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June 30, 2024 5:49 PM June 30, 2024 5:49 PM

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North Korea criticizes joint military exercise by South Korea, Japan, US

North Korea today criticized a joint military exercise by South Korea, Japan, and the United States held this month. In a statement, its state media said such drills show that the relationship among the three countries has developed into the Asian version of NATO. Earlier on Thursday, the three coun...

June 30, 2024 5:42 PM June 30, 2024 5:42 PM

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France: Voting begins in first stage of two-round legislative elections

In France, voting has begun in the first stage of the two-round legislative elections called by President Emmanuel Macron today. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy, Greens party leader Marine Tondelier, and former Prime Minister and Macron ally Edouard Philippe were among the first high-profile politi...

June 30, 2024 1:33 PM June 30, 2024 1:33 PM

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5 die as a result of mudflow in southern part of Kyrgyzstan

In Kyrgyzstan, five people have died as a result of a mudflow in the southern part of the country. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan reported that heavy rainfall in the Nookat region of Osh Oblast on Friday triggered the mudflows, resulting in extensive damage.   Seven people w...

June 30, 2024 1:08 PM June 30, 2024 1:08 PM

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Indian High Commission launched ‘One tree4Mother’ campaign in Bangladesh

The High Commission of India in Dhaka today launched a tree plantation campaign 'One tree4Mother' in Bangladesh. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister of Bangladesh and Pranay Verma, the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, jointly launched the campaign by...

June 29, 2024 7:38 PM June 29, 2024 7:38 PM

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In Japan, one man died in an explosion

One man died while five others sustained injuries following an explosion at a community facility in Japan's central Niigata prefecture today, local media reported.   Public broadcaster NHK reported that the local fire station received a report of an explosion during pipe dismantling work at Yahiko G...

June 29, 2024 7:27 PM June 29, 2024 7:27 PM

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In  Afghanistan, two people died in a landslide

At least two people died and six others injured as a landslide hit a village in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, today. State-run media Bakhtar News Agency reported that the natural disaster happened yesterday evening in the province's Yamgan district when a landslide swept through a residen...

June 29, 2024 8:32 PM June 29, 2024 8:32 PM

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Iran’s Presidential election heads to run-off on July 5 amid record low turnout

Iran's 14th presidential election entered a run-off vote, with former Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian and former chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili leading in the first round, but no one gets the minimum threshold of 50 per cent of votes, Iran's Election Headquarters Spokesperson Mohsen Eslami ...