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Amid deep North Korean-Russia ties, South Korea, Japan vow security cooperation with NATO
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Amid deep North Korean-Russia ties, South Korea, Japan vow security cooperation...

Washington, July 11: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to bolster security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) amid deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. Yoon and Kishida on Wednesday shared the...
South Korea to start production of anti-aircraft laser weapon
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South Korea to start production of anti-aircraft laser weapon

Seoul, July 11: South Korea will begin production of a laser weapon designed to strike down enemy drones for deployment this year, the defence procurement agency said Thursday, in a push to become the first country to operate such a weapon. Last month, the Defence Acquisition Program Administration...
Malawian president calls for regional collaboration in addressing climate change
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Malawian president calls for regional collaboration in addressing climate change

Lilongwe, July 11: Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera urged southern African countries to collaborate in finding solutions that would help address climate change issues affecting farmers in the region.Chakwera emphasised the importance of collaboration during his opening speech on Wednesday at the...
UN launches response plan to Hurricane Beryl for 2 Caribbean nations
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UN launches response plan to Hurricane Beryl for 2 Caribbean nations

United Nations, July 11: The United Nations, in collaboration with its partners, has launched a response plan calling for $9 million to support nearly 43,000 people impacted recently by Hurricane Beryl in two Caribbean countries, a UN spokesman said. Of the $9 million, $5 million will be used to...
Pakistan seeks better relations with neighbours including India
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Pakistan seeks better relations with neighbours including India

Islamabad, July 10: Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has reiterated the ruling government's willingness to mend ties with its neighbours, including India. Highlighting it as one of the priorities of his government's foreign policy, Dar mentioned about the consistent...
PM Modi honoured with Russia’s highest civilian award Order of St Andrew the Apostle
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PM Modi honoured with Russia’s highest civilian award Order of St Andrew the...

Guwahati, July 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Russia's highest civilian honour, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle, for strengthening India-Russia relations.Russian President Vladimir Putin conferred the award on PM Modi during a special ceremony at St Andrew Hall in Kremlin for his...
Pakistan: Poliovirus found in sewage samples of 3 infected districts
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Pakistan: Poliovirus found in sewage samples of 3 infected districts

Islamabad, July 10: Sewage samples collected from three previously infected districts in Pakistan have tested positive again for wild poliovirus type 1, said the Pakistan Health Ministry. The environmental samples collected between June 11-13 from Karachi South and Karachi Korangi districts in the...
Three dead as heavy rain batters South Korea
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Three dead as heavy rain batters South Korea

Seoul, July 10: Three people were found dead, and other damages were reported, as heavy rain battered South Korea's southern regions overnight, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The body of a man was retrieved from an inundated elevator of the studio apartment building in Nonsan City, South...
Chemical explosion sparks major factory fire in Melbourne
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Chemical explosion sparks major factory fire in Melbourne

Sydney, July 10: Authorities rushed to a factory in Melbourne's west after a large chemical explosion sparked a major fire on Wednesday. Fire Rescue Victoria reported that crews arrived at Swann Drive at approximately 11.20 a.m. local time, responding to a "significant factory fire" in Derrimut,...
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'Vande Mataram' in Vienna as Austrian artists welcome PM Modi

New Delhi, July 10: A special rendition of 'Vande Mataram' by Austrian artists greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the hotel Ritz-Carlton in Vienna, where he arrived after a highly successful two-day visit to Russia. PM Modi arrived in Austria on Tuesday for a historic visit and he is the first...
Impact of climate change: Body of American climber found 22 years after disappearance in Peru
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Impact of climate change: Body of American climber found 22 years after...

Guwahati, July 9: The body of an American climber, identified as William Stampfl, was discovered 22 years after he went missing while attempting to scale Huascaran Mountain in Peru.Authorities informed that the mummified remains of the climber, along with his climbing gear and passport, were all...
UNSC to meet on Russian attack on Ukraine children’s hospital
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UNSC to meet on Russian attack on Ukraine children’s hospital

United Nations, July 9: Security Council is scheduled to take up on Tuesday Russia’s bombing of a children’s hospital in Ukraine that Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned as “particularly shocking”. Ukraine's largest children’s health facility was among the places hit by a barrage of...
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