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Japan has tried before, attempting last year to land a lunar probe named Omotenashi. (representational) Tokyo: Japan’s space agency on Monday postponed for the third time the launch of its “Moon Sniper” lunar mission due to poor weather. The H2-A rocket due to blast off from the southern island of Tanegashima was also carrying a…
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Democratically governed Taiwan will hold the vote in mid-January. Taipei: Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, said on Monday he was entering the race to be Taiwan’s next president as an independent candidate. Gou stepped down as Foxconn chief in 2019 and made a presidential bid that year, but dropped…
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Established in April 2009, Band-e-Amir is Afghanistan’s first national park In another regressive move, The Taliban have banned women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks, BBC reported. Afghanistan’s acting minister of virtue and vice, Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, said women have not been observing the proper way to wear the hijab while visiting the park….
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Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra of Team India celebrates with their gold medal on the podium after the Men’s Javelin Throw Final during day nine of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at National Athletics Centre on August 27, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Neeraj emerges the king of the javelin Olympic…
Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday off the coast of Mexico on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said. At 5 p.m. Sunday, the storm was about 95 miles (153 kilometers) east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, moving northeast at 3 mph (4.8 kph) with highest sustained…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, responding to calls by a U.S. senator this week to announce elections in 2024, said on Sunday voting could take place during wartime if partners shared the cost, legislators approved, and everyone got to the polls. Elections cannot currently be held…
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This handout picture provided by the Iranian foreign ministry shows Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) receiving Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush in Tehran on July 25, 2023. Photo by Iranian Foreign Ministry / AFP The leader of Libya’s government said Sunday that he had suspended his Foreign Minister after her Israeli counterpart announced he…
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France will ban children from wearing the abaya in state run schools. (Representational) Paris: France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on Sunday ahead of the back-to-school season. France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious signs…
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In her resignation letter, Nadine Dorries accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of abandoning “the fundamental principles of Conservatism”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A key ally of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson formally resigned Saturday, delivering a blistering attack on his successor in her resignation letter. Former culture minister Nadine Dorries announced her intention to…
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Mug shot of former U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: AFP For former President Donald Trump, a picture is worth… more than $7 million. Trump’s campaign says he has raised $7.1 million since Thursday when he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the…
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