International

October 10, 2024 7:45 PM October 10, 2024 7:45 PM

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South Korean Author Han Kang awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang. She was honoured for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life. The Nobel committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences made this announcement today. Ms. Han ...

October 10, 2024 4:59 PM October 10, 2024 4:59 PM

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Hurricane Milton slams Florida as Category 3 storm

In the USA, more than three million homes and businesses are now without power in Florida after Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida’s west coast last night as a Category 3 storm. The US National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Milton has completed its transit of Florida and has moved off t...

October 10, 2024 4:00 PM October 10, 2024 4:00 PM

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UNGA elects 18 members to Human Rights Council

The UN General Assembly elected 18 members to the 47-member Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term. The 18 countries, including Benin, Bolivia, Colombia, Cyprus, Qatar, and Thailand, were elected by a secret ballot yesterday. The elected members will serve three-year terms beginning on January ...

October 10, 2024 4:00 PM October 10, 2024 4:00 PM

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Sri Lanka EC releases postal voting schedule for General Election

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has released the schedule for postal voting in the upcoming General Election. Postal voting will take place on the 30th of October and on the 1st and 4th of November at all District Secretariats and election offices.   For those unable to vote on these dates...

October 10, 2024 3:39 PM October 10, 2024 3:39 PM

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Cameroon: 15 dead, 10 injured in bus-truck collision

At least 15 people were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a bus carrying passengers and a truck in Cameroon's South region. According to media reports, the accident occurred when the bus collided head-on with the truck coming from the opposite direction in the Kombe locality of the...

October 10, 2024 1:33 PM October 10, 2024 1:33 PM

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Hezbollah militant operative killed in Israeli airstrike in Syria 

A Hezbollah militant operative was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southwestern Syria yesterday. In a statement, Israel's military has claimed that Adham Jahout, a militant with Hezbollah's Golan Terrorist Network in Syria, was killed in the airstrike in the area of Quneitra, Israeli-occupied Gola...

October 10, 2024 9:12 AM October 10, 2024 9:12 AM

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44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related summits kicked off in Vientiane, Laos

The 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and related summits kicked off in Vientiane, Laos, yesterday. Addressing the opening ceremony, Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith called on ASEAN countries to continue upholding their common cause of peace, stability, and sustai...

October 9, 2024 10:10 PM October 9, 2024 10:10 PM

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North Korea announces complete separation from South Korea

North Korea announced to completely separate its territory from the South by cutting off all road and rail links and building fortifications on its side. Its military said the North will permanently shut off and block the southern border starting from today. The Korean People’s Army said that the mo...