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Washington:President Joe Biden signed legislation requiring the US government to declassify certain information related to its assessment of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House said in a statement.Biden signed the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, which...

New Delhi: Terming India an “indispensable” partner in realising Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) policy, visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday outlined his country’s FOIP and of turning the region into an area that will be...

Ankara: Streets in the Iskenderun district of Turkey's southernmost Hatay Province, one of the areas most affected by the February earthquakes, were flooded on Monday after sea level rose at night, media reported.Working spaces and houses in the district...

Tokyo: Japan marked the 28th anniversary on Monday of a deadly Sarin nerve gas attack carried out by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system that left 14 people dead and injured more than 6,000.A vigil was...

Washington: The City of Miami Beach, in the U.S. state of Florida, issued a state of emergency and a curfew on Sunday after two deadly shootings.The city said the curfew will be from 11:59 p.m. Sunday local time (0359...

Los Angeles: Warner Bros. Pictures' superhero film "Shazam! Fury Of The Gods" took the top spot at the North American box office with an estimated three-day cume of 30.5 million U.S. dollars on its opening weekend, showed figures from...

Seoul: South Korea and the United States conducted on Sunday joint air drills involving a US nuclear-capable B-1B strategic bomber after North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing...

Quito:At least 14 people died and over 300 others were injured as a result of the 6.5-magnitude earthquake in western Ecuador, the press service of Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso informs."Fourteen dead, 381 wounded," the president's press service said on...

Washington: The Governor of Wyoming, Mark Gordon, has signed a bill prohibiting abortion pills in the state and making Wyoming the first US state with an explicit prohibition of the pills."Governor Mark Gordon took further steps to implement a...

Jerusalem: A total of around 260,000 people have participated in yet another nationwide protest against the controversial Israeli judicial reform, The Times of Israel reported.Protests against the reform have been held in Israel for 11 straight weeks.On Saturday, some...