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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...

Beijing: China has entered an “era of negative population growth”, after figures revealed a historic drop in the number of people for the first time since 1961, the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday."By the end of...

Jerusalem: Thousands of students held protests across Israel against the government's newly proposed judicial reform, Israeli media reported.The protests were held on Monday at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, the University of Haifa and dozens of...

Kiev: Ukraine is considering the possibility of withdrawing from Bakhmut, also known as Artyomovsk, to spare troops and weapons ahead of an anticipated counteroffensive elsewhere on the battlefield, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing the Ukrainian military.The city...

Kathmandu: All 72 people on board the Yeti Airlines flight, which crashed in Nepal on Sunday have died, airline spokesperson Pemba Sherpa confirmed."No survivors in this crash. There are 72 people dead including crew members," Sherpa said.Earlier in the...

Kathmandu: At least 36 dead bodies have been recovered after a local passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashed in the Pokhara region in central Nepal on Sunday, and a search and rescue operation is continuing, officials said.Thirty-six bodies...