JIUQUAN (China), Oct. 31: The Shenzhou-16 astronauts are in good health condition and the Shenzhou-16 manned…
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Bangladesh calls for climate adaptation financing ahead of COP28
DHAKA, Oct 31: Bangladeshi Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin has emphasised the urgent need for predictable…
Venezuela supreme court annuls opposition primary result
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 31: Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Monday annulled the results of the opposition primaries…
Saudi hospital scores world’s first with robotic living donor liver transplant
RIYADH, Oct 30: In a historic achievement, the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (OTCoE) team at…
Why the death of Friends’ Matthew Perry hurts more than a generation of television viewers
By Melissa Duis KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29: The news of the death of Matthew Perry on…
Malaysia, Singapore parliaments share aspirations in youth development, ASEAN prosperity
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27: The Parliament of Malaysia and the Parliament of Singapore today reached a…
Former Thai PM’s daughter leads ruling party
BANGKOK, Oct 27: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has been elected as…
20 dead, 60 injured in another mass shooting spree in the US, the deadliest so far in 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct 26: A mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine has become the deadliest in the United…
Korean court rules on where Buddhist statue should be placed
SEOUL, Oct 26: South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a 14th-century Korean Buddhist statue,…
China sends three astronauts to Tiangon space station
BEIJING, Oct. 26: China launched the Shenzhou-17 manned spacecraft carrying a three-member crew to the Tiangong…
Hundreds flee advancing bushfires in Queensland
SYDNEY, Oct 25 (Bernama-dpa): Out-of-control bushfires have destroyed five houses and burned out 8,000 hectares of land…
UK Agency inks deal on human space mission
LONDON, Oct 25: UK astronauts could take part in the first all-UK mission to space after the…
Sri Lanka decides to mount solar plants on reservoirs
COLOMBO, Oct. 24: Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to construct a floating solar photovoltaic…
6.2-Magnitude quake jolts Taiwan
TAIPEI, Oct 24 (Bernama-dpa) — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook Taiwan on Tuesday, according to the Central…
45.5 pct of Japanese workers sleep less than 6 hours nightly
TOKYO, Oct 23: A total of 45.5 per cent of people working in Japan sleep less than…
Philippines summon Chinese ambassador over South China Sea collisions
MANILA, Oct 23: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr called security and defence officials for a special command…
Thailand to train more therapists for halal spa treatments
PATTANI (Thailand), Oct. 22: Thailand is establishing a new learning centre to provide training to therapists and…
England football legend Bobby Charlton dies at 86
ISTANBUL, Oct 22: Sir Bobby Charlton, regarded as one of Manchester United’s greatest-ever players, died at…
Nobel laureates call for compassion for children in Middle East conflict
ANKARA, Oct 21 (Bernama-Anadolu) — Nobel laureates demanded compassion Friday for children in the Palestine-Israel conflict,…
China restricts export of graphite, a key material for EV batteries
BEIJING, Oct 20: China has placed new restrictions on the export of graphite, a key raw material…
Malta to ban e-scooters rental from March 2024
VALLETTA, Oct 20: Malta will ban rental e-scooters from March 1, with the government blaming disturbances…
Greta Thunberg joins climate protest outside JP Morgan in London
LONDON, Oct 19: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined a protest outside JP Morgan in…
Tokyo to use “robotaxis” by 2026
TOKYO, Oct 19: Driverless robot taxis built by GM subsidiary Cruise are to hit the streets…
Vietnam records almost 100,000 dengue cases
HANOI, Oct 18: Vietnam has reported 99,639 dengue fever cases with 27 deaths since the beginning…