A rocket carrying a satellite on a mission to deliver the world’s first artificial meteor shower blasted into space on Friday, Japanese scientists said. A start-up based in Tokyo developed the micro-satellite for the celestial show over Hiroshima early next year as the initial experiment for what it calls a “shooting stars on demand” service. […]
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, claimed on Wednesday night that he “never said there was no collusion” between members of the Trump campaign and Russian officials — he only said that the president himself was not involved. The statement — made on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” show — puts President Trump in an […]
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Vietnam’s premier has said his country is willing to host a much-anticipated second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. One of North Korea’s top generals Kim Yong Chol is expected to meet with Trump at the White House on Friday to hash out details of a second meeting […]
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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday assured visiting US special envoy on Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, that Pakistan would keep up efforts to facilitate the Afghan peace process. Khalilzad, who is on a two-week-long tour of Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and China for talks on the peace process — which has suffered a setback because of the Taliban’s […]
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NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim families have left India for Bangladesh since seven Rohingya men were deported to their home country Myanmar in October, community leaders said on Thursday, and more were preparing to flee a crackdown. India’s Hindu nationalist government regards the Rohingya as illegal aliens and a security risk, and has ordered […]
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China and Germany promised on Friday to open their markets wider to each other’s banks and insurers, giving Beijing a burst of positive trade news amid conflicts with Washington and Europe. The two sides affirmed support for a global trading system that other governments worry is threatened by US President Donald Trump’s “America first” policies. […]
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A former national security adviser has registered as a candidate for president of Afghanistan and called on the Taliban to engage in peace negotiations to end the country’s 17-year war. Mohammad Hanif Atmar, of the Peace and Moderation party, announced his candidacy on Friday in an address to hundreds of supporters at a hotel in […]
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UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved on Wednesday the deployment to Yemen of up to 75 monitors in a new mission to shore up a fragile ceasefire and oversee a pullback of forces from the flashpoint port of Hodeida. The observer mission was agreed during talks last month in Sweden between the […]
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday telephoned Prime Minister Imran Khan to discuss the ongoing international efforts for peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan. During the call, Ghani “expressed his gratitude for Pakistan’s sincere facilitation of these efforts” that were initiated by US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, a statement issued by the […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREA strong explosion and fire hit a science building undergoing repairs at the University of Lyon on Thursday, injuring three people slightly, French officials said. The area was evacuated after the explosion on the roof of the building on Thursday morning, and the regional fire service said the blaze was under control soon afterward. People […]
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