranian authorities today said twin blasts in the country's south killed 84 people the previous day, revising down an earlier toll from the explosions at a top general's commemoration
4 January 2024, 11:34 AM
Hundreds cut off after Japan quake that killed 78
The powerful main tremor, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, injured at least 330 people, local authorities said.
4 January 2024, 05:02 AM
Japan Airlines pilots 'unaware of fire' at first
The airliner collided with a coast guard plane after landing at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening. All but one of the six people on the smaller aircraft were killed.
4 January 2024, 04:57 AM
US denies it or Israel were behind Iran blast
At least 103 people died in southern Iran at the grave of Revolutionary Guards General Qasem Soleimani, as mourners gathered exactly four years after he was killed in a US drone strike.
4 January 2024, 04:30 AM
Harvard president says she was ousted by 'lies, insults'
Claudine Gay stepped down Tuesday after coming under ferocious attack over plagiarism accusations and her response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus amid the Israel-Hamas war.
4 January 2024, 04:26 AM
Iran blames Israel, US for deadly blasts
Iran blamed Israel and the United States on Wednesday for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 95 people in the country's south, ripping through a crowd commemorating Revolutionary Guards general Qasem Soleimani four years after his death in a US strike
4 January 2024, 03:08 AM
103 killed in 'terrorist attacks' in Iran
Two explosions caused by 'terrorist attacks' killed more than 70 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a 2020 US drone attack, Iranian officials said today
3 January 2024, 13:01 PM
Harvard president resigns after rocky testimony, plagiarism allegations
Harvard President Claudine Gay said she would resign from her position on Tuesday, ending a six-month tenure marred by allegations of plagiarism and backlash over her congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus
3 January 2024, 06:54 AM