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Stockholm: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier for creating methods for studying dynamics of electrons in matter, the Nobel Committee said on Tuesday."The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences...

Yangon: The Myanmar Investment Commission approved six new investment projects which can create over 2,600 local job opportunities, the state-run Myanmar News Agency reported on Tuesday.The newly approved investment projects are from the sectors of power, manufacturing, hotels and...

Moscow: Incorrect operation of the angular velocity measurement unit is the most likely cause of the crash of Russia’s Luna-25 moon lander mission, the Russian space corporation Roscosmos said on Tuesday."The most likely cause of the Luna-25 accident was...

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian authorities conducted an investigation into Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, former Ethiopian Health Minister and the current head of the World Health Organisation (WHO, over alleged financial wrongdoing and sexual misconduct in 2021, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing...

Washington: US entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk has accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of trying to destroy freedom of speech in his country after the Canadian government introduced new regulations regarding online platforms providing streaming services."Trudeau is trying...

Ankara: Turkey has to withdraw its military forces from the Syrian Arab Republic or else it will decimate any efforts towards any kind of relations, Syrian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Bassam Sabbagh told Sputnik."Turkey has to withdraw its...

Abuja: At least 25 members of a local church's choir were kidnapped by armed gunmen en route to a funeral in the Ose local government area of Nigeria's southwestern state of Ondo, local police said on Saturday.Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, spokeswoman...

Hanoi: Floods in Vietnam's northern and central regions from Sept 26 to Sept 28 killed nine people, left one person missing and injured 10 others, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Saturday.The...

Colombo: Mohamed Muizzu, candidate of the coalition of Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and People's National Congress (PNC), emerged as the winner in the runoff presidential election in the Maldives on Saturday, according to preliminary results compiled by local...

Washington: The U.S. Senate on Saturday night approved a House-passed 45-day stopgap funding bill in a last-minute effort to avert a federal government shutdown.The upper chamber passed the stopgap funding measure in a vote of 88-9. Earlier that day,...