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US intel says Putin fighting cancer, Kremlin denies
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US intel says Putin fighting cancer, Kremlin denies

New York, Aug 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin is fighting cancer and receiving aggressive treatment as he periodically stops making public appearances and has also possibly survived an assassination attempt, US intelligence experts have opined. But the Kremlin has stoutly denied such reports. ...
Japan wants missiles that can strike China
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Japan wants missiles that can strike China

Tokyo, Aug 21: The Japanese government wants to extend the range of its Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles to at least 1,000km -- and modify them to be launched from vessels and aircraft and to strike ground targets -- in order to close the "missile gap" with China, local media reported. An...
Novavax Covid-19 vaccine Adjuvanted gets expanded approval in US
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Novavax Covid-19 vaccine Adjuvanted gets expanded approval in US

Washington, Aug 21: Novavax says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted expanded emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine Adjuvanted for adolescents aged between 12-17 years. The US company said the vaccine was the first protein-based Covid-19 jab authorised in the US,...
Imran Khan faces arrest in foreign funding case
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Imran Khan faces arrest in foreign funding case

Islamabad, Aug 20: Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan if he fails to appear before the investigation committee or respond to the notices concerning the prohibited funding case, according to sources. The agency will get permission...
NASA spots 13 regions on Moon for astronaut landing in 2024
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NASA spots 13 regions on Moon for astronaut landing in 2024

Washington, Aug 20: The US space agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar south pole, as it prepares to send humans back to the Moon under the Artemis programme in 2024. Each region contains multiple potential landing sites for Artemis III, which will be the first of the...
Pak PM Sharif expresses desire for peaceful ties with India, Kashmir issue resolution
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Pak PM Sharif expresses desire for peaceful ties with India, Kashmir issue...

Islamabad, Aug 19: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his desire for peaceful relations with India based on the principles of "equity, justice and mutual respect" and the resolution of the Kashmir issue, according to a media report on Friday. Sharif also urged the...
NASA, Microchip to develop next-gen spaceflight computing processor
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NASA, Microchip to develop next-gen spaceflight computing processor

Washington, Aug 19: NASA has selected US-based Microchip Technology to develop a high-performance space flight computing (HPSC) processor that will provide at least 100 times the computational capacity of current spaceflight computers. The next-generation processor would advance all types of future...
Gandhi statue in NY smashed amid wave of continued attacks
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Gandhi statue in NY smashed amid wave of continued attacks

New York, Aug 19: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi in front of a temple in New York has been toppled and smashed in the second attack on the memorial this month and a local volunteer watch group has sprung into action to protect it. The incident in the early hours of Tuesday was the latest in a series...
Russia recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine war: Activists
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Russia recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine war: Activists

Moscow, Aug 18: Russia is recruiting prisoners to to fight in Moscow's continued war on Ukraine, according to human rights activists. Suspects and defendants are being recruited with the promise that in exchange, the authorities will drop criminal proceedings, Olga Romanova, a Russian civil...
Estonia tightens entry rules for Russian nationals
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Estonia tightens entry rules for Russian nationals

Tallinn, Aug 18: Estonia's tightened restrictions for Russian nationals wishing to enter the Baltic country came into force on Thursday. Earlier this week, the government had announced it would stop issuing Estonian visas to Russian citizens and would bar entry to Russian citizens holding...
Bombing at Kabul mosque kills 10, including prominent cleric
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Bombing at Kabul mosque kills 10, including prominent cleric

Kabul, Aug 18: A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to...
Conditions for Rohingya return to Myanmar not yet created: UN
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Conditions for Rohingya return to Myanmar not yet created: UN

Dhaka, Aug 18: The repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh to Myanmar is still not safe, according to Michelle Bachelet, chief of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "Now, Myanmar's internal political situation is very complicated, there is a lot of...
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