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Manila: Local officials on Wednesday revised the death toll of a passenger bus accident that occurred Tuesday afternoon in central Philippines's Antique province to 17, down from 29 previously reported.Broderick Train, head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and...

Nicosia: Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides visited Egypt and Jordan on Tuesday to promote his initiative for the establishment of a maritime corridor to get aid from Cyprus to Gaza, according to a written statement issued by the president's office...

Canberra: A new telescope in Australia's capital city will enable communication with astronauts from the moon to deep space.Officially opened on Wednesday, the Australian National University's Quantum Optical Ground Station uses adaptive optical technology and lasers to send and...

Beijing: The world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, China's Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) nuclear power plant, has officially gone into commercial operation, according to the National Energy Administration and China Huaneng Group Wednesday.The project, located in Shandong...

Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan's Health Ministry reported on Tuesday that it has detected cases of Influenza A H3N2 in Osh city in the south of the Central Asian country.Laboratory test results showed several patients in the city were influenza A H3N2...

Manila: A military helicopter on Tuesday spotted the wreckage of a missing small plane with two people on board, including the pilot, in Isabela province in the northern Philippines, a provincial spokesperson said.Joshua Hapinat of the Isabela Incident Management...

Tokyo: Japan's lower house on Tuesday passed a bill to prevent the controversial Unification Church from moving assets as concerns grew that the religious group would attempt to hide its funds overseas as it faces compensation demands.The bill was...

Colombo: Sri Lanka welcomed 151,496 international tourists in November, the highest monthly number of visitors it received in 2023, according to the latest data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).This is the first time that the...

Gaza: The Palestinian death toll has risen to 15,899 as a result of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Hamas-run health ministry said Monday.Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesman of the ministry, said during a press...

Los Angeles: NASA's Mars helicopter completed its 67th flight on the Red Planet over the weekend, the agency said on Monday.The helicopter reached an altitude of 12 meters and traveled 393 meters for more than two minutes on Saturday,...