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Asteroids are left over from the formation of our solar system Five asteroids, one as large as a house and two each the size of an aeroplane, are set to skim past Earth beginning Wednesday, according to NASA’s Asteroid Watch dashboard. However, these asteroids aren’t expected to threaten the planet, the American space agency said….
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An installation at the Delhi Gate in New Delhi on September 7, 2023 ahead of the G-20 Summit to be held from September 9-10. | Photo Credit: PTI The African Union (AU) is set to join the G-20 as negotiators agreed on clearing its membership, according to sources privy to the discussions at the Sherpa…
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the ASEAN-U.N. Summit as part of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hopes of a return to democracy in junta-ruled Myanmar are being crushed by “systematic repression”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on September 7…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives to tour a hydroelectric plant in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on September 7 praised Ukraine’s strength in the face of the Russian invasion during a visit to the Chernigiv region, which was occupied by Moscow at…
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Police and security force personnel rushed to the site and cordoned off the area (Representational) Peshawar: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a vehicle of Pakistan’s security forces close to a nonfunctional airport in the country’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday but did not cause any casualties, an official said. The explosives wrapped…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres adjusts his headphones during the ASEAN-UN Summit as part of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS The United Nations considers requests from countries to change their names as and when the world body receives them, a…
Vladimir Putin made an address by video-link at August’s BRICS meeting in Johannesburg (File) Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to make a video address at the upcoming G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, the Kremlin said Thursday. The meeting comes amid fraught relations between Moscow and the West over the conflict…
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The US has also strongly supported the move. Beijing: China on Thursday expressed its support for the inclusion of the African Union (AU) in the G20, saying it is the “first country to explicitly support” the inclusion of the African bloc in the grouping. In a recent interview with PTI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said…
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Daily quiz | On September 7, 2023 1 / 7 | This is the flag of which country once called Zaire. Answer : Democratic Republic of the Congo DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO SHOW ANSWER 2 / 7 | This former British colony in Africa once had a ‘rich’ name because of the…
An Air Canada Airbus A330 approaches for landing in Lisbon, on Sept. 2, 2023. Air Canada says it has apologised to two women who were booted off a flight by security after protesting that their seats were smeared in vomit. | Photo Credit: AP Air Canada says it has apologised to two passengers who were…
