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    Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world
    International

    Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world

    Beijing, May 16: Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uyghur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges, in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in the world, an Associated Press review of leaked data shows. A list obtained and partially verified by...
    Ukraine
    International

    Ukraine's Zelenskyy defiant as Russia retreats from Kharkiv

    Kyiv, May 15: Fresh off his country's Eurovision win, a defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed early Sunday to one day host the song contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, which is almost entirely in Russian hands aside from a stalwart group of a few hundred Ukrainian fighters who...
    Untrained passenger lands plane safely after pilot falls ill
    International

    Untrained passenger lands plane safely after pilot falls ill

    West Palm Beach (US), May 13: A passenger in a small plane off Florida's Atlantic coast used the cockpit radio to make an urgent plea for help after he realized that the pilot was too sick to handle the controls. "I've got a serious situation here," the man said Tuesday. "My pilot has gone...
    Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Ways huge black hole
    Sci - Tech

    Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way's huge black hole

    Washington, May 13: The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy.Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, including our own, have these giant black holes at their centre, where light and matter cannot escape,...
    Russia hits Ukraine
    International

    Russia hits Ukraine's east as Finland moves toward NATO bid

    Kyiv, May 12: Russian forces unleashed airstrikes on the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the besieged city of Mariupol and pressed their advance on towns across the country's east, Ukraine's military said Thursday. As the war, which has ground to a stalemate, wrought more death and...
    Bill Gates say he has COVID, experiencing mild symptoms
    International

    Bill Gates say he has COVID, experiencing mild symptoms

    Seattle, May 11: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. Via Twitter, the billionaire philanthropist said he will isolate until he is healthy again. "I'm fortunate to be vaccinated and boosted and have access to testing...
    FIFA video game to disappear as EA Sports partnership ends
    Sports

    FIFA video game to disappear as EA Sports partnership ends

    Zurich, May 11: The FIFA video game will be disappearing after the maker failed to strike a new licensing deal with world soccer's governing body. Instead, EA Sports FC will be introduced from 2023 after the company creates the final game in partnership with FIFA later this year. EA has been...
    UK: Russia will push to capture 2 more cities
    International

    UK: Russia will push to capture 2 more cities

    Lviv (Ukraine), May 4: The British military believes Russia will make a push to try to seize the cities of Kramatorsk and Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine. The British made the comment Wednesday in a daily briefing it posts on Twitter about the war. The Defence Ministry said Russia had some 22...
    North Korea fires ballistic missile amid rising animosities
    International

    North Korea fires ballistic missile amid rising animosities

    Seoul, May 4: North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal "at the fastest possible pace" and threatened to use them against rivals. ...
    Kim warns North Korea would
    International

    Kim warns North Korea would 'preemptively' use nuclear weapons

    Seoul, Apr 30: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned yet again that the North could preemptively use its nuclear weapons if threatened, as he praised his top military officials over the staging of a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang, this week. Kim expressed "firm will" to...
    Musk sells $4B in Tesla shares, presumably for Twitter deal
    Business

    Musk sells $4B in Tesla shares, presumably for Twitter deal

    Detroit, Apr 29: Elon Musk has sold 4.4 million shares of Tesla stock worth roughly $4 billion, most likely to help fund his purchase of Twitter. Musk reported the sale in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The shares were sold over the past few days, at prices...
    Landslide kills 12 women at illegal gold mine in Indonesia
    International

    Landslide kills 12 women at illegal gold mine in Indonesia

    Medan (Indonesia), Apr 29: Rescuers retrieved a dozen bodies of women buried under tons of mud from a landslide that crashed onto an unauthorised gold mining operation on Indonesia's Sumatra island, police said Friday. About 14 women were looking for gold grains Thursday in a pit roughly 2...
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