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Biden approves disaster declaration for Kentucky over deadly flooding
Washington: US President Joe Biden declared that "a major disaster exists" in Kentucky amid the deadly flooding triggered by torrential rain...
Moldova to buy gas from Romania: President
Bucharest: Visiting Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that her country intended to buy gas from Romania as soon as possible to...
Hitler’s watch sold for $1.1mn in US auction
Washington: A watch said to have belonged to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler sold for a whopping $1.1 million at an...
Biden, Xi discuss Taiwan during phone call
Washington/Beijing: Amid simmering tensions, US and Chinese Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping discussed the Taiwan issue during which the American...
UN Security Council extends mandate of UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus
United Nations: The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted Resolution 2646 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping...
Palestine seeks full UN membership to protect 2-state solution: Envoy
Ramallah, July 29 (IANS) Riyad Mansour, Palestine's envoy to the UN, said that it is "making all possible efforts" to obtain...
UN calls on China to repeal draconian HK law
New York: The UN has called on China to repeal a draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong from...
S.Korea’s population logs 1st fall in 2021 since 1949
Seoul: South Korea's population logged the first fall last year due to chronically low births and rapid population aging, marking...
Court in China jails poet who called on Xi Jinping to step down
Shandong: A court in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong has handed down a six-year jail term to an outspoken...
US will react appropriately to any NKorean nuclear test: Kirby
Washington: The United States and its allies will take appropriate steps to hold North Korea accountable should the recalcitrant country...
