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Vatican City: Former Pope Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at his Vatican residence, he was 95 years old.Pope Benedict XVI was at the helm of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013, when he resigned because of ailing...

Colombo: Sri Lankan stocks lost over 30 percent in 2022, according to the latest data from the Colombo Stock Exchange.Stock traders, speaking to local media, said that this was due to the political and economic instability in 2022.However, the...

Kiev:Stabilization blackouts are in place in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, while the city of Odesa is experiencing emergency shutdowns, Ukrainian utility DTEK said on Saturday."We return to the schedules for stabilization power cuts. However, the situation in the...

Jerusalem: The observation satellite EROS-C3, developed and manufactured by the state-owned company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), was launched into space, the IAI said.With a weight of about 400 kg and a height of 4.58 meters, the satellite was launched...

Buenos Aires:The largest port in Brazil and Latin America, located in the city of Santos, will be named after three-time world football champion Pele, Brazilian news portal G1 reported, citing Santos ex-mayor Paulo Alessandri Barbosa."The King" of football passed...

Tokyo: A landslide has destroyed over 10 structures, including houses, in Japan’s northeastern Yamagata Prefecture, resulting in the injury of at least two people, the NHK broadcaster reports.A man in his 70s and a woman in her 60s were...

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has held a high-level meeting with Chinese representatives amid a spike in coronavirus cases in China.The meeting, attended by officials from China's National Health Commission and the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration,...

London: The United Kingdom has delivered over 1,000 metal detectors and 100 bomb demining kits to Ukraine as a part of the latest military aid package in 2022, the country's defense ministry said on Friday."The UK has donated more...

Manila: The death toll from heavy rain and floods triggered by shear line in the Philippines has climbed to 44, said the government's disaster agency on Friday.At least 28 others were still missing, according to the National Disaster Risk...

Phnom Penh: The death toll has risen to 25 after a massive fire engulfed a hotel-casino in northwest Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, officials said on Friday."This (Friday) morning, rescue teams recovered six more bodies from the charred rooms of...