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London:  Rishi Sunak, who on Monday took on the most powerful job in Britain as the 57th Prime Minister, never had dreams of making it in politics. A Star Wars fan, he instead wanted to “be a Jedi Knight”.Sunak,...

Washington:At least three people, including the suspect, have died and seven others are injured after a shooting at a high school in St Louis, Missouri.The gunman entered Central Visual and Performing Arts High School shortly after 9 am on...

Nairobi:An investigation has begun in Kenya after well-known Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead by police at a roadblock on Sunday.He was "fatally wounded" while he was a passenger in a moving vehicle after it failed to stop,...

Berlin:German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to provide wide-ranging assistance in rebuilding Ukraine, including aid for agriculture, the health sector and the restoration of the country's energy networks."Together with our partners, we will support Ukraine as long as necessary," Scholz...

Moscow: The foreign ministers of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, rejected on Monday Russia's claims that Ukraine was going to detonate a "dirty bomb" on its own territory to blame Moscow for the use of weapons...

Canberra: The Australian government has decided to sign the Global Methane Pledge to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030.Chris Bowen, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, recently announced that signatories...

Mexico City: Hurricane Roslyn has made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast as it turns Category 3, although it is expected to weaken soon, the National Water Commission reported."Although it is expected that during its displacement overland in Nayarit and...

Manila: A Korean Air plane carrying 173 passengers and crew members overshot the runway in the Philippines' Cebu province late Sunday night, forcing authorities to close the airport indefinitely.The Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) said in a statement early Monday...

London: Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand after the attack he suffered while preparing to deliver a lecture in New York State two months ago, The Guardian reported Sunday. The 75-year-old author,...

Sriharikota: It's a happy Diwali for the Indian Space Agency. Marking its great entry into the commercial launch vehicle market, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) early Sunday described the LVM-3/OneWeb mission of 36 UK satellites into a Low...