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Lagos: Eleven people were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident in central Nigeria's Kwara state on Sunday afternoon.The accident occurred on a busy road near the Onipako village of the Kwara state "as a result of...

Moscow: Russia’s coronavirus response centre registered a record 34,303 Covid-19 cases in the past day, with 997 more patients dying from the disease.The country is only 7,313 cases away from hitting the 8 million milestones. The total death toll...

Moscow: A total of six spacewalks are going to be carried out from the US segment of the International Space Station (ISS) next year, according to the latest flight schedule obtained by Sputnik.Two spacewalks are planned for February...

Islamabad: Pakistan witnessed a decline in new Covid-19 cases as less than 1,000 daily infections were reported on Friday, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday.The country reported 893 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, pushing the...

Canberra: Australia's biggest industry group has called for the country to halve its carbon emissions by 2030.Innes Willox, the chief executive of the Australian Industry (Ai) Group, wrote in a comment piece for Guardian Australia on Saturday that said...

Moscow: Russia is interested in continuing consultations with Israel on security and stability in the Middle East region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in the article on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the renewal of diplomatic...

Moscow: Russia confirmed a record high of 31,299 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, up from 28,717 the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 7,892,980, the federal response centre said on Thursday."Over the past day, 31,299...

Dhaka: Violent incidents were reported from several parts of Bangladesh following an incident of desecration of the Holy Quran in Cumilla town.Three people were killed on Wednesday and several others were injured in Hajiganj Upazila of Chandpur as people...

Islamabad: Five people were killed and four others injured when a jeep plunged into a ditch in Haveli district of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, local media reported Thursday morning.According to the reports, the accident occurred as the jeep driver tried to...

Tokyo: Japan's House of Representatives was dissolved after reading out the rescript of dissolution at the plenary meeting on Thursday for a general election.The general election will be held on Oct. 31 after the four-year term of lower house...