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North Korea successfully placed its first spy satellite in orbit in November. (File) Seoul/Tokyo: North Korea said its attempt to launch a new military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure on Monday when a newly developed rocket engine exploded in flight. The attempt came just hours after Pyongyang issued a warning that it would try to…
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The Vatican did not respond to a request for comment. (File) Vatican City: Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests, Italian media reported on Monday. La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera,…
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The discovery of steel transformed the course of human civilisation. The stone age ended with the invention and widespread use of copper smelting and alloying copper with other elements, thus introducing metalworking, new and more durable agricultural implements, the development of culture, trade, and governments, and new weapons of war. When heated, copper turns to…
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Commander in Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi during a meeting. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine on Monday walked back an announcement that French military instructors would soon arrive in the country, saying that it was still in talks with Paris and other allies on the issue. Kyiv’s Defence Ministry made…
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Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller. File. | Photo Credit: AP Canada said on Monday it would grant temporary visas to 5,000 Gaza residents under a special program for Canadians’ relatives living in the war-torn enclave, a preparatory move in case they are able to leave in the future. That figure is…
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The suspect bought the knife last week, the prosecutor said. (Representational) An 18-year-old pupil was detained in western France on Monday after stabbing his English teacher in the face and fleeing, authorities said. The teacher from the town of Chemille-en-Anjou in western France “suffered a facial injury that is not life-threatening”, said a joint statement…
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Trump went on to attack his various legal adversaries, calling one of the judges “wacko” (File) Donald Trump launched another vicious attack Monday on his political opponents, choosing the Memorial Day holiday — when the United States marks its fallen soldiers — to dismiss his adversaries as “human scum.” As Americans honored their troops who…
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A view shows the Egyptian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, May 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Egypt’s military said Monday a border guard was killed in a shooting in the Rafah border area with Gaza, where Israeli…
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Arvind Kejriwal said that there is no use voting for BJP, Akali Dal or the Congress in Punjab Jalandhar, Punjab: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged people of Punjab to vote for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in all the 13 Lok Sabha seats of the state during the seventh phase of the…
Almost all cities in the state registered a temperature of over 45 degrees Celsius. (File) Jaipur: The number of heatstroke patients in Rajasthan increased from 2809 to 3622 on Monday as the state continued to witness intense heatwave conditions. The death crime, however, remained unchanged at one, health officials confirmed. On Monday, Phalodi was the…
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