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Washington: Almost two-thirds of US voters now support stronger gun control measures, a rise of four points in less than a month following the massacre of ten children in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, a new Morning Consult...

Ankara: A meeting of delegations of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN will take place in Istanbul this week to discuss the unblocking of Ukrainian grain shipments in the Black Sea, Turkish broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Tuesday.Ukraine has...

Washington: Almost 80 people were killed and several dozen injured in gun violence across the United States over the weekend, Gun Violence Archive revealed on Monday.The bloodiest incident occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where three individuals were killed and 12...

Helsinki: Director of the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) Antti Pelttari says there have been no changes in relations with Moscow since Finland submitted its NATO membership application."It has been rather quiet and let’s hope it stays that way,"...

Beijing:  China on Sunday launched the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14, sending three astronauts to its space station combination for a six-month mission.The trio will cooperate with the ground team to complete the assembly and construction of the Tiangong space station,...

Geneva: At least 780 confirmed monkeypox cases were identified in humans in 27 non-endemic countries from May 13 to June 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) said."Since 13 May 2022, and as of 2 June 2022, 780 laboratory confirmed...

Moscow: Russia is looking into the possibility of extending the ruble payment requirement for certain types of goods other than natural gas, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Friday."As the practice of payments for Russian gas shows,...

Nanjing: Two 385-meter-tall power transmission towers, the tallest of their kind in the world, began the wiring process on Thursday across the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia.The twin towers built on each side of the Yangtze in...

Beijing:  The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) will conduct more military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, keeping in mind the worst-case scenarios due to rising tensions with Japan and the US, the Global Times newspaper reported, citing a Chinese...

Rome: Italy will run NATO's mission in Bulgaria, conducted as part of efforts to strengthen the alliance's eastern flank, Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini said.“We are already present in Latvia and Romania, exercising control over the airspace, and if parliament...