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Beijing:The world continued to see ocean heat reaching new records, as the year 2022 was the warmest in recorded human history, according to a recent study.Conducted by a team of 24 scientists from 16 institutes mainly in China, the...

Tokyo:Japan booked a record trade deficit in January owing to rising energy costs and the pace of exports slowing, the government said in a report on Thursday.According to the Finance Ministry, the country's trade deficit in January stood at...

Canberra: Australians have been warned to prepare for multiple coronavirus waves throughout 2023 by the nation's Chief Medical Officer (CMO).Fronting a senate hearing on Thursday, CMO Paul Kelly said the most recent wave, among a "number of waves" to...

Dhaka: Counselor of the US Department of State Derek Chollet has emphasized continued US support to Bangladesh in addressing Rohingya issues, the importance of “free and fair” elections and the protection of human rights, cooperation to mitigate climate change,...

Kiev: The United Nations' agencies for humanitarian and refugee affairs appealed on Wednesday for $5.6 billion in humanitarian aid to help more than 15 million Ukrainians affected by the conflict."With the full-scale war in Ukraine about to enter its...

Ankara: At least 35,418 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on February 6, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 tremors last week were centered in Kahramanmaras and struck nine other provinces...

Moscow: The total oil and and petroleum products reserves in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, which include commercial and state reserves, fell to the lowest since April 2004, amounting to 3.977 billion barrels in December,...

Chicago: Three people were killed and at least five were injured in an on-campus shooting at Michigan State University Monday night, the university police has confirmed.The first shots were fired inside a hall at 8:18 p.m. (0118 GMT) at...

Kabul:Afghan forces raided a hideout of the IS in Police District 8 of Afghanistan capital Kabul, killing several insurgents, chief spokesman of the Taliban Zabihullah Mujahid said onTuesday."The security forces attacked an important hideout of the IS in Kartai...

Hanoi: Eight people died and several people were injured in Vietnam's central province of Quang Nam after a tractor-trailer and a 16-passenger van crashed into each other early Tuesday morning, Vietnam News Agency reported.The tractor-trailer was travelling on National...