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The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announcements that the Governments of Lebanon and Israel have formally agreed to reach a settlement of their maritime boundary dispute, as mediated by the US, as part of the joint effort.
Eight children and nine women were killed when a bus they were travelling in caught fire, killing 18 Pakistani flood survivors. According to police officer Hashim Brohi, the bus was transporting the extended family from Karachi to their hometown of
In the past few days, around 477 pilot whales have died after being stranded on two remote New Zealand beaches. Daren Grover, the general manager of Project Jonah, a nonprofit group that helps rescue whales, said all of the stranded
In the latest of a barrage of weapons tests, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, a day after it warned the redeployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula would exacerbate
It has been confirmed that at least 15 people have died after two boats carrying migrants capsized in Greek waters late Wednesday. Rescuers are still searching for dozens of missing people, authorities said early Thursday. About 40 people were on
As authorities braced for major floods in Australia’s east on Thursday, Sydney recorded its wettest year in 164 years. More heavy downpours are expected over the next three days. For the first time since records began in 1858, Australia’s largest
This year’s Nobel Prize in physics awarded to three scientists for their work on quantum information science, which has significant applications, such as in encryption. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John F. Clauser, and
The China Meteorological Administration renewed its blue alert for a cold wave on Tuesday, forecasting big temperature drops and gales across large parts of the country. National Meteorological Center forecasts 6 to 10 degrees Celsius temperature drops in parts of
In the past three years, California has been experiencing its driest winter in history, and state officials say they expect the trend to continue. Friday marked the end of an official water year that saw record rainfall in October and
In a ceremony held at Air Force Station, Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh officially inducted the indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopters into the Indian Air Force. LCH will be inducted into the 143 Helicopter Unit. Prachanda is the