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California: At least ten people were killed and sixteen injured in shooting in California's Monterey park on Sunday, media reports said.The incident happened in Monterey Park, located about eight miles (13km) east of Los Angeles, after 22:00 local time...

Tokyo:About 140,000 chickens will be culled in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture amid a new outbreak of bird flu, local authorities say.The outbreak appears to have started at a poultry farm in the city of Sosa. Genetic analysis has confirmed the...

Bhubaneswar: India will take on New Zealand in a do-or-die crossover tie at the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela on Sunday.Having finished second in pool D behind England on the basis of goal difference, an unbeaten...

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Saturday held a phone conversation with Taliban leader Amir Khan Muttaqi as both sides pledged to strengthen cooperation and vowed to combat terrorism.Qin said that China attaches great importance to the safety...

Kolkata: According to Dr Naresh Purohit, advisor to the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), there is a looming challenge for cancer control in the northeast (NE) region, and existing programmes and policies appear ineffective in addressing the region's cancer...

Beijing:The search and rescue operation following an avalanche in the Tibet Autonomous Region in western China has ended and finalized the death toll at 28, the state-run China Central Television (CCTV) reported, citing local emergency services.Media reported that as...

Beijing: The death toll from a snow avalanche in the district of Nyingchi in the Tibet Autonomous Region in western China has increased to 13 people, Chinese state media reported on Friday.Earlier, eight deaths were reported.According to the Chinese...

Tokyo:Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a meeting with cabinet members on Friday and instructed them to revise COVID-19 restrictions and reevaluate risks posed by the disease by spring, which may allow it to be placed in the same...

Manila: Floods in the Philippines have claimed the lives of 30 people, the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Wednesday, adding that five people were missing and 13 others were injured.According to the agency,...

Kolkata: Nearly three quarters (78 pc) of India CEOs believe global economic growth will decline over the next 12 months, according to PwC’s 26th Annual Global CEO Survey, which polled 4,410 CEOs in 105 countries and territories, including 68...