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Sao Paulo: Former Brazilian football star Pele, three-time World Cup champion, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in a hospital in Sao Paulo, victim of colon cancer, his doctors officially reported.The Athlete of the Century had been...

Yerenvan: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday called on Russia to initiate a discussion in the United Nations Security Council on the blockade of the Lachin corridor, the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.Since December 12, the road,...

Melbourne:Another poor batting display saw South Africa succumb to a defeat by an innings and 182 runs on Day 4 of the Boxing Day Test at MCG here on Thursday.This series win sets Australia perfectly for the India challenge...

Phnom Penh: At least ten people have died, and 30 others have been injured in a massive fire at the Grand Diamond City casino-hotel in the town of Poipet on the Cambodian-Thai border, Poipet Town Hall Administration chief Nhem...

Manila:The death toll from heavy rain and floods triggered by shear line in the Philippines has climbed to 32, according to the government data released on Thursday.The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council tallied 23 deaths in southern...

Kiev:Air raid warnings were issued throughout Ukraine on Thursday, according to the digital transformation ministry's live map.Earlier in the day, air raid alerts went off throughout Ukraine in the regions of Odesa, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia,...

Seoul: The South Korean government unveiled on Wednesday the country's strategy in the Indo-Pacific region, indicating that Seoul would not confront any specific country, including China.South Korean media reported that the strategy was seen as a signal of Seoul's...

Beijing: China expressed dissatisfaction on Wednesday with the ongoing visit of Japanese lawmakers to Taiwan, an island it claims as its territory, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said."Driven by their own political ambition, some Japanese politicians have repeatedly made...

Madrid: Spanish airline Air Nostrum canceled 37 flights as pilots from the Sepla union have gone on strike, media reported.The strike will continue on December 29 and 30, as well as on January 2 and 3, Spanish news agency...

Manila: The death toll from heavy rain and floods triggered by shear line in the Philippines climbed to 25 on Wednesday as the Southeast Asian country braces for more rainfall due to a low-pressure area moving towards the archipelagic...