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Washington:  Former US President Bill Clinton has revealed in an interview that when he was in office, he had sent federal agents in Area 51 of Nevada to make sure there were no aliens.Clinton, in a Wednesday appearance on...

London: UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US.The case was handed over to Patel last month after the Supreme Court ruled that there were no legal questions on...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said that the European Commission’s recommendation on giving the country"candidacy status" to the EU would bring his country closer to victory against Russian invasion.Taking to Twitter, he said, "I commend the positive...

Beijing: China on Friday launched the country's third aircraft carrier and also its second domestically developed one in Shanghai, a move said to be a milestone for the vessel's construction and future commissioning.Having a displacement of more than 80,000...

Kolkata: Sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disorder, continues to remain a public health challenge in India. Characterized by repeated episodes of debilitating pain, it can lead to serious health complications including pneumonia, bloodstream infections, stroke, and acute &...

Washington:  The FBI and the Department of Commerce have launched an investigation into how Russia obtained US-made computer chips that have been found in military equipment captured in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.Federal agents from both agencies...

Moscow: Russia has added 121 Australians, including businessmen and journalists, on the 'Stop List' meaning they are banned from entering the country.The Foreign Ministry said: "In response to the growing sanctions of the Australian government, an additional 121 Australians...

Washington: North Korea appears to be expanding work at its nuclear test site to include a second tunnel, a US-based think tank said on Thursday.Preparation work at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility's Tunnel No 3 was apparently complete and...

Ottawa: A coal mine in a remote part of Russia is releasing nearly 90 tonnes of methane gas every hour.This has been described as the "biggest" leak of methane ever detected from a single facility.According to new data from...

Bucharest: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that “it is the reality of things” that Ukraine and Europe “will have to negotiate” with Russia over the ongoing war at some point. While on his visit to meet the French...