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4 asteroids to pass Earth on October 25, including 'urban killer'

4 asteroids to pass Earth on October 25,...

New York [US], October 25: The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that several asteroids will pass by...

Twelfth monkey dies in HK zoo amid bacterial outbreak

Twelfth monkey dies in HK zoo amid bacterial...

Hong Kong, October 25: A twelfth monkey died at a Hong Kong zoo, with tests underway to determine if it...

Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations

Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations

London [UK], October 25: Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine...

King Charles drinks kava during ritual in Samoa

King Charles drinks kava during ritual in Samoa

London [UK], October 25: King Charles has taken part in a traditional ritual in Samoa, drinking the ceremonial beverage kava,...

More than 20 dead in Philippine tropical storm

More than 20 dead in Philippine tropical storm

Manila [Philippines], October 25: A tropical storm has dumped one month's worth of rains over large swathes of the northern...

Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery reparations, climate change

Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery reparations, climate change

London [UK], October 25: The leaders of the Commonwealth grouping of nations met on Thursday ahead of a summit in...

Two Bird Flu cases confirmed

Two Bird Flu cases confirmed

Washington [US], October 25: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday confirmed two of the four presumptive...

Harris rallies with Springsteen, Obama in Georgia

Harris rallies with Springsteen, Obama in Georgia

Washington [US], October 25: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris heads to the battleground of Georgia on Thursday for a star-studded...

Political 'bad behaviour' killed voice referendum

Political 'bad behaviour' killed voice referendum

Washington [US], October 25: The failure of the 2023 referendum that sought to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in...

Man charged with domestic violence murder in Sydney

Man charged with domestic violence murder in Sydney

Sydney [Australia], October 25: A man has been charged with a domestic violence-related murder in western Sydney following the fatal...

Dozens of Palestinian casualties in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip

Dozens of Palestinian casualties in Israeli airstrikes on...

Tel Aviv [Israel], October 25: Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes this evening across various areas of...

America 'given up' with Israel?

America 'given up' with Israel?

Washington [US], October 24: While US pressure has not been enough to make Israel de-escalate, Arab countries in the Middle...

US will lend Ukraine 20 billion USD

US will lend Ukraine 20 billion USD

Washington [US], October 24: On October 22, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen confirmed that the US and Europe are close...

Cuba restores most of national power system

Cuba restores most of national power system

Havana [Cuba], October 24: The Cuban Electricity Union (UNE) said on October 22 that it had restored most of the...

Typhoon Tra Mi makes landfall in the Philippines, forecast to strengthen again when entering the East Sea

Typhoon Tra Mi makes landfall in the Philippines,...

Manila [Philippines], October 24: Typhoon Tra Mi is forecast to sweep through the Philippines on October 24 and weaken, before...

Terrorist shooting at Turkish Airlines, at least 7 dead

Terrorist shooting at Turkish Airlines, at least 7...

Ankara [Turkey], October 24: CNN reported on October 24 that at least 5 people were killed and 22 injured in...

US approves F-16 upgrade package worth more than 7 billion USD for Poland

US approves F-16 upgrade package worth more than...

Washington [US], October 24: The US State Department has approved a $7.3 billion upgrade package for Poland's F-16 fighter jet...

Philippines suffers severe flooding due to Typhoon Tra Mi

Philippines suffers severe flooding due to Typhoon Tra...

Manila [Philippines], October 24: Typhoon Tra Mi made landfall in the northeastern part of the Philippines' Luzon island on the...

Qualcomm faces existential risk

Qualcomm faces existential risk

Washington [US], October 24: Not only facing a big challenge from the handshake between Intel and AMD in the laptop...

UAV 'assistant' successfully points out target for F-35 in new test

UAV 'assistant' successfully points out target for F-35...

Washington [US], October 24: The US Marine Corps has just announced that it has completed testing the XQ-58A unmanned aerial...

Homes for old train sites as land audit chugs along

Homes for old train sites as land audit...

Washington [US], October 24: A former train depot and an access shaft for a new-age project are among the sites...

Building watchdog abolished after failing buyers

Building watchdog abolished after failing buyers

Victoria [Seychelles], October 24: Victoria's building watchdog will be replaced after it failed to stop shoddy builders.

Double penalties, double cops: crackdown on tobacco

Double penalties, double cops: crackdown on tobacco

Washington [US], October 24: Vendors selling tobacco or vapes illegally could be hit with double the maximum penalty and will...

Future AI chatbots may secretly dob on their users

Future AI chatbots may secretly dob on their...

Washington [US], October 24: You might not be able to pass generative AI writing off as your own for much...

US says evidence shows North Korea has troops in Russia, possibly for Ukraine war

US says evidence shows North Korea has troops...

Washington [US], October 24: The United States said for the first time on Wednesday that it had seen evidence that...

Four dead in Turkish attack

Four dead in Turkish attack

Ankara [Turkey], October 2: At least four people have been killed and 14 injured in an attack at the headquarters...

Percentage of women killed in war doubled in 2023: UN report

Percentage of women killed in war doubled in...

New York [US], October 24: The proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled last year compared to 2022, accounting...